To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Special Presentation
SUBJECT:
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The Great California ShakeOut 2022 Proclamation
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the proclamation for the Great California ShakeOut 2022.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund and Emergency Management Performance Grant
DISCUSSION:
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services will be conducting its annual county-wide Humboldt Alert test on October 20, 2022, at 10:20 a.m. In conjunction with this alert test, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) will be participating in the national ShakeOut drill and be proctoring a county-wide functional exercise simulating a break down in wireless communications. Emergency preparedness groups throughout Humboldt County and surrounding counties will participate in a simulated emergency communications roll call to assist in the disaster by either amateur radio or text messaging.
Due to the success of last year’s exercise, this year’s exercise will be expanded to include high frequency (HF) radio communications with Del Norte, Siskiyou, Trinity, and Mendocino counties in an attempt to simulate regional coordination and situation reporting across coastal Northern California and surrounding areas.
Following the communications exercise, OES will host a training and tabletop exercise for Emergency Operations Center (EOC) personnel, building competency in EOC tasks and preparing staff for future emergency activations.
The proclamation attached to this Board item is intended to bring awareness to the importance of earthquake and tsunami preparedness, and to encourage all Humboldt County residents to participate in the Great California ShakeOut, practicing the important earthquake safety tips of DROP, COVER, and HOLD ON.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The financial impact associated with the Great California ShakeOut is staff time utilized in the planning, development, and implementation of event-related training and exercises. This is an annual planned event and staff time was budgeted for this purpose in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 budget.
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK:
This action supports your Board’s Strategic Framework by creating opportunities for improved safety and health and inviting civic engagement and awareness of available services.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Blue Lake Rancheria, Cal Poly Humboldt, National Weather Service-Eureka, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Redwoods Rural Health Center, Humboldt Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), Humboldt Auxiliary Communications (AuxComm) Team, & Humboldt Amateur Radio Club (HARC)
ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Board discretion
ATTACHMENTS:
1. ShakeOut 2022 Proclamation
PREVIOUS ACTION/REFERRAL:
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