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Findings 24 findings
F1
Page 78
The Bay Area Earthquake Plan of July 6, 2016, establishes operational planning and preparation criteria for each Bay Area county.
F2
Page 78
The Sheriff OES is charged with planning and coordinating the County’s response to a disaster.
F3
Page 78
Sheriff OES Catastrophic Mass Care and Shelter Plan and other earthquake operational planning and preparation plans, dated 2010, do not meet the 2016 Bay Area Earthquake Plan requirements.
F4
Page 78
EHSD is responsible for executing the Mass Care and Shelter Plan and coordinating with the American Red Cross to operate emergency shelters.
F5
Page 78
EHSD 2016 Emergency Management Plan differs from the Sheriff OES 2010 Mass Care and Shelter Plan.
F6
Page 78
EHSD 2016 Emergency Management Plan does not meet the 2016 Bay Area Earthquake Plan requirements.
F7
Page 79
EHSD does not have the resources to continually work with the Sheriff OES to coordinate, plan and keep updated the Mass Care and Shelter Plan.
F8
Page 79
Sheriff OES does not have the resources to update all the operational planning and preparation plans as required by the 2016 Bay Area Earthquake Plan.
F9
Page 79
Sheriff OES has no written procedures concerning selection, inspection and opening an emergency shelter.
F10
Page 79
Sheriff OES has no standard training program that covers how emergency shelters are selected, inspected, and opened.
F11
Page 79
The Sheriff OES recognizes the American Red Cross makes non-binding pre- arrangements for shelters and lists the shelters on the FEMA sponsored database, National Shelter System (NSS).
F12
Page 79
Responsibility for determining whether a shelter is habitable and safe to use rests with the local jurisdiction or Sheriff OES.
F13
Page 79
Sheriff OES can view, but not edit, data in the NSS.
F14
Page 79
EHSD does not have access to the NSS.
F15
Page 79
Sheriff OES does not receive regularly scheduled reviews and updates of shelter sites in NSS from American Red Cross.
F16
Page 79
Sheriff OES has not received a NSS based shelter report from the American Red Cross since 2008.
F17
Page 79
EHSD does not receive regularly scheduled reviews and updates of shelter sites in NSS from ARC.
F18
Page 79
EHSD has not received a NSS based shelter report from the American Red Cross since 2008.
F19
Page 180
The County funds CORE teams and a central dispatch to facilitate coordination of services for the homeless.
F20
Page 180
The lack of enough overnight shelter beds may prevent the Coordinated Entry CARE Centers and CORE Outreach teams from being as effective as they otherwise could be.
F21
Page 180
Shelter Inc. has an existing master lease program that has been effective in creating more housing for those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
F22
Page 180
There are increasing numbers of homeless seniors in the County.
F23
Page 181
Existing County-operated emergency shelters are not prepared to handle frail seniors, who may not be able to take care of themselves, for example seniors with dementia or those who are unable to take care of activities of daily living.
F24
Page 181
There are a wide variety of innovative experiments throughout the nation which may be feasible for implementation in the County.
Recommendations 12
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R1Page 79Sheriff OES should consider creating a schedule for updating the Bay Area Earthquake Plan operational annexes
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R2Page 79The Board of Supervisors should consider identifying funds by July 1, 2018, to permit Sheriff OES and EHSD to coordinate and complete the Mass Care and Shelter Plan according to the schedule submitted by the Sheriff OES.
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R3Page 80Sheriff OES should consider developing a written Mass Care and Shelter protocol by July 1, 2018, that covers selection, inspection, and opening a shelter, and identifying funds to do so.
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R4Page 80Sheriff OES should consider including shelter selection, inspection and preparation when it establishes the Emergency Operations Center for a simulated disaster as part of disaster exercises.
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R5Page 80EHSD should consider access to view the NSS list
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R6Page 80Sheriff OES should consider providing training to EHSD on how to use the NSS system after EHSD is granted access to view the NSS list,
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R7Page 80EHSD should consider periodic reviews of the currency of the data and make update recommendations and corrections to the American Red Cross after EHSD is granted access to view the NSS list.
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R8Page 80Sheriff OES and American Red Cross should consider inviting EHSD to their regular meetings regarding earthquake planning and review of associated policies.
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R9Page 80Sheriff OES should consider reviewing its plans to coordinate local jurisdictions, EHSD and the American Red Cross during an emergency, and develop procedures and provide training where deficiencies are identified.
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R10Page 142The County Board of Supervisors and the Antioch City Council should consider negotiating an MOU whereby the Shelter agrees to accept all animals. Those that are identified as non-city of Antioch animals should be regularly picked up and transported to a County Shelter by County Animal Control Officers.
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R11Page 142The Council should consider directing the Shelter to collaborate with all accredited rescue groups to maximize rescues and adoptions.
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R12Page 142The Council should consider authorizing the selection of an independent community-based animal advisory group to routinely visit the Shelter to monitor animal welfare and Shelter conditions.
Conclusions 1
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CL1 Page 179The homeless situation in Contra Costa County is large enough to justify the effort to find additional funds to provide more shelter beds for the homeless. By closely examining the current County budget, with an eye toward pooling together enough money to establish an East County shelter and CARE center, the County could realize a financial benefit of reduced Health Service costs for the homeless that would be sufficient to cover the cost of investment. It appears that the County has been slow to react and has not taken sufficient steps to deal with the homeless problem. The County does enough to maintain the programs funded by HUD, but needs to do more to ensure that there are adequate services, shelters, and beds for all. Providing 418 beds for 1,607 homeless people is inadequate. With an increase in the number of complaints and visibility of the homeless, which can occupy a great deal of a police officers’ time, some local police department chiefs are finding money in their budgets to create homeless outreach teams that help direct the homeless to the shelters and care centers.
No Responses Found 6
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