SR-700-005 (3)
city of Santa Monica
SEMS Mu1ti-hazard Functional Plan
LETTER OF PROMULGA nON
Approval Date: November 9, 1999
TO: OFFICIALS, EMPLOYEES, AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
The preservation of life, property, and the environment is an inherent responsibility of local, state, and
federal government. The City of Santa Monica has prepared this SEMS Multi-hazard Functional Plan to
ensure the most effective and economical allocation of resources for the maximum benefit and
protection of the civilian population in time of emergency.
While no plan can prevent death and destruction, good plans carried out by knowledgeable and well-
trained personnel can and will minimize losses. This plan establishes the emergency organization,
assigns tasks, specifies policies and general procedures, and provides for coordination of planning
efforts of the various emergency staff and service elements utilizing the Standardized Emergency
Management System (SEMS).
The objective of this plan is to incorporate and coordinate all the facilities and personnel of the City into
an efficient organization capable of responding to any emergency.
This SEMS Multi-hazard Functional Plan is an extension of the California Emergency Plan. It will be
reviewed and exercised periodically and revised as necessary to meet changing conditions.
The City Council gives its full support to this plan and urges all officials, employees, and citizens,
individually and collectively, to do their share in the total emergency effort of the City of Santa Monica.
Concurrence of this promulgation letter constitutes the adoption of the Standardized Emergency
Management System by the City of Santa Monica. This SEMS Multi-hazard Functional Plan will
become effective on approval by the City Council.
Ma or, City of Santa Monica
P 0' Connor
November 1,1999
Chapter One
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city of Santa Monica
SEMS Multi-hazard Functional Plan
SIGNED CONCURRENCE BY PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES (LEPG 18)
The following departments/agencies concur with the City of Santa Monica's SEMS Multi-hazard
Functional Plan. As needed, revisions will be submitted to the Santa Monica Emergency Services
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