§ 20-17. Director of Public Safety; reporting structure, authority and responsibilities.

(a) 

The Director of Public Safety reports to the City Manager and will appoint one person to act as the Director of Public Safety in his or her absence. The Director of Public Safety has authority for handling the following:

(1) 

Fires;

(2) 

Hazardous material events;

(3) 

Evacuations;

(4) 

Multiple casualties;

(5) 

Searches and rescues;

(6) 

Wild fires;

(7) 

Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) response;

(8) 

Medical authority for the City;

(9) 

All law enforcement essential functions and crime scene response;

(10) 

Public demonstrations and civil disturbances;

(11) 

Cyber security or cybercrime events;

(12) 

CBRNE investigations;

(13) 

Bomb threats;

(14) 

Strikes and demonstration activity;

(15) 

Emergency public warning;

(16) 

Emergency communications;

(17) 

Transportation accidents.

(b) 

The Department of Public Safety is responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

(1) 

Responding to events and providing an incident commander;

(2) 

Providing personnel to staff the emergency operations center;

(3) 

Mobilizing and coordinating fire response units from the City and other jurisdictions;

(4) 

Reporting to the City Manager on the nature and scope of the Department of Public Safety's role in the event;

(5) 

Providing documentation on costs incurred by the Department of Public Safety during an event for reimbursement purposes;

(6) 

Responding to events and providing an incident commander;

(7) 

Providing personnel from the Department of Public Safety to staff the emergency operations center;

(8) 

Reporting to the City Manager on the nature and scope of an event;

(9) 

Providing direction and control of traffic;

(10) 

Implementing and controlling an event scene perimeter;

(11) 

Providing protection of valuables in multi-casualty events and protection of property during evacuations;

(12) 

Providing protection of key persons and facilities involved with the event;

(13) 

Implementing crisis management at the onset of an event and, in conjunction with federal and state agencies, throughout an escalating event.

3-25-2013 by Ord. No. 1348