Resolution 2837-07
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RESOLUTION NO. 2837-07
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
ADOPTING THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility
District, County of EI Dorado, State of California, as follows:
WHEREAS, the President in Homeland Security Directive-5, directed the
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National
Incident Management System, which would provide a consistent nationwide approach
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for federal, state, local, and tribal governments to work together more effectively and
efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, regardless of
cause, size, or complexity; and
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14 WHEREAS, California local and state government pioneered the development
15 of standardized incident management systems to respond to a variety of catastrophic
16 disasters, including fires, earthquakes, floods, and landslide; and
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18 WHEREAS, in the early 1970s, the California fire service, in partnership with
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WHEREAS, in 1993, California was the first state to adopt a statewide
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Standardized Emergency Management System for use by every emergency response
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organization, and implemented a system involving local and state agencies to ensure
24 the continual improvement of the Standardized Emergency Management System; and
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26 WHEREAS, California local and state emergency management professionals
27 have contributed their expertise to the development of the new National Incident
28 Management System; and
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WHEREAS, it is essential for responding to disasters and securing the
homeland that federal, state, local, and tribal organizations utilize standardized
terminology, standardized organizational structures, interoperable communications,
consolidated action plans, unified command structures, uniform personnel qualification
standards, uniform standards for planning, training, and exercising, comprehensive
resource management, and designated incident facilities during emergencies or
disasters; and
WHEREAS, the California Standardized Emergency Management System
substantially meets the objectives of the National Incident Management System, and
WHEREAS, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (9-11 Commission)
recommended adoption of a standardized Incident Command System nationwide.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The South Tahoe Public Utility District staff will develop a program to
integrate the National Incident Management System, to the extent appropriate, into the
District's emergency management system.
2. The Office of Emergency Services will identify any statutes or regulations
that need to be eliminated or amended to facilitate implementation of the National
Incident Management System.
3. District staff will report on the status of the implementation of the National
Incident Management System to the District's General Manager no later than
November 1, 2008.
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4 WE THE UNDERSIGNED, do hereby certify that the above and forgoing
5 Resolution was duly adopted and passed by the Board of Directors of the South
6 Tahoe Public Utility District at a regular scheduled meeting held on the 6th day of
7 September, 2007 by the following vote:
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AYES: Directors Wallace, Jones, Schafer, Mosbacher
NOES: None
ABSENT: Director Farrell