CITY OF RIDGECREST

                               CITY EMERGENCY PLAN


                           _I.  PLANNING BASIS (CONT'D)_


D.  _Planning Factors (Cont'd)._

    1.  General

        a.  _Description of Jurisdiction (Cont'd)._

            (1) One mobil unit in the Chief of Police's squad car connecting to the Countywide Kern County Sheriff's Office dispatcher in Mojave and all KCSO mobile units operating in the Indian Wells Valley.

                                                                   _CITY OF RIDGECREST_

                              _CITY EMERGENCY PLAN_


                          _I.  PLANNING BASIS  (CONT'D)_

D.  _Planning factors (Cont'd)_

     1.  General

         a. _Description of Jurisdiction (Cont'd)_

             (6) (Cont'd)
                 -- Three radio-telephone mobile units with a base station at 520 S. China Lake Blvd.

             (7) The Southern California Edison Company has their primary system connected to the base station in Victorville.  However, can supply local emergency communication on employee operated basis.

             (8) The Indian Wells Valley Search and Rescue Team operates with member owned eqipment consisting of one mobile unit and three handie-talkie units on a 155.16 Mhz.

             (9) Amateur Radio operators within general frequency operation.

             (10) AM radio station KLOA on its assigned carrier frequency of 1240 Khz. and FM radio station KFIO on its assigned carrier frequency of 104.9 Mhz.  No independent power supply is available.

             (11) Radio station KZIQ on its assigned carrier frequencies of 1360 Khz (AM) and 97 Mhz (FM).  No independant power supply is available.

             (12) Ridgecrest Cablevision franchise is in operation with a local information station broadcasted on Channel 3.

             (13)

             (14)

             (15) CAP (Phelps)

             (16) China Lake Mountain Rescue one base station, two mobile units and ten hand healds.

             (17) NAVY MARS

             (18) ARC (Phelps)

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                               CITY EMERGENCY PLAN


                         _I.   PLANNING BASIS  (CONT'D)_
D.  _Planning factors (Cont'd)_
     1.  General

         a.  _Description of Jurisdiction  (Cont'd)_

              (7) 
                   (L) City Hall, 139 Balsam St., and other public buildings.

              (8) _Dependance upon truck and/or rail transportation._
                  The city of Ridgecrest, because of its isolation from metropolitan areas, is very much dependent upon truck transportation for critical supplies such as food, medical supplies, fuel, etc. Rail transportation facilities are available at Searles Station and air facilities are available through the Armitage field at China Lake, Inyokern, Ridgecrest, and Trona as emergency alternatives to truck transport.

              (9) _Basic Requirement._ The California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code) in Article 3, Section 8568, states, "The State Emergency Plan shall be in effect in each political subdivision of the State, and the governing body of each political sub division shall take such action as may be necessary to carry out the provisions thereof."  This plan is consistent and compatable with the State Emergency plan.

         b.  _The Emergency Response System_

             Civil government, augmented and reinforced during an emergency, conducts emergency operations, provides mutual aid between local governments, including state and federal support, and controls all critical and essential resources.  Civil government also gives direct support to military forces engaged in retaliatory or defensive operations.

             Current California legislation and emergency planning provides for the establishment of a countrywide operational area.  An area coordinator and such staff as required will coordinate interjurisdictional actions of the county and the various cities.  The operational area organization serves as an intermediate link in the lines of commmunication and coordination between local jurisdictions and the state emergency organization during a STATE OF WAR EMERGENCY, and _may_ be used during a STATE OF EMERGENCY or declared LOCAL EMERGENCY.


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                              CITY EMERGENCY PLAN

                        _I.   PLANNING BASIS  (CONT'D)_


D.  _Planning Factors  (Cont'd)_

    1.  General

        c.  _Standardization of Plans_

            So that the jurisdictions in the Kern County area may act in concert during an emergency, their operations plans are standardized and compatible with respect to basic:

            (1)  concepts of operations
            (2)  responsibilities
            (3)  organizational structure
            (4)  terminology

        d.  _Emergency Requirements_

            Non-essential private and government activities will be reduced or stopped, depending upon emergency conditions.  This operations plan identifies forseeable tasks, organizational requirements, rescource requirements, and procedures for the conduct of emergency operations.

        e.  _City-County Coordination_

            The county emergency organization may conduct emergency operations inside the limits of this city, by mutual agreement, in accordance with the annexes of this plan.  (See V.A. 3. 4. and 5.)

        f.  _Available Emergency Rescources_

        g.  _Private Resources_

            Many privately owned resources are available for use during emergencies.  Arrangements shall be made to make maximum effective use of these materiel and personnel resources.

        h.  _Other Jurisdictions_


    2.  Support Organizations and Mutual Aid

        a.  _Support to and by the City_

            The city emergency organization will support and be supported by:

            (1)  Emergency organizations of other cities within the county and those of other counties;

            (2)  Emergency organizations of the county;

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                              CITY EMERGENCY PLAN

                        _I.   PLANNING BASIS  (CONT'D)_

D.  _Planning Factors  (Cont'd)_

    2.  Supporting Organizations and Mutual Aid  (Cont'd)

        a.  _Support to and by the City  (Cont'd)_
            (3)  Emergency organization of the State of California;

            (4)  Federal agencies.

        b.  _Special Districts_

            Special district personnel and rescources have been incorporated into the city emergency organization.

        c.  _Business and Industry_

            Businesses and industries having personnel and rescources needed to meet emergency requirements have been incorporated into the city emergency organization.

        d.  _Military Support_

            Military assistance will complement but not substitute for civil government emergency operations.

        e.  _Mutual Aid_

            Mutual aid, including personnel, supplies, and equipment will be provided in accordance with the California Master Mutual Aid Agreement  (See A.7, Authorities and References p. 1.5).

        f.  _Operational Area_

            All Mutual aid between the County and Jurisdictions within the county, as well as between county, state, federal government and the city is coordinated through the Operational Area Coordinator.

        g.  _American National Red Cross_

            The Red Cross has legal responsibility to provide relief for the disaster-caused needs of persons affected by a _natural disaster._  The Red Cross conducts its programs through local chapters.  The Red Cross finances its own natural disaster programs, and exercises administrative control over its own operations.  All assistance is provided on a grant basis through the following programs:  mass care, including food, clothing, and lodging;  supplemental medical and

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                              CITY EMERGENCY PLAN

                        _I.   PLANNING BASIS   (CONT'D)_

D.  _Planning Factors  (Cont'd)_

     2.  Supporting Organizations and Mutual Aid (Cont'd)

         g.  _American National Red Cross (Cont'd)_

             nursing care; family services; and rehabilitation.  During natural disasters, the Red Cross operates independantly of, but coordinates with, local government.  Although recognizing that warning, rescue, and devacuation are governmental responsibilites, the Red Cross assists in these services when such help is requested by local governments.

              The operational integrity of local Red Cross chapters must be maintained during WAR EMERGENCIES because of the Geneva Conventions and National Blood Program obligations imposed on the Red Cross by the Federal Government. Should the local Red Cross volunteer disaster be incorporated into the local emergency plan for war-caused emergencies, the committee assists only in meeting mass care needs for food, clothing, and lodging as part of the Welfare/Shelter service. Government is responsible administratively and financially for the conduct of these programs in war-caused emergencies.

         h.  _Organization of Indian Wells Valley ESVC_

     3.  Continuity of Government

         In order to assure continuity of government, provision has been made for:

        a.  Emergency succession to key positions in government;

        b.  The preservation of essential records and documents; and

        c.  Temporary seats of government (See Attachment A, Continuity of Government).

E.  _Assumptions - War Emergency_

     1.  National policy considers nuclear attack to be the primary threat.

     2.  There