DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

2008 STATE AGENDA

The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management will support state legislation and administrative action in pursuit of the following goals:

I.  Oil Spill Prevention and Response

1. Volunteer Training:  create volunteer training programs that will provide on-the-spot training to convergent volunteers following an oil spill.

2. Spill cleanup technology: improve oil spill cleanup technology, including funding research and reporting on emerging technologies.

3. Notification:  require the California Office of Emergency Services to promptly notify all Bay Area counties of any oil spill that occurs inSan Francisco Bay.

4. Response:  require rapid response to the scene of any oil spill in San Francisco Bay.

5. Training:  require that any entity required to file an oil spill contingency plan must exercise that plan regularly.

II. Interoperable Communications

1. Planning:  facilitate clear governance, including both state and local representation, for state and regional public safety interoperable communications networks, as described in California's State Interoperable Communications Plan (SCIP).  Support creation of a Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications System.

III. Department of Homeland Security and Office of Emergency Services

1. Grant funding:  maximize state grant funding for emergency management programs in San Francisco. 

IV.  Emergency Communications

1. 9-1-1 fees:  maximize 9-1-1 fee revenue that the state returns to counties.

2. VoIP:  Ensure that Voice Over Internet Protocol services supply 9-1-1 emergency calling capabilities to their customers.