[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Victor 3-24-2008 by L.L. No. 2-2008.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed
former Ch. 100, Emergency Preparedness Plan, adopted 9-12-1994 by
L.L. No. 7-1994.
The Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
(CEMP) of the Town and Village of Victor, New York is hereby in accordance
with Article 2-B New York of State Executive Law and the New York
State Defense Emergency Act and pursuant to the authority of the Municipal
Home Rule Law § 10.
The Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
of the Town and Village of Victor, New York has been developed to
serve as the method by which the Town and Village of Victor, New York
shall prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from significant
emergency incidents. The plan shall be consistent with the Ontario
County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. To facilitate relevancy
and privacy, the format of the plan relies heavily on confidential
independent materials.
A.
All emergency incidents occurring within the Town
or Village of Victor shall be managed by implementing the National
Incident Management System (NIMS). First arriving emergency personnel
shall establish a command post and initiate appropriate scene stability,
containment, and mitigation actions. In the event the emergency is
beyond the first arriving emergency personnel's ability to control,
the Incident Commander is authorized to request additional resources.
B.
In the event the emergency is deemed likely to have
a major impact on the local population, the Victor Emergency Operation
Center (EOC) shall be staffed. (See Victor Emergency Operation Center
activation protocols).
C.
In accordance with the Ontario County Comprehensive
Emergency Management Plan, in the event the emergency is beyond the
local municipalities' ability to handle, the Ontario County Comprehensive
Emergency Management Plan shall be activated. The Ontario County Office
of Emergency Management will serve as a resource to the Victor Emergency
Operation Center staff, but will not assume a command role.
D.
Additional resources from the New York State Emergency
Management Office (SEMO) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) may be obtained through the Ontario County Emergency Management
Office.
A.
A Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Advisory
Board shall be appointed annually by the Town and Village Boards.
The Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Advisory Board shall consist
of the following:
[Amended 11-23-2015 by L.L. No. 13-2015]
B.
The Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Advisory
Board shall be responsible for:
C.
The Emergency Manager shall be appointed by the Town
and Village Boards to oversee the Comprehensive Emergency Management
Plan. The Emergency Manager shall be responsible for:
D.
The Deputy Emergency Manager shall be a resident of the Village and
shall be appointed by the Town and Village Boards to assist the Emergency
Manager in carrying out his duties, and shall act in the stead of
the Emergency Manager in the event the Emergency Manager is unavailable.
[Added 11-23-2015 by L.L.
No. 13-2015[1]]
E.
The Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Advisory
Board shall meet at least quarterly.
F.
The Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan shall
be reviewed on an annual basis. The review shall be conducted in the
fourth quarter of the year with the intent to modify the plan if needed
by January of the following year. This review shall include:
G.
Minimum training standards are established as follows:
(1)
Town employees. Part-time employees that may be involved
in emergency response and all full-time employees shall maintain National
Incident Management System (NIMS) certification in the following key
courses:
(2)
Village employees. Part-time employees that may be
involved in emergency response and all full-time employees shall maintain
National Incident Management System (NIMS) certification in the following
key courses.
(3)
Responders. All emergency agencies, including the
Victor Fire Department, Fishers Fire Department, Victor Farmington
Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Ontario County Sheriff's Office, New York
State Police, and the American Red Cross, shall be responsible for
establishing and maintaining training standards that meet the (NIMS)
requirements for their operational field.
H.
Periodic drills and exercises shall be conducted to
provide hands-on training for responding agencies and employees. The
drills will also be used as a means to evaluate the effectiveness
of the CEMP. At a minimum, one Town drill and one Village drill shall
be conducted annually. The drills will include participation from
emergency responders and government officials and employees as applicable.
In addition, the Town and Village shall participate in appropriate
county drills.
A.
911 call reception. The Ontario County 911 System
is expected to operate normally through most emergencies. During high
call periods the center will increase staffing to accommodate the
anticipated volume of calls. In the event the 911 system fails, or
the phone system in Victor fails, the three fire stations and the
VFVAC headquarters shall serve as emergency call reception centers.
B.
Emergency service call reception. During periods of
911 failure, each fire station and the VFVAC headquarters building
shall serve as an emergency call reception center. Each emergency
call reception center shall maintain a dispatcher at the watch desk
to receive walk-in reports from the public for the duration of the
911 failure. Request for interagency service may be made to the Ontario
County dispatcher via the Ontario County primary fire frequency 46.42
or primary EMS frequency 155.355. Each emergency call reception center
shall be responsible for staff scheduling and accommodations throughout
the emergency.
C.
Town or Village call reception. It should be anticipated
that the public may stop at the Town or Village Hall to report an
emergency. The clerical staff shall be prepared to receive requests
and to transfer the information to the appropriate authorities during
normal business hours.
Pre-incident community education is critical
to an effective emergency response. The community shall be encouraged
to learn about their role in an emergency through the following methods:
In the event of an emergency warranting immediate
community or neighborhood warning, any or all of the following methods
may be used:
The Town and Village of Victor have taken part
in the Ontario County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazard Mitigation Program.
This is an ongoing program and is intended to address areas of key
concern throughout Ontario County. In addition to continued participation
in the Ontario County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazard Mitigation Program,
the Town and Village of Victor shall initiate an in-depth mitigation
evaluation program focusing on the following key points of analysis.
A.
Hazard analysis. The hazard analysis shall identify
physical hazards that are inherent due to geological or geographical
features.
B.
Vulnerability analysis. The vulnerability analysis
shall identify areas of vulnerability due to size, use or location.
C.
Emergency response capability analysis. The emergency
response capability analysis is intended to confirm the residents
of the Town and Village of Victor are receiving the very best emergency
services possible for a municipality of our size. The analysis shall
review key emergency response organizations operating in the Town
and Village of Victor.
D.
Municipal response analysis. The municipal response
analysis shall be conducted to determine the ability of the Town and
Village of Victor's governmental departments to respond to emergencies.
E.
Report. At the conclusion of the mitigation evaluation,
a report shall be written and submitted to the Victor Town Board and
Victor Village Board for consideration.
F.
Employ reasonable mitigation measures. As the analysis
are completed, the Town and Village of Victor shall endeavor to take
appropriate and reasonable measures to mitigate known issues. In some
instances, long term planning and budgeting may be required to address
some issues.
A.
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) shall
be utilized for all emergency responses. The National Incident Management
System may also be used for planned events and routine management
of ongoing issues and projects.
B.
Incident Command System. First arriving emergency
personnel shall initiate the Incident Command System as required by
(NIMS) and in accordance with department procedures.
A.
Law enforcement shall respond as appropriate to the
incident or on request of the Incident Commander. Law enforcement
shall act within the normal scope of duty under the direction of the
Incident Commander.
B.
Fire service shall respond as appropriate to the incident
or on request of the Incident Commander. The fire service shall act
within the normal scope of duty under the direction of the Incident
Commander.
C.
Emergency medical shall respond as appropriate to
the incident or on request of the Incident Commander. The emergency
medical service shall act within the normal scope of duty under the
direction of the Incident Commander.
D.
Government agencies shall respond as appropriate to
the incident. Response shall be by request through the administration
of the Emergency Operation Center.
The purpose of the local Emergency Operation
Center (EOC) is to facilitate coordination of all responders to a
large-scale emergency incident. The EOC shall serve as a resource
to the on-scene Incident Commander.
A.
Activation. The Emergency Operation Center shall be
activated in accordance with the scope of the incident. There shall
be the following levels of activation:
(1)
Level 0 - Emergency Manager watch. A Level 0 activation
may be activated when community conditions are anticipated to become
abnormal. This may be due to weather events, planned events, or increased
terrorism threat. The Emergency Manager shall evaluate conditions
and advise appropriate key personnel of escalating conditions and
increase the Emergency Operation Center activation level as warranted.
(2)
Level 1 - Emergency Manager response. A Level 1 response
shall be initiated when a minor incident occurs whereby the requesting
agency needs limited support from the Town or Village. The Emergency
Manager shall serve as the liaison between the requesting agency and
the responding municipal department.
(3)
Level 2 - Limited response. A Level 2 response shall
be initiated for intrajurisdictional incidents where the Incident
Commander has identified the incident is or has the potential to:
(4)
Level 3 - Full response. A Level 3 response shall
be initiated when the scope of the incident has been determined to
be of a significant nature requiring an extended recovery period and
multiple response agencies. An incident of this magnitude may require
activation of the Ontario County Emergency Operation Center.
B.
Staffing. Staffing shall be appropriate for the level
of incident and may be increased or decreased as the incident warrants.
Initial staffing shall be notified per the Emergency Operation Center
Plan 506.1.
C.
Incident action plan. The Emergency Operation Center
staff shall be responsible for developing, and executing an incident
action plan. The incident action plan shall serve as the plan by which
the incident is administrated.
D.
Deactivation. The Emergency Operation Center shall
be deactivated in accordance with the fulfillment of the incident
action plan.
At all times, the Town Supervisor and Village
Mayor shall remain in control of civil government. In the absence
of the Town Supervisor or Village Mayor, the next available person
in the line of succession shall take charge of the local government.
The Town Supervisor or acting Supervisor and
the Village Mayor or acting Mayor may, as the incident warrants, issue
a local state of emergency declaration that shall read as follows:
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A State of Emergency is hereby declared in ______________________
for a period of time beginning at __________________ hours on the
date of _______________ and continuing in effect for a period not
to exceed five days and ending at __________ hours on the date of
_________. The State of Emergency has been declared due to emergency
conditions produced by _______________________________________________.
Such conditions threaten or imperil the public safety of the citizens
of _______________. As Chief Executive of _____________________, I,
_____________________________, have exercised the authority given
to me under New York State Executive Law Article 2-B to preserve the
public safety and hereby render all required and available assistance
vital to the security, well-being and health of the citizens of the
community. I hereby direct the Department (s) of _____________________________
to take whatever steps necessary to protect life and property, public
infrastructure and other such emergency assistance as deemed necessary.
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The recovery phase of an incident is the process
of restoring normalcy to the community. This is accomplished through
three primary phases: damage assessment, short-term recovery, and
long-term recovery. A significant incident may require a multifaceted,
cooperative effort, including both public and private sectors of the
community. Assistance may be available from county, state and federal
resources.
A.
Damage assessment. Damage assessment is the process
of initially determining the level of damage. Damage assessment shall
be conducted in accordance with the damage assessment plan.
B.
Short-term recovery. Short-term recovery is the process
of initially restoring critical infrastructure to the affected area.
Short-term recovery shall be conducted in accordance with the recovery
plan.
C.
Long-term recovery. Long-term recovery is the processes
of rebuilding the affected area to pre-incident normalcy. Long-term
recovery shall be conducted in accordance with the recovery plan.
