ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

include the following. This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive. Some incumbents may not perform all the duties listed while in other cases related duties may also be assigned.

  • Plan, organize, review, evaluate, and personally perform activities to implement a variety of emergency preparedness and disaster recovery programs and procedures under the NIMS/SEMS/ICS models.
  • Support and coordinate emergency alerting and notifications
  • Support the development and maintenance of a variety of planning documents, including but not limited to the Hazard Mitigation Plan, Wildfire Action Plan, the Emergency Operations Plan, hazard specific playbooks, and EOC Handbook
  • Address the needs and inquiries of residents in a compassionate, articulate and reasonable manner.
  • Assist in the development and implementation of public awareness programs, training, drills, and exercises.
  • Participates in community development and engagement events to promote emergency preparedness, wildfire awareness, and response best practices.
  • Facilitate and develop agreements with allied agencies and vendors
  • Represent the department through collaboration with multiple community-based organizations, partner agencies and varied stakeholders involving emergency and non-emergency settings.
  • Seek and participate in the development of various community preparedness and emergency grants and supplemental resources opportunities.
  • Assist in the development and maintenance of the City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and training of EOC staff.
  • Serve as a support team member in the EOC during emergency or disaster response situations or drill. At the III level, serve as an EOC Coordinator.
  • Coordinate training and exercise initiatives, including the development of drills and exercises, written after action reports, and improvement planning
  • Development and implementation of budgets for OES
  • Serves as a point of contact for Emergency Management personnel to provide critical information, updates, and support during the monitoring, response, and recovery phases of an event.
  • Assist community, volunteer, educational or other public and private groups with emergency prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
  • Maintain accurate records and files; prepare a variety of statistical and narrative reports, including incident status reports for reimbursement by state and federal agencies.
  • Serve in a duty officer or lead on-call position for designated periods of time
  • Related duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE OF:

  • Correct written and spoken English usage, spelling, and punctuation
  • California Standardized Emergency Management Systems (SEMS), Incident Command System (ICS), the National Incident management System (NIMS), the Stafford Act and California Disaster Assistance Act.
  • Contemporary issues, scientific research and findings, and legislation relating to emergency management and public safety
  • Research and statistical methods
  • Project management