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5. Plan Development, Distribution, and Maintenance Per Section 10.8 of the Redwood City Code, The City Disaster Advisory Plan shall be prepared under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services. Said plan shall provide for the effective mobilization of all of the resources of the City, both public and private, to meet any condition constituting a local emergency, State of Emergency or State of War Emergency and shall provide for the organization, powers and duties, services and staff of the Emergency Organization. Such plan takes effect upon adoption thereof by resolution of the Council. The City EOP, which serves as its City Disaster Advisory Plan, was written with input from City departments having an official emergency responsibility in the City. The EOP was submitted to the Cal OES for review and then presented to the City Council for review. Upon concurrence by the City Council, the plan was officially adopted through resolution. 5.1 PLAN UPDATES The City's EOP will be reviewed and revised by the Director of Emergency Services annually. The Director of Emergency Services for the City of Redwood City is the City Manager. They are assisted in their responsibilities by the Emergency Operations Manager. The Emergency Operations Manager for the City of Redwood City is the Chief of the Fire Department (Fire Chief). The Fire Chief will coordinate the compilation of information and update the EOP to reflect any applicable changes that are made. Individual departments are responsible to update and revise their departmental procedures regularly and submit those updates to the Fire Chief, who will incorporate the updates into the EOP. These updates should include new information (e.g., update of phone numbers and revisions of relevant standard operational procedures or positions). All changes to the EOP will be documented in the record of revisions table. Changes to the EOP will be distributed to the City departments shown on the Plan Distribution list. Major revisions to the EOP will be submitted to the City Manager for approval or recommendation for review by City Council. Evaluating the effectiveness of the EOP involves capturing information from training events, exercises, and real-world incidents to determine whether the goals, incident objectives, decisions, and timing outlined led to a successful response. This process may indicate that deficiencies exist. City staff should discuss the deficiencies and consider assigning responsibility for generating remedies. Remedial actions may involve revising planning assumptions and operational concepts, changing organizational tasks, or modifying organizational implementing instructions such as checklists or templates. Remedial actions may also involve providing refresher training for EOC personnel. 67