Status Update: Riverside County Emergency Management Project.

Status Update:Riverside County

Emergency Management Project

Summary of Project Kick-Off Meeting

November 6, 2014 Excellent Participation

78 participants33 Departments represented

Reviewed Project Background Introduced 5 Workgroups Scenario Discussion Reviewed Timeline/Next Steps

COOP and IT Service Continuity

Complete the Continuity of Operations (COOP) Plan

Integrate IT Service Continuity for all identified essential services

Work with Departments on detailed, specific COOP Plans

Train all staff on County and Department-specific COOP Plans

Training for County Employees and Departments

Personal and workplace preparedness Employees roles as Disaster Service Workers (DSWs) Potential roles employees may fill during an emergency Departmental roles during an emergency How/when to transition from day-to-day operations to

emergency system activation Enhance the Joint Information System (JIS) Plan and

train Public Information Officers (PIO) on how public messaging is coordinated through EOC

Mobilization of County Employees Notification of County employees during an emergency

Who does it? How is it done? What redundancies exist?

Develop reporting procedures for County Employees following a disaster Where do employees go? When do they go?

Review mandate to respond to work and determine need to update language

County Resources Assessment

Assessment of County-owned or managed resourcesHuman capitalFacilitiesEquipment and suppliesOthers

Conduct a Gap Analysis utilize results to drive future funding requests

Recovery and Resiliency Host a Recovery Conference and Workshop

Partner with key community stakeholders to define:Physical recoveryEconomic recoveryTechnological recoveryMental Health recovery

Convening the Workgroups

Other Departments are welcome to participate in the Workgroups

Additional Departments may be brought in at various times during the process for Subject Matter Expertise

Team Approach – emergency management activities impact everyone

Workgroup Timelines

Workgroups will be staggered to minimize impact on DepartmentsCOOP/IT Service Continuity, Training and

Mobilization will convene 1st quarter (January, 2015)Resource Assessment and Recovery/Resiliency will

convene early 3rd quarter (July, 2015) Goal is to have Workgroup products completed

in 15 months

Next Steps Email to Department’s representatives from

November 6th meetingIdentify primary and alternate for each Department

assigned to a Workgroup(s)Identify Departmental representation to EM

Committee Convene initial Workgroups in January, 2015 Updates at Department Heads in January, 2015 EM Committee Meeting in March, 2015 Convene remaining Workgroups in July, 2015