Resilient Beverly Hills

Resilient Beverly Hills

City Council Study Session

February 20, 2018


Purpose

Provide an update and basic overview of the City’s Resilience, specifically Emergency Management, programs and activities.

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Resilience

Resilience is about surviving and thriving, regardless of the challenge.

What is Resilience?

The capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a City with the capacity to survive, adapt, and grow, no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience.

What is Chronic Stress?

Factors that weaken the fabric of a city on a day-to-day or cyclical basis

Acute Shocks

Sudden, sharp events that threaten a city 3

Resilient Cities

Resilient cities demonstrate seven qualities that allow them to withstand, respond to, and adapt more readily to shocks and stresses:

Reflective

Using past experience to inform future decisions.

Resourceful

Recognizing alternative ways to use resources.

Robust

Well-conceived, constructed, and managed systems.

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Resilient Cities

Redundant

Spare capacity purposively created to accommodate disruption

Flexible

Willingness and ability to adopt alternative strategies in response to changing circumstances.

Inclusive

Prioritize broad consultation to create a sense of shared ownership in decision making

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Planning and preparing to build the capacity to handle today's challenges and tomorrow's disasters.

All City Approach

Departments, Businesses, Residents, and all Stakeholders

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Types of Shock (Disasters)

Earthquakes

Fires

Terrorism

Floods

Landslides/ Mudslides

Windstorms

Climate Change/Drought

Disease Outbreaks

Civil Unrest/

Infrastructure Failure

Other


Acute Shocks: Disasters Will Happen!

All-Hazards Approach

Disaster Service Worker Program

Department Roles – Primary & Secondary

Disaster Organization

All Staff Have Disaster Roles

Succession Plans

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Department Presentations

Department Presentations

Emergency Management- OEM

Earthquake – Community Development (B&S)

Fire – Fire Department

Flood/Mudslide/Landslide -Public Works

Terrorism – Police Department

Systems Support – Information Technology

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Emergency Management

Meena Janmohamed – Emergency Management Analyst10

OEM Mission

To strengthen the City’s ability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from an emergency and/or disaster.

In collaboration, coordination and cooperation with all City Departments.

Covers and includes all residents, businesses, and other stakeholders.

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Together We Prepare!

IT TAKES A COMMUNITY

TO RESPOND & RECOVER

WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER!!!

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City

BusinessesResidents

Phases of Emergency Management

MITIGATION AND PREVENTION: reducing long-term risk to life and property.

PREPAREDNESS: the activities done before a disaster; such as training, planning, and community education and exercises.

RESPONSE: actions taken to save lives and property during an emergency.

RECOVERY: cleanup and restoration of activities to return to normal.

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Mitigation

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Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan

Strategies

Will bring back for approval at a future date pending FEMA approval.

OEM Goals

Community & Employee Preparedness

Disaster Response & Recovery

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Community Preparedness

Community PreparednessTo promote and

encourage emergency preparedness and mitigation in the community.

Engage and interface with all stakeholdersPreparedness Campaigns

Outreach Campaigns

Public Events

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Community Preparedness

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training

Disaster Preparedness Training

Disaster Ready

Stockpiling of Supplies

Sign up for notifications TODAY!

Text BEVHILLS &BEVHILLSPD TO 888777 17

Employee Preparedness

Employee PreparednessTo promote and educate City employees on emergency

preparedness and life safety response. To provide employees with the skills, knowledge and

abilities to manage an emergency/disaster at home and in the workplace.

Preparedness Campaigns

Employee Emergency Response Team (EERT) Training

Employee Backpack Program

New Employee Trainings18

OEM Goals

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Response and Recovery

To strengthen City departments’ ability to respond and recover to an emergency/disaster,

To prepare and maintain systems, supplies, and other logistical items to support Emergency/Disaster response and recovery

To maintain the EOC and its components,

To develop, implement and facilitate trainings, drills and exercises.

All-Hazards Approach

Many different threats or hazards

Probability is difficult to predict

All Departments play a role

Different Hazards have different lead Departments

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Incident Command System (ICS)

Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS)

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Disaster Response

Mutual Aid

Resource Request Process

Master Mutual Aid Agreements

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Operational

Area

County

RegionResources from 12

counties

State OESResources from 58

counties

FederalDepartments, Military,

States

Recent Mutual Aid Deployments

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Disaster Response

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Response

During and after a disaster, emergency information specific to the City of Beverly Hills can be found by visiting the following:

City of Beverly Hills Website: www.beverlyhills.org

City of Beverly Hills Disaster Hotline: (310) 550-4680

Radio: 1500 AM

Television: Channels 10 and 35

Twitter: www.twitter.com/beverlyhillsoem

Facebook: www.facebook.com/cityofbeverlyhills

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http://www.beverlyhills.org/

http://www.twitter.com/beverlyhillsoem

http://www.facebook.com/cityofbeverlyhills

Main Plans

Emergency Operations Plan

17+ related Plans and Manuals

Department Plans

Trainings, Drills, and Exercises

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EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER

Provides a central location of management and information.

Allows for the central coordination of information, resources and personnel.

Representatives from all Depts.

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EOC Organization

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Building & Safety

Earthquake

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Raj Patel – Asst. Director Community Development / Building Official

New Buildings

Adopt new State Building Codes every 3-years

Earthquakes

Wildfires

Climate Change

Adopt Stricter City Standards

Earthquake Zone Fault Investigations

Structural provisions for hillside construction

Indoor & Outdoor water use

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Existing Buildings

Mandatory Retrofit Standards

Wood Roofs

Un-Reinforced Masonry Buildings (URM)

Voluntary Retrofit Standards

Foundation Bolting

Non-Ductile Concrete

Steel Frame

Wood-Framed Soft-Story

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Enforcement

Certified Plan Check & Inspection Staff

Insurance Services Office (ISO) Class 1 Building Department

Response

Statewide Safety Assessment Program (SAP)

• Staff trained & certified in the standardized evaluation methods for damage assessment

• Red/ Yellow / Green Tags

Fire

Chief Greg Barton – Class-1 Fire Department34

Wildfire

California has one of the most severe wildland fire problems in the world.

Year after year, California homes and communities are threatened and destroyed by wildfire.

Beverly Hills Fire (April, 2007).

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B.H. Fire (April, 2007)

Opened EOC

Resources Committed*Over 200 Firefighters from: Beverly Hills, LAFD, Santa Monica, Culver City, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and other local Fire Departments

35 Engine Companies

4 Rescue Ambulances

5 Helicopters

5 Brush Patrols

2 Dozers

1 EMS Captain

10 Battalion Command Teams

2 Division Commanders

1 Command Post Vehicle 36

Wildfire Mitigation

Firewise Program

Brush Clearance

BHFD Remote Automatic Weather Station

No Parking on Red Flag Days

Red Flag Staffing at Station 2

Public Education programs at City Events

Award Winning Video on Wildfire Awareness in Beverly Hills

Wood Roofs & Structure Components

Evacuation Planning –“Operation Evacuation”

Ready! Set! Go! Program

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Wildfire Preparedness

Ready! Set! Go! Program

Get Ready

Create a Defensible Home

Defensible Space

Hardened Home

Get Set

Prepare your family

Go

Leave Early38

Wildfire Preparedness

Goals:

No loss of Life

No loss of Structures

Live with Wildfires

Share the Responsiblity

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Building and Fire Safety Codes

“The City has adopted best practices building and fire safety codes to lessen building and wildland fire risks, along with structural code requirements to improve earthquake safety. Considered as a total package, the City is one of, if not the most progressive communities for fire safety regulations that Citygate has observed.” – Organizational and Management Analysis of the Beverly Hills Fire Department, Citygate, October 29, 2010.

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FD DISASTER ROLES

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• Fire

• Emergency Medical

Services (EMS)

• Hazardous Materials

• Evacuations

• All-Hazards

Public Works

Flood/Mudflow/Landslides

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Shana Epstein – Director of Public Works

Mitigation Strategies Accomplished

Zone 9 Intertie with LADWP

Backup water supply for hillside fire protection

Updated Urban Water Management Plan

Ensures water supply for existing/future demand

Reservoir Maintenance & Replacement

Replaced 5 Steel Tank Reservoirs

City now has 43MG of Storage

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Current Mitigation Strategies

Shallow Groundwater Wells

Increase local water supply

Update Inundation Maps

Greystone Reservoir, 4A, and LADWP Transmission

Santa Monica Blvd T-Alleys

Replace catch basins/pipelines to prevent flooding

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Water Conservation Project

Continue efforts & implement programs

Green Streets & Burton Way Median

Collect urban runoff during storm events

Water Storage and Distribution

Plan to address infrastructure failure

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La Cienega Park Stormwater Retention Project

Collect urban runoff during storm events

Rehabilitation of Cabrillo Reservoir

Non-potable water distribution system

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PW Disaster Roles

Maintain public facilities and vehicles

Maintaining streets and streetlights

Debris removal

Protection & distribution of potable water supply

Protection of wastewater & stormwater systems

Assist with restoration of damaged utilities

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Emergency Water Supply

Variables in Emergency Water Supplies

Storage

Conservation

Individual Preparedness

Need for Emergency Water Supplies

Domestic Use

Fire Protection

Imported Water Supply

MWD Transmission Lines (2)

Connections with LADWP (3)48

Police Department

Terrorism

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Captain Mark Miner – Police Department

Mitigation

Recent Terror Attacks

Vehicle ramming

Edged weapons

Uniformed Presence

K-rail placement at special events

Robust pre-planning for any large gathering / occasion

Citywide bollard study

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Preparations

Conducted “active shooter training” Department wide (on-going for new hires)

Refresher training

Incorporated FD in our training

Issued Patrol Rifles to all first responders

Provide on going training

MACTAC

TAC-MED

Kits have been ordered

Training to be scheduled this year

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Preparations

Active Intelligence Unit

Fusion Center – JRIC

JTTF – Joint Terrorism Task Force

Vulnerability and Threat Mitigation Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Components

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PD Disaster Roles

Crime

Evacuations

Perimeters

Coroner

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Response

Isolate / Eliminate immediate threat

Contain

Coordinate

Communicate

Command & Control

Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack

Mutual Aid Partners

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Community Guidance

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Information Technology

David Schirmer – Chief Information Officer56

IT Role

IT has critical role in mitigating

Natural disasters

Human-made disasters

Mission critical systems

Communications

Telephone, radio, computer network, broadcast, etc.

Systems

Email, finance, dispatch, EOC, internet

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Mitigation Work

Greatest threats

Physical security / social engineering

Physical Security

Access limited to appropriate personnel

Video surveillance of critical IT infrastructure

Alarms / Alerts

Social engineering (use of deception)

Filtering (email, web, network)

User education

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Mitigation (cont.)

Redundancy (data, networks, systems)

Remote data centers (downtown, airport)

Redundant paths

Redundant internet

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Ongoing Work

Systems resiliency: never ending

Ongoing strategies

“Cloud first” where appropriate

Virtualization

Enhanced identity management

Encryption

Redundant back up and recovery

DR Planning and testing60

Disaster Preparedness

Creating a Culture of Preparedness

Preparedness Starts Today

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Safety Slogans

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Home Preparedness

Get a Kit/SuppliesBe able to take care of self

and family for 3-7 days.

Home, Car, Work

Make a Plan15-minute plan, out-of-state-

contact.

Fire Drills

Stay Informed Sign up for Emergency

Notifications

Know how to get info63

What to Plan For

Was: 48 to 72 hours

Now we say at least one week, and as much as 14 days for water

Realistic in Large Event:

First Week: On Own

Second Week: City

Third Week: Outside Help

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Evacuations/Shelters

Shelter in Place

Don’t Wait, Evacuate

Shelter Locations

Parks & Schools

Sign Up for Notifications

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Sign Up Today

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To Sign Up for Emergency Notifications

Register your phone numbers to receive emergency telephone notifications through the City’s established emergency notification system.

On the search bar, type: www.beverlyhills.org/emergencynotification

http://www.beverlyhills.org/emergencynotification

To Sign Up for NIXLE Text Message Alerts

On your cell phones:

In the phone number section, type “888777”

In the message box, type “BEVHILLS” and send the first text message

For the second text message, type “888777” in the phone number section

Afterward, in the message box, type“BEVHILLSPD” and send the text message

2018-2019 Work Plan

Promote Community and City resiliency by overseeing, supporting and coordinating a variety of activities, programs and projects.

Update the City's Emergency Operations Plan.

Review evacuation procedures for the City and educate the public.

Explore various emergency management technologies to enhance response and recovery activities.

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Disaster Related Challenges?

Communication in All Disasters

Ability to Move Large Groups of People and Goods

Individual Preparedness Efforts

Expectations During Disasters

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Focus

Back to Home!

Back to School!

Back to Work!

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Together We Prepare!

IT TAKES A COMMUNITY

TO RESPOND & RECOVER

WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER!!!

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City

BusinessesResidents

Summary

We live in an area of great risk and with that risk comes great responsibility. We owe it to ourselves, our families, our coworkers, and our Community to be prepared for a disaster.

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Summary

Together we will create a Resilient Beverly Hills.

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Lessons Learned

Thomas Fire Stopping the path of progression was difficult with this wind driven

event.

Once the fire took hold of a house, it was relentless. Lack of resources to devote to the number of structures involved.

The perimeter of this fire was vast. It was necessary to develop numerous branches once it crossed from Ventura to Santa Barbara. Double digit Branches became common…ie. AA, BB, CC

Pic #4 - Wind-driven fires up canyon/chutes were unstoppable. The vegetation in most canyons were 8-12 feet tall.

Pic #6 - Tract-homes that appear safe from wildfire (due to being away from hillsides and on flat terrain) were equally at risk under this wind-

driven event.

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Montecito Mudslide

• Clarification of Evacuation Notices

• Importance of Early Evacuation Warnings

• Debris Management

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Documents

Resilient Beverly Hills