City of Santa Monica October 10, 2017 Building Disaster Resilience in Our Workforce & Community Office of Emergency Management Update City of Santa Monica October 10, 2017 City of Santa Monica | City Manager’s Update | 10/10/17
Emergency Services & Preparedness Emergency Operations Center functions Disaster planning Internal staff training Community preparedness programs City of Santa Monica | City Manager’s Update | 10/10/2017
Emergency Services & Preparedness FY 2017 Community Highlights 14 community events reaching 1600 people 7 scheduled in October Focus on those with access & functional needs 3 CERT volunteer engagement events City of Santa Monica | City Manager’s Update | 10/10/2017
Emergency Services & Preparedness FY 2017 Internal Highlights Implementation of EOC Standby Teams for special events Improvements in emergency communications and outreach #SMPrepared EOC technology upgrades City of Santa Monica | City Manager’s Update | 10/10/2017
Emergency Services & Preparedness Upcoming Events October 19th ShakeOut Earthquake Drill CERT Course #14 Resilience Survey SMOAID Revitalization City of Santa Monica | City Manager’s Update | 10/10/2017
Public Safety Communications Consolidated 911 dispatch for police, fire and medical services Cross-training of dispatchers in five unique disciplines Enhancing public education on call processing City of Santa Monica | City Manager’s Update | 10/10/2017
Public Safety Communications FY 2017 Highlights Average 911 calls in 2017: 209 Average calls in 2017: 970 85% dispatchers trained in Police call taking 60% trained in emergency medical dispatch 4 community events for over 200 people Trained in SM Alerts City of Santa Monica | City Manager’s Update | 10/10/2017
Public Safety Communications Upcoming Events 911 Public Education Campaign Text to 911 – December 1st Outreach and education to most frequent business callers City of Santa Monica | City Manager’s Update | 10/10/2017
City of Santa Monica | City Manager’s Update | Building Resilience Resilience: Sustained ability of a community to withstand and recover from adversity Implementation Steps Identify vulnerabilities Assess community perceptions on emergency and chronic incidents Develop resilience plan to address vulnerabilities City of Santa Monica | City Manager’s Update | 10/10/2017
Chief Resilience Officer Lindsay Barker, MPH Chief Resilience Officer Lindsay.Barker@smgov.net 310-458-2263 www.smgov.net/oem