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Policy Group <br />The Policy Group is responsible for assisting the EOC Director in the development of policy, overall strategy, <br />and rules, regulations, proclamations, and orders. The Policy Group consists of all City Council members. <br />The Legal Advisor is the City Attorney who will assist the EOC Director and the Policy Group as needed. <br />The City Clerk supports the Policy Group and is responsible for documenting and recording all emergency <br />orders and decisions of the policy group. In carrying out their responsibilities, the Policy Group should use <br />the following guidance: <br />Assess the Situation <br />❑ Contact the EOC Director at the EOC to obtain an update on the incident including the extent of <br />the emergency and status of available resources. <br />❑ Ensure the EOC has established communications with City employees to assess the level of impact <br />to personnel, facilities, infrastructure and the population and to identify resources available to <br />respond to the incident. Determine level of interruption to essential services, if any. <br />Questions to consider: <br />• What location(s) or geographical areas have been affected? Is this likely to change? <br />• How many people are threatened, affected, injured or dead? <br />• Are any City assets or facilities damaged? <br />• What response actions have already been taken? <br />• Have facility inspectors been called? <br />• Has the Operational Area EOC been activated? <br />• Has the REOC/SOC been activated? <br />• What other jurisdictions, agencies and organizations are currently responding to the incident? <br />• Which outside agencies have been contacted/have contacted the City? <br />• What requests for City resources have been, or may be, made by emergency responders? <br />• What standby contracts exist to provide immediately needed staffing, equipment or materials? <br />• How will current and forecasted weather conditions affect the situation? <br />Responsibilities: <br />❑ Proclaim and/or ratify a local emergency and end of the emergency <br />❑ Verify that emergency notifications have been made including to the San Mateo County <br />Operational Area EOC. The EOC Director will ensure the Operational Area has been notified of <br />the EOC activation. <br />❑ Monitor executive issues (business and financial, media, information systems, risk <br />management) <br />Let the City's operational managers coordinate the response in the field within their areas of <br />expertise. At the executive level, watch for emerging issues related to overall continuity of <br />operations, media issues, risk management concerns, and other enterprise -wide considerations. <br />❑ Support the Public Information Officer (PIO) to develop and implement external messaging <br />53 <br />