CHAPTER 7:
DISASTER COUNCIL

Sec. 7.1.	Chapter – Purposes; "Emergency" Defined and Construed.
Sec. 7.2.	Agreement to Abide by State Master Mutual-Aid Agreement.
Sec. 7.3.	Disaster Council – Created; Composition; Appointment of Members.
Sec. 7.4.	Disaster Council – Powers and Duties.
Sec. 7.4-1.	Reports to Disaster Council.
Sec. 7.5.	The Emergency Services of San Francisco – Composition.
Sec. 7.6.	The Emergency Services of San Francisco – Mayor; Powers and Duties.
Sec. 7.6-1.	The Emergency Services of San Francisco – Use of the Standardized Emergency Management System.
Sec. 7.7.	The Emergency Services of San Francisco – Director; Powers and Duties.
Sec. 7.9.	The Emergency Services of San Francisco – Organizational Provisions.
Sec. 7.10.	Police Auxiliary Reserve.
Sec. 7.11.	Fire Auxiliary Reserve.
Sec. 7.15.	Powers to Combat Contaminating Agents.
Sec. 7.16.	Compensation, Immunities and Oath of Members.
Sec. 7.17.	Violations of Chapter; Penalty.
Sec. 7.18.	Expenditures.
Sec. 7.19.	Board of Supervisors' Review of City's State of Disaster Preparedness.
Sec. 7.20.	Disaster Service Worker Training, Reporting and Contact Update.

 

SEC. 7.1. CHAPTER – PURPOSES; "EMERGENCY" DEFINED AND CONSTRUED.

   (a)   Chapter. The declared purposes of this Chapter are to provide for the preparation and carrying out of plans for the protection of persons and property within this City and County in the event of an emergency; the direction of emergency services; and the coordination of the emergency functions of this City and County with all other public agencies, corporations, organizations, and affected private persons.

   (b)   "Emergency" Defined and Construed. As used in this Chapter, an emergency shall exist when proclaimed by the Mayor. It shall include, but is not limited to, the actual or threatened existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within this City and County caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, or earthquake, including conditions resulting from war or imminent threat of war or any actual or threatened enemy attack or sabotage, and upon which occurrences the responsibility devolves upon the regularly constituted authorities for the maintenance of public peace and order and to preserve life and property, but other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy, which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of this City and County, requiring the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat.

(Amended by Ord. 40-72, App. 2/25/72)

SEC. 7.2. AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY STATE MASTER MUTUAL-AID AGREEMENT.

   The Board of Supervisors does, by resolution, hereby approve and agree to abide by the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual-Aid Agreement.

(Resolution 11053 (Series of 1939))

SEC. 7.3. DISASTER COUNCIL – CREATED; COMPOSITION; APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.

   The City and County Disaster Council is hereby created and shall consist of the following:

   (a)   The Mayor, who shall be the chair.

   (b)   The Vice-Chair, who shall be appointed by the Mayor, and who, in the absence of or at the direction of the Mayor, shall act on his or her behalf on matters within the purview of this Chapter.

   (c)   Such officers in charge of emergency services as are provided for in the current emergency plan of this City and County.

   (d)   Such other representatives of civic, business, labor, veterans, professional, or other organizations having an official emergency responsibility, as may be appointed by the Mayor.

   (e)   Three members of the Board of Supervisors, to be appointed by the President of the Board.

   (f)   Controller.

   (g)   The Director of Emergency Services who shall be the Executive Secretary.

(Amended by Ord. 40-72, App. 2/25/72; Ord. 278-96, App. 7/3/96)