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3. 2 Incident Management in California Captain Rob Patrick Sergeant Jim Epperson California Highway Patrol

4. 3 Historic Overview ¯ Natural Disasters ¯ Hazardous Materials ¯ Traffic Incidents ¯ Civil Disturbance ¯Planned Events

5. 4 Historic Overview Historic Overview ¯ Media ¯ Congestion concerns ¯ Nationally $63 Billion

6. 5 Population Growth ¯ Increased Congestion ¯ Resource Demand ¯ Streamline Roles ¯ Multiple Demand on Personnel

7. 6 Inherent Danger

8. 7 Incident Authorities ¯ California Vehicle Code ⋗ 2353 – CHP Assistance ⋗ 2454 – On-Highway IC ⋗ 2800 – Follow Peace Officer Direction

9. 8 Incident Authorities ¯ California Penal Code ⋗ 409.5 – Close Area ⋗ 409.6 – Close Area for Avalanche

10. 9 Patient Care ¯ Patient Care Vs. Scene Management ¯ Penal Code 405.3 ¯ Health and Safety Code 1798.6

11. 10 Initial Scene Management ¯ Fire Department ¯ Fire Captain ¯ Chief Officer

12. 11 Roles and Responsibilities ¯ Freeway incidents rarely involve the response of one single agency ¯ Each response agency has a specific task in an incident

13. 12 Legal and Statutory Requirements ¯ Location ¯ Jurisdiction ¯ Authority ¯ Responsibility

14. 13 Incident Command System ¯ Specific to Authority and Jurisdiction ¯ Resource Driven ¯ Resource Application ¯ Set It Up and Let It Work!

15. 14 Best Practices and Issues “The key is control: control of our attacks; control of our defense; and control of ourselves in the face of disaster.” Rear Admiral Woodward, Falklands campaign, evening of May 4, 1982, following the loss of HMS Sheffield to an Exocet missile attack.

16. 15 Best Practices and Issues ¯ Agency driven needs (LEFT) ⋗ L egal ⋗ E thical ⋗ F inancial ⋗ T raining

17. 16 NIMS and SEMS

18. 17 Recommendations

19. 18 Thank You Contact Information Enforcement Services Division Commercial Vehicle Section Captain Rob Patrick Sgt. Jim Epperson (916) 445-1865