CC - 1959 - 52 - Civil Defense and Disasterp,
RESOLUTION NO. S~
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTER
WHEREAS, Chapter 7 of Article III of the Rosemead Municipal
Code relating to civil defense and disaster provides that the civil
defense and disaster organization, the distribution of civil defense
powers and duties, the assignment of functions and services and
the recruitment, direction and training of personnel shall be pre-
scribed by resolution adopted concurrently with the adoption of
said Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it Resolved by the City Council of the
City of Rosemead, as follows:
SECTION 1: The civil defense and disaster organization
of this City shall be as hereinafter more particularly described
and as shown on the attached chart marked Exhibit "A" and entitled
"City Organization for Civil Defense and Disaster." Said Exhibit
"A", including all information shown thereon, is as much a part
of this Resolution as if the materials and information set forth
by said exhibit were all fully described therein.
SECTION 2: Division of Operating Services. There is
hereby created a division of operating services. For the purposes
of civil defense and disaster planning and organization, the chief
of each operating service within this division shall be responsible
to the director through the assistant director.
protection and traffic control;
(5) Medical and health service, which shall include sani-
tation and mortuary services;
(6) Radiological safety service;
(7) Rescue service; and
(8) Utilities service.
Within this division there shall be the following civil
defense and disaster services:
(1) Emergency welfare, services, which shall include mass
feeding, clothing, and lodging;
(2) Engineer service, which shall include shelter pro-
tection;
(3) Fire service;
(4) Law enforcement service, which shall include facility
The director shall appoint a chief of each such service
except as hereinafter provided.. The Chief Engineer of the Consoli-
dated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County shall be chief
of the Fire Service. The Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the City
of Rosemead shall be chief of the law enforcement service. The
City Engineer of the City of Rosemead shall be chief of the engineer
service.
SECTION 3: Division of Special Services. There is hereby
created a division of special civil defense and disaster services.
This division shall be under the direction and control of a deputy
director of civil defense and disaster, who shall be appointed by
the director. For the purpose of civil defense and disaster planning
and organization, the deputy director is responsible to the director
through the assistant director of civil defense and disaster.
Within this division there shall be the following services:
(1) Mutual aid plans;
(2) Evacuation service;
(3) Communications service, which.shail include attack
warring; 1.
(4) Personnel and manpower service, which shall include
a recruitment of civilian auxiliaries to military activities;
(5) Public affairs and information service;
(6) Supply service;
(7) Training service;
(8) Transportation service;
(9) Warden (or neighborhood leader) service; and
(10) General administrative service.
The director shall appoint a chief of each such service,
who shall be responsible to the deputy director of th a division
of special services. The director may appoint the same person
as chief of two or more services.
SECTION 4: Legal. The City Attorney shall serve as the
legal advisor to the Director of civil defense and disaster and to
the civil defense and disaster organization.
SECTION : American Red Cross. The American Red Cross
in the City o Rosemead will, in natural disaster, furnish food,
clothing, shelter, registration and information service, supple-
mentary medical service when requested, and rehabilitation to indi-
viduals and families affected by the disaster.
In war-caused disaster, the American Red Cross will furnish
only food, clothing and shelter to affected individuals and families.
The American Red Cross will provide funds with which to
finance all its relief operations during natural disaster. Civil
defense financing will be provided by public or. private agencies
other than the Red Cross for Red Cross functions in war-caused
disasters.
The director shall be resp
the chairman of the local Red Cross
the Red Cross in civil defense as a
in case of war-caused disaster, and
the Red Cross and the civil defense
case of natural disaster.
Dnsible for arranging, through
chapter, for participation of
part of the mass care service
for the relationship between
and disaster organization in
SECTION 6: Duties. The Director shall prescribe the
civil defense and disaster duties of-the deputy director and the
chiefs of operating and special services, in conformity with the
civil defense and disaster plan of the City, as approved by the
City Council, and with the State of California Civil Defense and
Disaster Plan. Such duties may be changed from time to time by
the Director by written administrative orders, particularly for
the purpose of conforming to recommendations of the Director of
the California Disaster Office or modifications recommended by
the Federai Civil Defense Administrator. Upon recommendation of
the civil defense and disaster council of the City of Rosemewd
such duties shall be changed in accordance with such recommendations.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1959.
MYM OF THE T R EMEA
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK O THE CI 0 SE MAD
2.
EXHIBIT "Ai'
CITY ORGA
VIZATICN
FOR CIV.1i DEFENSE AND.
DISASTER.
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Dire~,tor
- - - Assistant Director
Special . e vices,,
Op
era ing Services
Includes mass
De .puty Director.
feeding; clothing
mergency welfare
lodging) .
.ervice
utual Aid. 1d'
s
~Indludes shelter
cua~ion S,ervide protection) . i n ineer Service
municat ions ire..Serv1ce
vice (Includes
attack warning)- (Includes facility
sonnel & (Includes re- protection & traf- Law Enforcement
power Service cruit- fic control) Service
ment of civilian
auxiliaries to
military activities)
lic Affairs.& (Includes sanitation edical & Health
ormation Service & mortuary services) Service
ply Service adiological Safety
ainina Service
den or Neighborhood
der Service
EXHIBIT "A"