[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Springfield
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Title 7, Ch. 7.04, of the 1986 Code]
[Amended 10-3-1990]
There is created and established within the City a department
known as the "Springfield Office of Emergency Preparedness" for the
purpose of performing civil defense functions and local emergencies
and other powers in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 639
of the Acts of 1950 or any act in substitution or amendment thereof.
A.
The Department established by § 34-1 shall be under the direction of a Director who shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall serve during the pleasure of the Mayor.
B.
He may be removed at any time with or without cause and his successor
shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment.
C.
The Director shall devote his full time to his duties under this
article, shall not hold any other public office, and shall receive,
subject to appropriation, such compensation as the Mayor and City
Council may determine.
D.
The Director shall have direct responsibility for the organization,
administration and operation of the Department, subject to the direction
and control of the Mayor.
[Amended 10-3-1990]
A.
The Director shall utilize and coordinate the services, equipment,
supplies and facilities of existing departments, offices and agencies
of the City for the purpose of performing local civil defense functions
and other local emergencies.
B.
The Director may, within limits of the amount appropriated therefor,
appoint deputy directors and such experts, clerks, employees and assistants
as the work of the Department may require.
C.
The Director is authorized and directed to issue rules and regulations,
to make executive orders, expend funds and do all things necessary
and proper to carry out the provisions of Chapter 639 of the Acts
of 1950 or any act in substitution or amendment thereof, and for the
preservation of the public safety, health, morals and general welfare,
including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(1)
Measures appropriate to defense against air raids, including the
regulations of lights and lighting and the distribution of lighting,
electricity, gas and power of every kind throughout the City, the
formulation, execution and enforcement of blackout plans, and the
ordering of test or practice blackouts as well as blackouts in time
of actual need;
(2)
Measures appropriate to the mobilization of regular, special, and
volunteer facilities for fire fighting, for the preservation of order,
of lives, of property and of health and sanitation, and to these ends
he may cause the demolition of buildings and other structures;
(3)
Measures appropriate to the regulation of traffic, the prevention
of sabotage, and the protection of public and private facilities of
every kind, the control of firearms and explosives, the provision
of ambulance service and of first aid and other medical care, and
of relief;
(4)
Measures appropriate to the preparation, execution and enforcement
of disaster plans and the organization of all transportation and communication
facilities, and of emergency services of every kind;
(5)
Measures appropriate to the preservation of public morals; and measures
appropriate to all other subjects designed to further the accomplishment
of the purposes of this article, whether or not such subjects be of
the same or a similar kind with the subjects listed in this article.
D.
Whenever he deems it appropriate the Director may require drills
and practice exercises.
E.
Whenever it is necessary in specific emergencies, he may cause to
be commandeered for the public use automobiles, trucks, and other
equipment, materials, food, clothing, medical and other supplies.
[Amended 10-3-1990]
A.
There is established an Office of Emergency Preparedness Advisory
Council.
B.
Such Council shall serve without pay and shall consist of the Director
of Emergency Preparedness, such other department heads and such other
persons as the Mayor, after consultation with the Director, may deem
necessary.
C.
Such member of the Council as the Mayor shall designate shall serve
as Chairman of the Council.
D.
The Council shall serve subject to the direction and control of the
Mayor and shall advise the Mayor and the Director on matters pertaining
to civil defense and local emergencies.
The Mayor is authorized to accept and receive on behalf of the
City any offer by the federal government or agency or officer thereof
or any person, firm or corporation of services, equipment, supplies,
materials or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan for purposes of
civil defense, subject to the terms of the offer and the rules and
regulations, if any, of the agency making the offer.
A.
The Board of Police Commissioners and the Board of Fire Commissioners
shall act for the City in carrying out the provisions of Section 11
of Chapter 639 of the Acts of 1950, as amended, relative to auxiliary
firemen and auxiliary policemen.
B.
The Chief of Police, subject to the rules and order of the Board
of Police Commissioners and upon the approval of the Mayor, is authorized
to go to the aid of any city or town at the request of the city or
town in the suppression of riots or other forms of violence in accordance
with the provisions of Section 11B of Chapter 639 of the Acts of 1950.
This article shall remain in force during the effective period
of Chapter 639 of the Acts of 1950 or any act in substitution, amendment
or continuation thereof.
[Adopted as Title 7, Ch. 7.08, of the 1986 Code]
The purpose of the Emergency Medical Services Commission is
to facilitate the coordination of the provision of emergency medical
services between the public safety departments of the City and the
providers of emergency medical services.
A.
An Emergency Medical Services Commission is established.
A.
The original members of the Emergency Medical Services Commission,
aside from the Chairmen of the Police and Fire Commissions, shall
be appointed in the following manner:
B.
Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a term ending three years
from the end of the prior term established by this section, notwithstanding
that any Commissioner appointed shall serve until a successor has
been appointed.
A.
The Emergency Medical Services Commission shall exercise on behalf
of the City, subject to appropriation, all powers granted by MGL c. 40,
§ 5(21A).
B.
The Emergency Medical Services Commission may enter into contracts
subject to appropriation and approval of the Mayor, upon such terms
and conditions as it deems proper, for response to calls for ambulance
services received or initiated by the City, its officers or employees.
If such contracts require the cooperation or assistance of any municipal
departments, the Commission shall obtain the consent of the department
head of such department.
C.
The Emergency Medical Services Commission may organize or undertake,
subject to appropriation, such planning or other activities to improve
ambulance and related services within the City as it may deem proper.
D.
The Emergency Medical Services Commission may, with the consent of
the Director of Civil Defense of the City, collaborate with said Director
to prepare a medical disaster response plan for the City.
