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That better

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Sorry, Kelly.

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Yeah, that looked a lot better.
That's better. OK.

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Thank you.

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There's
maybe a tiny bit of the right pinkie, but

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I don't know what that is.

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You know what you might need?

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You still might need to shifted
a little bit to your right. OK.

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In case you do anything wide.

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OK, I'll work on it.

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Yeah, it's.

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Yeah, it's. It's just that it's offset.

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Like, you can see
she's got more room to the right.

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Well, good evening, everybody.

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Before we jump into the main room
with the public,

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I just wanted to first and foremost
say thank you for joining us tonight.

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We really appreciate it.

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We do appreciate the partnership

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with the county executive office
as well as the city of Oxnard.

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I know Scott, you worked

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hard on getting everything
ready for Oxnard along with the team.

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So we do appreciate the partnership

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and hopefully we have a good preparedness
workshop tonight.

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Just a couple housekeeping items.

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We are translating this in real time
in both Spanish Mexico.

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And we have our wonderful ESL
interpreter, Kelly, who's on.

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So all of that will be going on.

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So if you can remember, speak slowly
just so they can catch what you're saying.

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And also, when it comes to your camera,

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if you're not speaking don't feel
obligated to leave that camera on.

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Otherwise,
it will be viewable on the screen

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to everybody throughout the presentation.

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If you're the speaker that's on deck.

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And coming up next feel free to then

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turn your camera on a slide or two before
it's your time and jump in otherwise.

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Again, thanks, everyone.

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Look forward to this tonight.

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And from now, we'll go ahead
and jump into the main room.

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Hey, Chief, thanks for joining us.

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Thanks.

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At this body connection here for a moment.

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We're good.

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You're good to go.

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Thank you, sir.

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All right.

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Let the audience in, please.

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Turn off your cameras.

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
and thank you for joining us.

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We'll be getting started
with the Emergency Preparedness Workshop

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here in about one minute.

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Thank you.

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Well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

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Thank you for joining us tonight.

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My name is Patrick Maynard.

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I'm the director of the Ventura County
Sheriff Office of Emergency Services.

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Before we get started with this evening's
presentation, I would like

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to turn it over to one of our translators
or this for a quick announcement.

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Lourdes.

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But afternoon. Thank you for joining us.

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This meeting will be interpreted
simultaneously in English, Spanish,

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mystical, and American selling
which we Nestor this crisis.

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But a companion us is to interpret
that as simultaneous media

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in English Espanol,
mystical island Wahabis in North America.

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Please

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select your preferred language
even if you are bilingual

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so you do not miss anything to do this.

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Go to the bottom of your screen and select

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the icon that looks like a globe
and select

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If you would like information
in any other language,

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please call 8056545136.

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And the county of Andorra will help you

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put off our selections with your member
if it either includes.

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So she is bilingual,
but Aquino's appear than ever.

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But as it is still bachelor party failure,
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el econo informat el mundo is election

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inglés espanol unmistakable mystical

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you can mucho social conservative in
Dora no I do that a crisis.

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Thank you, ladies.

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And we'll just give one moment
for the interpreters

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to get back into their respective audio
channels.

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All right.

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I've been given the thumbs up,
so we'll go ahead and get started again.

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Thank you everyone for joining us.

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We'll kick things off tonight
with a few welcome remarks, beginning

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with Oxnard city manager Alex Winn.

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Alex, I'm sorry your muted.

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Thank you, Patrick.

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It's been almost two years and.

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I'm still learning this.

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Unmute button, so I will start by thanking
all of our partners at the county

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for hosting this very important workshop.

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Emergency
preparedness is actually a top priority

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for the Oxnard City Council and I'm

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a big believer in constantly updating

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and working on these plans
with all of our agency partners.

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But most importantly, with our community.

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So as we go through this iteration
of updating the emergency

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preparedness plans across the county
and in each of our communities,

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we will then follow up with a lot of hard
work in the near future

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with our community members, our residents,
and we will be hopefully

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when this pandemic is truly over, be able

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to get back out
into all of our communities to do with

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this work with everybody firsthand.

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As convenient
as these virtual meetings can be,

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it's also great to be able to do this
work face to face.

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So thanks again to everyone
who is participating tonight,

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everyone who's attending.

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We look forward not to just this workshop,
but the other ones that the county

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will host,
as well as all the work that ensues after.

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Thank you.

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Thanks, Alex, for that.

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And next,

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we'll go to Kris Dunn, assistant sheriff
with the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

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Go ahead, sir.

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Evening.

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On behalf of Sheriff Abe,
I'd like to welcome everyone

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and thank you for taking the time
to participate

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in this important process.

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We at the County Ventura
have a very talented

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and dedicated team of emergency management
professionals

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that work collaboratively
with stakeholders in all sectors

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to keep our edge and being well-prepared
to respond to virtually

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any type of emergency in our communities.

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We need to be continually reviewing
our practices, equipment,

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capabilities and relationships.

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It is not enough to simply

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create a preparedness plan
and put it on the shelf until we need it.

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Continuous updating of that plan
is necessary to maximize our community's

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resilience and ensure the best outcomes

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when and if disaster should strike.

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The community feedback on our emergency
preparedness plan is absolutely critical

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to crafting a strong and well-reasoned
approach to our plans development.

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We need your help, and I and the Sheriff
are thankful that you've taken

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the time to get involved and ensure
ensuring our community is safe.

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Thanks again.

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Thank you, Chief.

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And last
but certainly not least, I'll go to

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Ventura County Executive Officer
Michael Powers.

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Thank you so much, Patrick.

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And good evening, everyone.

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I really want to welcome you and excited
that you're participating because

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as has been said, we need your help
to make our emergency response stronger.

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I really appreciate Patrick
and the OAS team

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putting all this great information
together.

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Assistant Sheriff Dunn and City Manager
Wynne, great to see you and hear you.

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One of the things that we've learned,
our community

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has certainly been through more strategy,
tragedies and crises than most.

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We've learned a lot from that.

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And some of the benefits of
that are building relationships.

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And I think

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we've
seen our relationship between the county

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and the city and our community
strengthened through this process.

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And we want to continue to build on that.

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We've also learned the importance
of engaging

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with the community, all of you
and our partners in all three phases.

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Of disaster preparedness and planning,
response and recovery.

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And so that's what
we want to talk to you about tonight.

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We want to get your feedback
because getting that feedback from you

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helps us also think about
when when the event is happening.

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Real time should be two ways.

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We're giving you information
and you're getting it.

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We're getting information back from you.

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And we need to make sure to focus on our

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our equity issues and disadvantaged
communities and community outreach,

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building those

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relationships those trusted relationships
and multi, multiple languages

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on multiple different platforms, radio, TV
and multiple social media platforms.

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We just want to make sure
we're reaching in every possible way

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and overcoming those barriers,
whatever they may be,

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language or people with disabilities
and access to functional needs.

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We want to make sure
we're connecting with everyone because

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we can have a great message,

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but it only matters if everyone
that receives it and understands it.

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So as I say, we've developed really strong
partnerships here in our community

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with our cities,
our schools, our businesses,

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and our community organizations.

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They want to continue to build on that
and assure you

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that on behalf
of our Board of Supervisors,

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when there's a crisis like we have,
we will bring the full weight

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of county resources to bear and support

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all of our 10,000 employees
and our 25 departments.

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And we've seen that through the pandemic,

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with almost a thousand workers
reassigned to disaster service workers.

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And and we know

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the city of Oxnard has done that as well,
and we've partnered very well.

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So again, we get stronger
when we work together to prepare

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and make sure that we leave no one behind.

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So we're excited to hear from you tonight.

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And thank you for participating.
Thank you, Patrick.

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Thank you, Mike, for that.

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Next slide, please.

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Also with us also with us on the line

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tonight are several individuals
that will be presenting this evening,

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Alex Hamilton,
who serves as the Oxnard fire chief

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police chief, Jason Benitez,

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Oxnard emergency manager Scott Brewer,

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Ashley Bautista, who is our county public
information officer.

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Mike Pettit, who's our assistant county
executive officer, and Rosa Gonzales,

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who is our community liaison
out of our county executive office.

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Next slide, please.

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As Mr.

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Powers mentioned just a few moments ago.

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We want your feedback.

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If you have questions, concerns, comments,
anything that you hear tonight

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that you may need clarification
on, please do not hesitate

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to use the Q&A
button down at the bottom of your screen.

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We have staff here in the room with us
that are monitoring those questions.

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They'll get them

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routed to the right person and ensure
we get a response to you if we can.

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And it's appropriate and relevant.

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We will mention your question
and answer live on this meeting tonight

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if it's something that's complex.

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We had a few of those last night
that required some thinking

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and some research to get back to people.
We will do that.

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We'll get back to you just as soon as we
can via email we may ask for your email.

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So again,
we want this to be a two way dialog,

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so please feel free to ask questions
if you have them.

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Next slide, please.

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Just quickly, go over the things
we hope to cover tonight.

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We'll begin just by covering a little bit
about some of our local hazards.

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We'll talk about local coordination
as well as county coordination,

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evacuations,
sheltering, alert and warning.

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And then the real big thing
tonight is to brief you

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on our planning efforts
that we've been working on here,

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both at the city of orchestra level
and also at the County Ventura.

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Next slide, please.

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So Ventura County
is obviously a wonderful place to live,

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but unfortunately,
we do have our share of disasters.

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We've had several over the last few years.

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Here are a few photos of some
just to kind of refresh your memory.

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We we all too often have those rockslides
that happen along the Pacific Coast

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Highway and 2016 believe it or not, back
when it used to rain a little bit more.

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We deal with things like flooding,
flooding along our freeways, flooding

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along our stream areas.

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And of course, we deal
with other types of hazards.

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And this photo you see here is a hazmat
response on the city of Oxnard.

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Again,
Ventura County is a wonderful place,

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but we do experience
our share of disasters

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Next slide

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some of the other hazards
that we face along the way here

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include agricultural or biological type
incidents,

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coastal erosion and sea level
rise, dam failures, droughts,

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which we're in obviously right now,
the potential for earthquakes, floods,

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landslides, severe weather conditions,
including heat and cold

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events,
severe storms, terrorism, tsunamis.

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There are areas in Oxnard that,
of course, are in the tsunami inundation

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zone, wildfires,
which were all too familiar with.

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It is fire season right
now, mass casualty incidents.

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We're seeing more and more cyber attacks
and of course, the potential

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for extended utility outages.

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Next slide,

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as was mentioned earlier,

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we do everything we can
to respond to these types of incidents.

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There are a number of resources
both at the local level here in Ventura

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County, originating as as close to you
as the city of Oxnard.

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We have county resources.

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We have state resources
and we have federal resources.

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But by and far, despite the incident type,
all of these incidents

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that occur in our county are primarily
a local responsibility,

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meaning that we as your local entity
we'll do our best to address them.

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Now, we may look to other state partners
for assistance,

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but it always remains a local emergency.

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Our state partners,

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when we do need assistance beyond what
we're able to provide at the city level

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or the county level, is the California
Governor's Office of Emergency Services.

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They've been awesome through the pandemic
in providing us with additional personal

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protective equipment,
gloves, masks, you name it.

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They've been a great source
of information and assistance.

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In addition to our partners at FEMA, FEMA,
we access through the state governor's

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Office of Emergency Services
they, too, are here to assist us

00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,680
in managing any type of incident
on a local level.

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And with that, we're going to kind of
kick things off from a local level.

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And I'm going to hand the presentation
over to Scott Brewer

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was the emergency manager
from the Oxnard Fire Department.

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To tell you a little bit about more
what Oxnard does.

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Go ahead. Scott.

00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:42,880
Well, thank you, Patrick.

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I want to thank the county of Interpret,
the county office of Emergency Management

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for their ongoing partnership
cooperation and coordination,

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and that includes tonight's presentation.

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I also want to thank everybody

00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:58,120
who took the time and cared to
to be on the presentation tonight.

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You had to register in advance,
and then some of us had technical

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challenges getting on.

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So to everyone who chose to be a part
of this, thank you again for your time.

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In one of the previous slides.

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Patrick
listed a number of hazards or disasters

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that could potentially impact
both the county and our cities.

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And it's very important to point that out
in that our first responsibility

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is to kind of do our best to figure out
what type of disasters can strike.

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But we also know one other thing.

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We know that disasters don't
respect municipal jurisdictional

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or human boundaries.

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A disaster in Ventura or Port
Y, Niemi right now

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could easily be a disaster in Oxnard
in just a few minutes or a few hours.

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So that's why it's so important
that we unify our planning,

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that we plan together,
that we train together,

00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,320
and that we work and coordinate
together on a regular basis.

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Also, through that process
that Patrick showed us, what we call

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Sams or the state
standardized emergency management system,

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the way we get additional resources into
our city

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is by going through a process of going
first to our county partners at OAS.

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And then that moves up, as Patrick
pointed out, to the Governor's

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Office of Emergency Services
and ultimately to FEMA.

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And this is a critical way we do business.

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And this is as unified throughout
the state and now throughout the country.

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One of the other things

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is, is that it's critically that as
we look at planning, that we we align

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those plans, not just do it together,
but we unify our terminology, our systems.

00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,800
It's kind of unique
in emergency management.

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You can walk into an emergency operations
center of one jurisdiction,

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leave that, and then go directly
to another jurisdiction.

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And that emergency operation center
will look very much the same, maybe not

00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,920
physically but in the way
they do business, the different

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sections, the different responsibilities
and the different functions

00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:01,800
are really all the same.

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And it also includes the terminology
So again, to the county.

00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:06,360
Thank you.

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As we get started,

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I want to go over a little background
about the the city of Oxnard.

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Some things that you may
or may not have known Oxnard

00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,080
is one of ten incorporated cities
within the county of Ventura.

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We have a land

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area of about 27 square miles
and a population

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of approximately 210,000 residents
by population.

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Oxnard is the 22nd largest city
in the state of California.

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And 112th
largest city in the United States.

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So while we think of ourselves
kind of out here on the coast, really,

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as you look at communities and cities,

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we're really on that scale, a big city.

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So Oxnard is also a full service city.

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And what that means
is that we have our own police department

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we have our own fire department,
public works,

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sanitation and environmental, cultural
and community services,

00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,080
planning department, housing department,
parks, libraries, and on and on.

00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,040
Really,
we provide the services to the community,

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and that's also important to know.

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And as we look at public safety

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and non public safety resources,
we have to realize that

00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,400
on a day to day basis, our public safety

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resources are the type of things
that will respond to emergencies.

00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:27,280
But having all those other different
departments are also available to us

00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,520
should a disaster strike and should
we need to recruit them and bring them

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into the disaster service worker

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realm
and have them assist our our residents

00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,040
I think we're
really in a very fortunate situation,

00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,680
both in the county of Oxnard excuse me,
the City of Rock and the County Ventura

00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,440
we have some of the best public
safety agencies and personnel

00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,680
anywhere in the country,
some of the best equipment,

00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,680
some of the best training, and certainly
some of the most dedicated people

00:25:58,320 --> 00:25:59,120
without fail.

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Our citizens know that on any given day,
if they have an emergency

00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,200
that requires police or fire
or they have a medical situation

00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:12,000
they can pick up a phone and call 911
and they're going to receive resources

00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,760
in a very short time
and the resources that they need.

00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:20,080
So tonight, we're very fortunate
to have with us Oxnard Police Chief

00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,160
Jason Needles and the Oxnard fire chief,
Alexander Hamilton.

00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,760
So to kind of kick this off,
I'm going to pose a series of questions

00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:31,560
to each of our chiefs and give you a
little background about their departments.

00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,720
So we'll start first with Chief Benitez.

00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,880
Chief, welcome
and thank you for being here.

00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:37,600
Evening.

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Please give us a brief description
of your department, kind of what it does,

00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,920
its functions, its services
and maybe some of its capabilities.

00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,280
So the Ochsner Police Department
is considered to be a medium

00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:50,560
sized department.

00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,720
We are the largest municipal department
in the tri counties region.

00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,920
Our department is complement
when fully staffed consists

00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,560
of 238 sworn positions.

00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:08,440
That is also in addition
to about 123 professional staff members.

00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,120
These are civilian support

00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:13,360
staff members that are that help us run
the organization.

00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:18,120
They're very critical to us functioning
so overall, given the population,

00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:23,760
we have a ratio of about 1.14
to 1.15 officers per 1000 residents.

00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,040
Our police department is located
in a centralized

00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,600
central headquarters
building in downtown Oxnard.

00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,840
We do have an annex building
where we have some support services

00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,360
and some auxiliary units
that operate out of there.

00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:38,560
But our department is broken

00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:42,720
down into three major bureaus,
the Field Services Bureau,

00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:47,160
the Investigative Services Bureau
and the Administrative Services Bureau.

00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,320
And I'll speak more about the first two,
the as the Administrative Services

00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:55,920
Bureau, as a lot of the support service
functions, field services includes patrol.

00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,440
Our Patrol Support Division
includes our traffic

00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:01,920
traffic detail.

00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,400
Our Special Enforcement
Unit Unit is housed

00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,480
within the Special Operations Division.

00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:11,120
And like most departments our size,
we have a number of these resources.

00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,920
Like I mentioned, SWAT Team Traffic Unit.

00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,200
We also have our own dispatch center,
which processes

00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,120
our calls for service
and actually for fire calls transfers.

00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:25,880
The calls
being the initial point of contact

00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:30,640
transfers, fire calls to county fire,
who then dispatches those detectives.

00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,560
Our in our Investigative Services Bureau,
which basically are there

00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:39,240
to investigate crimes, provide crime
analysis and support and coordinate

00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:43,120
with the criminal justice system
to prosecute criminal offenders.

00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,960
But it also has some other
additional functions like

00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:47,640
court liaison

00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,520
services victim services, missing persons

00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:53,680
investigations, as well as managing,

00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,600
tracking
and registering the local sex offenders.

00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,120
So that's an overall.

00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,960
If there is any one that would like
more information about the department,

00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:09,360
I just encourage them to go to Oxnard PD
because and in the pull down menu,

00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,720
you can see an org chart
and you can see how we're shaped.

00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,560
You can learn more about
all these different units that we have.

00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:17,040
Thank you, Chief.

00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,040
On average,
about how many calls for service

00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,360
does your department respond
to on any given day?

00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,560
On average, we're a busy city.

00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:28,720
During a typical year, we respond to a
little over 100,000 calls for service.

00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:32,640
And when I say that, I'm referring
to those calls that are generated

00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,960
by somebody calling
in, requesting something respond.

00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,520
So on the
average we're looking at about 270 calls

00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,000
per day that our officers are handling

00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:45,760
as well as our professional staff.

00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,400
They handle the number
of those calls as well.

00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,040
Because not
all calls are related to crimes,

00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:55,160
but that does not include
approximately 40,000 or so or so

00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:59,480
police generated events
such as traffic stops,

00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:03,080
put patrols, stops of persons
and other things like that.

00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,880
So when you look at it,
it turns out to be a very busy, busy city.

00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:06,960
20, 20.

00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,080
We had a slight dip in the call
volume, largely

00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,880
for reasons related to the pandemic,
but it's safe to say that

00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,520
we're around the ballpark of 100,000 calls
for service per year.

00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:18,440
Excellent.

00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,280
And in the event
of some type of large scale emergency,

00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,000
where would your department
get additional resources

00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:26,040
generally

00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,600
if we were speaking in terms of law
enforcement resources that were needed,

00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,680
our first path is usually to try
to call in as many people as we can.

00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,080
Obviously
there are some limitations to that

00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:37,680
and also given the nature

00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,960
of the emergency,
that might pose some other difficulties.

00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,800
But once we do that,
we do have other city departments.

00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,960
Like you said,
we are a full service city that can help

00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,800
support some of these operations
that may take place.

00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,120
But once we get past exhausting

00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,120
all resources within our city
and within our department,

00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,680
we then rely on mutual aid
with other law enforcement agencies.

00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,360
Excellent. Thank you.

00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:02,080
Thank you, Chief.

00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:02,720
I'm going to pose

00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:07,440
the same series of questions to Fire Chief
Alexander Hamilton and Chief.

00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,120
So if you wouldn't mind,
please give us a description of the fire

00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,600
department, your functions, services
and capabilities here in Oxnard.

00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:16,640
Thank you, Scott.

00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,280
I appreciate that.

00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:19,320
Good evening, everybody.

00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:22,400
As Scott mentioned,
my name is Alexander Hamilton,

00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,800
the fire chief here
for the Oxnard Fire Department.

00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,880
I serve the fire department
when fully staffed.

00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,040
We have 130 employees

00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:37,080
and then the employees
that are actually out in the stations.

00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,040
We have eight stations geographically
located throughout the city,

00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,960
and we have 44 personnel

00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,200
in those stations each day.

00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,280
So that we are considered an all hazards
fire department.

00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,400
So we we really practice out on being able

00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,080
to deal with
any any issues that get thrown our way.

00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,440
So we obviously do fire protection

00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,560
EMS services, but we also have a robust

00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,520
urban search and rescue program,
hazardous materials

00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,320
program, Ocean Rescue.

00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,920
We participate a lot in in wildland
and mutual

00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,120
aid assignments to help other
jurisdictions in wildland firefighting

00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,400
then out of our administration office.

00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,840
That's where we do that's
where a lot of our training comes from.

00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:28,160
Our grants, administration and management,

00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:32,360
our fire investigations
division is in our administration office.

00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:36,800
We also do plan checks hazardous materials
inspections for those businesses

00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,720
that store hazardous materials.

00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:42,520
And obviously emergency management,
which is where my colleague's

00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,800
expertize is also in our office

00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,040
and I think

00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:50,520
I was back to go to the next question.

00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,520
The next question was about
how many calls we receive

00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,320
on the number of calls
for service on any given day.

00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:00,080
So the excellent fire department
receives on average around 70

00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,360
emergency calls for service each day.

00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,560
And obviously that goes up and down

00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,800
last year with the pandemic
when when there was that first lockdown

00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,360
sort of March and April,
our call volume very much slowed down.

00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,840
And then sadly, by the end of the year
when the pandemic really got

00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,480
significant, November
and December were incredibly busy.

00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,520
So it does
it does move around a little bit

00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:27,760
as someone who sits

00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:31,800
here in the administrative offices,
I know how busy it is and and see

00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:35,760
the number of areas
that the fire department is focused on

00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,800
in the event of a large scale
emergency disaster.

00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,320
Where would your department
get additional resources?

00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:43,600
Great question.

00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,320
And so our first

00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:50,760
our first response would be to
to call back our personnel so we can

00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:51,720
we can immediately

00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:55,040
put out a page to all of our personnel
to report back to stations

00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,560
I think the last time we did
that was was probably

00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:02,520
the Woolsey fire was
was the most recent time that we did that.

00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,640
But we always get a great response
from our personnel come back in

00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,320
depending on the nature of the emergency.

00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,720
We do have a fantastic relationship
with our operational area partners.

00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,200
So Ventura City Fire Department,
Ventura County Fire Department,

00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,280
the Federal Fire Department on the base.

00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,160
And so we may be able to have

00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,080
automatic aid from those agencies

00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:26,760
all of our vehicles
throughout Ventura County,

00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,760
all of our emergency
response vehicles have

00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:31,800
automatic vehicle locators.

00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,560
So we can always send the closest resource
to to any emergency regardless

00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,240
of jurisdiction.

00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,560
If if it exceeded

00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,680
if our needs exceeded that capacity,
then obviously

00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:47,200
we have a very robust mutual aid system
here in California where we can call upon

00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,320
other jurisdictions from far and wide,

00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,640
both outside the county
and also potentially across the state

00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,160
and across the nation, just depending on
how big that emergency is.

00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,600
You've actually had personnel assigned to
several of the Northern California fires.

00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,840
I know in the last few weeks

00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:05,520
yeah, we still have

00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,440
we have some personnel
assigned to the Dixie Fire

00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,280
and Monument Fire,
as well as Cowgirl Fire.

00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:13,520
Excellent. Thank you.

00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:17,000
Thank you to both of our chiefs
for their comments and their perspective.

00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:20,880
I have the opportunity to work with
both of these gentlemen fairly closely.

00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,960
And I want to assure you that

00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,360
they work tirelessly
to to maintain this level of service

00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,880
and training that's necessary
to keep their departments at this level.

00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,720
As I go through the rest of my slides,
either of the Chiefs, if you have

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comments or something you'd like to add,
please feel free to jump in.

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So tonight, you

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know, we are going to hear a lot of terms
like emergencies and disasters.

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But I think it's really important
as we start out early

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in this to kind of define the difference
between emergencies and disasters.

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And I think sometimes we throw
those terms out there with kind of a

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kind of in a way
of not fully understanding what they are.

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In the case of an emergency,

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this is a police
or fire or medical situation

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and that our departments deal
with on a day to day basis.

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You might say it's business
as usual for these departments.

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In the case of most, most emergencies,
they're going to respond.

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They're going to have the resources
or call in the resources that they need.

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They're going to deal with the problem

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to the best of their ability
and resolve it fairly quickly.

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In the case

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of a disaster,
this is a different situation.

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This is a situation where our resources
are actually overwhelmed.

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This is a condition where we may not have
the resources that are needed

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to give everybody the level of assistance
that they need in a very large

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or extensive disaster, such as a major
earthquake or something of that magnitude.

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Our communities and our residents

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may be on their own for several hours
or maybe even several days.

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So it's really important to understand
that difference between the day to day

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services we get versus that disaster
type of situation.

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Next slide, please.

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Oh, thank you.

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So as we talked about emergency
preparedness, naturally the focus

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for the doctor
may you know, what that means

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is it means being proactive,
not just reactive.

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And that includes individuals and families
includes

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our local business
and our business community, our schools,

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nonprofit organizations,
our community groups, our faith

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based organizations and churches,
and for us, the city government, you know,

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are we prepared not only to give
that level of service that we do

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every day, but are
we prepared to have that surge capacity

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or expand
our role should a disaster strike next?

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Please

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as we actually plan for emergencies.

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And that's a big term for us plan.

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It's it's a short word,
but it's a big responsibility

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as we plan for emergencies,
we consider that there are actually

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three phases of disaster management.

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And these include preparedness,
response force and recovery.

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Enough to speak
just to each of those very briefly.

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Next, please,

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in the preparedness phase,

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this is our biggest opportunity
as a community, as a city

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and a citizen to actually do something
that we can take proactive action

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to survive and quickly recover

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from an emergency adviser.

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And this includes home and family
emergency plans.

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Did your family know what to do
in the event of an earthquake?

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It can be as simple as that
cover and hold on or as complex.

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How do I turn off the utility
should I have a problem?

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Do you have a disaster supplies kit?

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That's five days minimum.

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We used to save three days,

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but we've learned from recent disasters
such as earthquakes, hurricanes,

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and fire that people really need to expand
that and think about five days.

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Seven days would be even better
to be completely self-sufficient.

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What that means is we can't go
to the store we can't go to the ATM,

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we can't go to the pharmacy, and it means
we can't maybe put gas in our car.

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So having to ask for supplies
and a basic disaster kit are critical.

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Do our businesses
need to have an emergency business plan?

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Do they know what to do
to their employees, know what to do?

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You know, there are some very simple
methods that can be

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used to know how to turn off utilities,
how to turn off our electricity,

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what to do that can prevent further damage
should businesses need to have a plan.

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We need to look at hardening our homes
and businesses,

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things like tying our homes
down to the foundations

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or anchoring heavy objects to the walls
so that they don't fall over

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and they don't break or our block,
our access and egress are critical.

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We also need to think about economic
preparedness

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do we have some type of reserves that are
available to us and for us at home level?

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Do we have some cash on hand
if we can't go to the ATM

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or if we can't use our credit card,
do we have some cash where

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if there is an opportunity to buy some
basic needs that that we have the cash?

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And are we properly insured both at home
and in our businesses?

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Are we insured

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against the type of disasters or hazards
that might impact our community?

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The other area that

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we focus on
and preparedness is emergency training.

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And there's a lot of different
training programs out there.

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The one that that we really champion,
the one that we are really involved

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in a cert, and this is the Community
Emergency Response Team Training Program,

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and this is a series of classes
that teach basic citizens

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how to be community first responders,

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how to know what to do and what not to do
in the event of emergency.

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And prior to COVID,
we taught about four cert classes a year,

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and two of those
were in English and Spanish.

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And I'm hoping as quickly as we can
and as quickly as we're cleared

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to get back to a face to face contact
that we'll resume our cert program.

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And if you have any interest in that,
we'd love to have you get involved

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in our CERT program, taking a basic first
aid class through the Red Cross through

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your local community college is critical
and something as simple as CPR.

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CPR used to be very complicated.

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I remember when I first learned it,

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but now they've made it a lot, a lot
easier and a lot simpler to remember.

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And certainly having that basic level
of emergency training

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is probably going to be used,
not necessarily during a disaster,

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but maybe to even benefit you,
your family, your next door neighbors.

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And previous area where I worked,
I know that we had several people

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who had come in for disaster training,
but then came back.

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You know, I was able to do CPR

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on my neighbor child
after they were rescued out of the pool.

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And really that these were lifesaving
skills.

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We're good for disaster and day to day
purposes.

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Staying in employers
or getting information is critical.

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There's no lack of support
to get information to them,

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but there is lack of sources
that are reliable, timely and official,

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things like radio, broadcast TV broadcasts
and what we call

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V, C or Ventura County Alert.

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I know that Patrick will be talking
a little more about that.

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Social media is another area,

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but one of the problems
we're also experiencing

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in this day of electronic communication
is misinformation.

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The city of Oxnard was not directly
impacted by the the Thomas fire.

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However, there was a lot of misinformation
a smoke came into our community

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that our community was indeed on fire
and that we had active fire

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burning in our community.

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So it's very important

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that we not only get
information out there,

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but you get it from a source
that you can trust and that it's official.

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And then in that preparedness
phase, partnerships,

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schools, churches and businesses,
how can you help each other?

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How can you help your neighbor?

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We're certainly involved

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in that preparedness phase
with all of our local schools yearly.

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Our department reviews
all of the individual site

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emergency plans
for our elementary schools.

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We work very closely
with our high school districts

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in making sure that they're aligned
with what we're doing.

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They know how to communicate and
coordinate with us during an emergency.

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So that preparedness phase, it's
often said again, that 99% of your ability

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to do anything about an emergency is gone
once it happens.

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So really, how many of us have ever said,
Oh, I've got to get batteries

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for my flashlight

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or There's something I need to do,
but the next day something happens,

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the power goes out, make it, oh, darn it,
I didn't deal with those batteries.

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So doing it now
in that preparedness phase is critical.

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Next, please,

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next slide, please.

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Oh, there's a little bit of a lag.

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I apologize on my end here.

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It's not changing on my end,
but the next is the response phase.

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And I'm going to look over

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on another computer here
so that I can actually see the slides.

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So during their flight response phase,
this is the time where

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we're committing resources.

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We're assessing
what's going on in the community.

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We're figuring out how extensive is this
disaster, how involved

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is, what resources we still have

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available to us to apply to that problem.

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And managing resources is really
what emergency management is all about.

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And as we manage these resources, really,
we have four primary goals.

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Our goals are first and foremost
to protect lives.

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Our next goal is to protect property.

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Then we want to protect the environment,

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and then we want to put our community back
together and put our community

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back to a normal state as quickly
as we possibly can.

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And depending on the size of a disaster,
that may be a short term deal,

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that may be a long term.

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I know that the county
has actually just more recently shut down

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some of their operations
and recovering from some disasters

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that occurred many years ago.

00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,680
So recovery could be a long term process.

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But during that response phase,
we're starting to look at recovery issues.

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We don't wait
until the whole thing is over.

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So protecting lives, protecting property,
protecting the environment,

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restoring the community
is what that response phase is about.

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Next, please

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how we do that is through

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coordinating our resources
and through coordinating our personnel.

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And we have something that we use called
an emergency operations plan.

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And one of the things we talked about

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is every family,
every business needs to have a plan.

00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:44,080
Well, our city and our emergency services
need to have a plan.

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And our plan is in the form of what
we call our emergency operations plan.

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Or for short, we like acronyms.

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We call it the EOP and what this does
is this defines for us what our emergency

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management organization looks like
and what it's going to look like.

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Should we have an emergency or disaster
and we kind of shift modes.

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We don't necessarily do things
the way we normally do

00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:07,680
them on a day to day basis
when a disaster strikes.

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So we form a different type
of organization

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that's specifically designed to deal
with disasters.

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The information and the resources
that we have to deal with

00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:21,680
that plan also gives us our legal
authorities things like proclamation

00:46:21,720 --> 00:46:26,960
of local emergencies and how we get to
those those different levels

00:46:27,240 --> 00:46:31,920
of emergency services at the county,
state and also federal level.

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It defines
the emergency procedures for us.

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How are we going to do these things?

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What are we going to follow
just like, you know,

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after a disaster,
it may be a little hard to focus.

00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:48,880
It may be a little hard to go step by step
because the world doesn't quite

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look the way that it did
before the disaster strikes.

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So having our emergency procedures,
checklists,

00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:58,480
standard operating procedures
all laid out is critical to us.

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We also train and exercise

00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:04,800
to those emergency procedures
so that they're familiar to us.

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It defines our emergency operations
center, how we'll all come together

00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:12,960
in a central location
and how we'll work together face to face,

00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:15,760
what we call real time
emergency management.

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This last year, we were fortunate enough
to receive a federal grant,

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and we have recently gone
through a very large update

00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:26,840
to the technology
in our emergency operations center.

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This will allow us to act more quickly
and more efficiently get information in,

00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:35,480
and then have good communications going
out of our emergency operations center.

00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:40,560
So our plan, the why and how will used
our emergency operation center.

00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:44,800
And it's also required that our emergency
plan meet legal requirements

00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:49,080
both of the state of California
or Sams and of the federal government.

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And our plan certainly
does that. Next, please,

00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:55,960
and then following the

00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:59,680
emergency response,
we have that recovery phase.

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And during that phase, we're going to look

00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:05,400
to our local government
we're going to look to our state.

00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:06,080
We're going to look

00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:10,000
to the federal government
and federal agencies, community groups,

00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:15,200
nonprofit organizations, the Red Cross,
the Salvation Army, we're going to look to

00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:19,080
to to different groups
that are different facets

00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:22,320
of our community to to all come together.

00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:25,880
And, quite frankly, to our residents
to move into that phase

00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:29,800
and help our community
get back to a more normal state.

00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:33,120
The first priority for us
is going to be restoring infrastructure.

00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:35,880
How do we put back roads,
utilities and schools?

00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:39,680
We know that these are the keys
and getting people back to work

00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,240
and getting our community
back on its feet.

00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:44,640
If you don't have roads
and you don't have utilities,

00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:48,320
then certainly you can't get resources
and supplies in and out.

00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:51,960
We want to rebuild people's homes
if their homes are damaged or destroyed

00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:54,360
because we understand
that's the heart of a community.

00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:58,080
And home is is a critical resource
for every one of us.

00:48:58,200 --> 00:48:59,920
Restore people's property.

00:48:59,920 --> 00:49:02,080
We want to ensure economic recovery.

00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:06,480
And after a disaster, this is it seems
kind of almost trivial, but it's not.

00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:09,640
This is a very big issue
for helping our businesses,

00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:12,720
our community and our local governments
and individuals.

00:49:12,720 --> 00:49:15,240
Recover,
and that's a big part of what we do.

00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:18,880
And then that last part is restore
our community and lifestyle.

00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:22,040
We always talk about restoring
the community, but I think sometimes

00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:25,680
we overlook
getting back to that sense of normalcy

00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:29,520
where we can all go about our day to day
business, where family life

00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:33,440
returns to normal and businesses
are thriving and people are going

00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:37,080
about their day to day business separate
from that disaster.

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Next, please

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so I think we're just one of

00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:55,480
the issues that feed into what Patrick
is going to start talking about right now.

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But we have a job.

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We say all disasters are local.

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Our job is to make sure
we're prepared to take care of Oxnard.

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And if we need help,
then we'll go up to different levels.

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And the first level we'll go to
is the county.

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So thank you.

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And Patrick, I'll turn it.

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Thanks, Scott.

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And thanks for the great overview
of what's going on out in Oxnard.

00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:19,200
And like Oxnard, many of our cities
in Ventura County maintain

00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:20,920
an emergency operation center.

00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:25,680
In fact, all ten cities in Ventura County
maintain an emergency operation center,

00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:29,840
as well as police and fire service,
or perhaps they contract

00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:32,160
for those services here at the county.

00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:33,000
As Scott mentioned,

00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:37,720
we are the next level of support
to our ten incorporated cities, as well

00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:42,280
as providing direct support to all of the
unincorporated areas of Interior County.

00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:46,400
So if you live out in Piru,
perhaps an unincorporated area of Oxnard,

00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:51,120
Highland Acres, any number of places
we provide direct support to those places.

00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:54,960
Here at the County Emergency
Operations Center, we are working with

00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:58,360
more than just those ten cities
and unincorporated areas.

00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:01,920
So in particular,
we work with Naval Base, Ventura County.

00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:04,760
We got a question in the chat
just a few minutes ago

00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:07,360
about what our interaction is with
Naval Base Ventura County.

00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:11,160
Both us and the city of Oxnard work
with Naval Base, Ventura County

00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:14,600
very regularly, with the fire department,
with law enforcement,

00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:16,640
as well as their emergency management
department.

00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,160
Also coordinate with a number
of other organizations, water districts.

00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:22,480
The American Red Cross
has been a longtime partner

00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:26,040
in disaster
response water and sanitation districts.

00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:27,520
A ton of different people

00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:31,280
in addition
to that, where we're coordinating with

00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:35,400
what are called agency operation centers
or department operations centers.

00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:40,800
And those are centers operated by larger
agencies that are working towards

00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,800
maintaining continuity of operations
during an emergency.

00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:47,160
So the Ventura County Fire
Department, for instance, during

00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:50,760
a large emergency will activate
their department operations center

00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:54,800
just to ensure that they have adequate
staffing, adequate supplies

00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:58,760
and resources available to the agency
to continue to do their job.

00:51:59,240 --> 00:52:01,640
Of course, up at the top
there is the green box.

00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:05,400
When an incident is going on,
our emergency operations center,

00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:06,840
along with any city emergency

00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:10,200
operations center, is coordinating
with the incident command post.

00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:14,880
So emergency operations centers,
whether they're the city

00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:19,040
or the county, are not there to command
and control an incident in the field.

00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:20,640
We're here to support them.

00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:24,720
We support them by providing coordination
of information to the public.

00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:29,160
We support them by providing logistical
support and a number of other things.

00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:30,920
As Scott

00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:34,360
mentioned, beyond the county,
we do have partners at the state

00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:37,920
and feds to look to
for additional resources as well.

00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:42,280
Our state partners are the California
Governor's Office of Emergency Services,

00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:46,080
who maintains a regional office as
well as a state operated state operation.

00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:46,760
Center.

00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:50,160
And then beyond the state,
we can look to FEMA for support as well.

00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:53,400
The important thing I want everyone
to remember tonight, though, is that

00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:57,720
emergencies are maintained
or handled by the local agencies.

00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:01,080
There's never a point in time where we can
just wash our hands of something

00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:01,960
and walk away with it.

00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:03,640
We always, at a local level

00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:07,520
will be here when it starts, and
we'll be here long after the last state

00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:12,280
or federal representative leaves to ensure
that things continue as they should.

00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:15,360
A couple other groups
that we coordinate with

00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:19,200
along the way at the county
EOC include our joint information system.

00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:23,800
This system, or the Joint Information
Center, is a group of individuals,

00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:27,800
primarily public information officers
from a number of different agencies.

00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:31,600
And those individuals are brought in
at the time of the emergency

00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:35,440
to ensure that we're providing the public
with the most up to date

00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:37,680
relevant, important information.

00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:38,760
This was mentioned earlier.

00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:40,640
This is a two way communication.

00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:42,640
We are not just broadcasting
information out.

00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:45,760
We want to make sure that we're monitoring
what's being said on social media,

00:53:46,080 --> 00:53:50,400
what our local media outlets are providing
residents to read and listen to you

00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:53,320
to ensure that that information
they're providing is accurate.

00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,440
And then last, we also maintain

00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:59,280
what's called a multiagency
coordination group or that group.

00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:02,640
And the MAP Group
is something that is only stood up

00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:06,560
during a large scale emergency where we
at the county, along with the cities,

00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:08,880
have to make very difficult decisions
about

00:54:09,560 --> 00:54:13,160
where we send
critical resources during an emergency.

00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:16,560
So if we have a widespread earthquake,
or something to that effect

00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,920
and we need to determine
where to send fire resources,

00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:24,360
law enforcement resources,
we're going to bring this group together

00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:25,200
and we're going to talk

00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:28,320
about the severity of the situation
in each of these jurisdictions.

00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:32,200
And then that group will collectively
determine where those resources go first.

00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:33,360
Next slide, please.

00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:37,640
So I'm just going
to jump into some of the really key points

00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:41,760
that I want residents to really understand
tonight as we go through this.

00:54:41,760 --> 00:54:42,880
And this is stuff that I hope

00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:46,160
that you remember as you walk away
from this presentation tonight.

00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:50,960
Recently, we changed some terminology
that we use when it comes to evacuations,

00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:56,120
what used to be called a mandatory
evacuation and a voluntary evacuation

00:54:56,280 --> 00:55:01,000
are now referred to as evacuation
orders and evacuation warnings.

00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:04,280
If you ever receive an evacuation

00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:08,080
order at your home or your business,
that means danger is imminent.

00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:12,880
That means we need you to leave
now, not wait, but leave now.

00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:14,080
Conditions exist

00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:17,800
that seriously imperil or endanger
the lives of those in that area.

00:55:18,040 --> 00:55:20,560
So, please,
if you receive an evacuation order

00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:23,240
for your area,
that means you need to leave.

00:55:23,240 --> 00:55:25,200
I can't emphasize this enough.

00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:27,680
We take evacuations very seriously.

00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:30,880
We hate to issue evacuation orders
when it's not necessary.

00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:33,280
And we do our very best
to avoid those situations.

00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:34,960
But when we get to that point

00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:37,720
and we do issue an order, it's
because the danger is imminent

00:55:37,720 --> 00:55:39,840
and we believe
that you need to leave to stay safe.

00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:41,400
So please do that.

00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:45,120
Evacuation warnings again,
used to be called voluntary evacuations.

00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:48,200
That means the threat to lives
is not yet imminent.

00:55:48,240 --> 00:55:51,360
However, residents should begin
to prepare to evacuate.

00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:54,680
That means prepare
by placing belongings in your vehicle.

00:55:55,080 --> 00:55:57,560
If you don't have transportation worked

00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:00,600
to get transportation,
whether it's an Uber, a lift

00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:04,760
calling for local paratransit provider,
calling a friend or a family member.

00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:08,240
We want you to get ready
to leave residents

00:56:08,240 --> 00:56:11,120
with any type of disability access
or functional need.

00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:16,080
We definitely recommend that you plan
to leave during an evacuation warning.

00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:19,480
That will give you extra time
that you may need to get out of your house

00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:22,080
to pack your belongings
and make sure that you stay safe.

00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:23,960
So again, that's just the little change.

00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,280
Evacuation orders and evacuation warnings.

00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:27,040
Next slide, please.

00:56:29,640 --> 00:56:29,920
When it

00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:34,160
comes to notifying residents
of an emergency and the need to evacuate

00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:38,000
here at the County Office of Emergency
Services,

00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:41,440
we work very closely
with all ten Ventura County cities

00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:45,120
to provide information to residents
in a number of different ways.

00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:48,640
And regardless of where you live,
we do this very universally

00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:51,880
so if you live in Oxnard or you live in
Simi Valley, you're more than likely

00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,800
going to receive this information
in a very similar fashion.

00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:57,800
That first way is the good old fashioned
doorknock

00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:02,400
you know, a law enforcement representative
will knock on your door and say,

00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:04,600
hey, there's something going
on. You need to leave.

00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:05,440
Along with that.

00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:06,960
We recently implemented something

00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:09,240
throughout the state called a high, low
siren tone.

00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:11,360
It's an unusual tone.

00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:14,160
It's not a tone
you would typically hear from a siren

00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:17,400
coming from a police
or fire truck in California.

00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:19,160
So it's very unique.

00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:22,400
And when that tone is heard,
it's an indicator that that area

00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:23,440
is being evacuated.

00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:26,800
So if you hear this high, low pitched
tone, it's usually followed

00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:29,560
by some type of announcement
on a public address system.

00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:34,040
Again, your area is more than likely
under a mandatory or an evacuation

00:57:34,040 --> 00:57:36,080
order, rather.
I still can't say it. Right.

00:57:36,080 --> 00:57:37,920
So an evacuation order

00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:41,360
in addition to the good old fashioned
door knocks, we use something called B.S.

00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:42,080
Alert.

00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:44,840
This is the county's
emergency notification system

00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:49,080
that we've partnered
with all ten Ventura County cities to use.

00:57:49,320 --> 00:57:51,960
The city of Oxnard
is a big user of this system,

00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:55,120
and they, too,
have the ability to activate the voice

00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:58,880
alert notification system
the system is free to participate in.

00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:02,360
We have all listed and unlisted landline
telephone numbers.

00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:04,240
We also have many cell phone numbers.

00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:08,240
We buy data from a number of different
places however, it's very important

00:58:08,240 --> 00:58:12,240
that you visit our website at VCC Alert
dot org and register.

00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:14,240
If you haven't registered, please do so.

00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:15,600
It is free.

00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:17,240
If you require assistance,

00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:19,600
you can give us a call here.
We'll put the number in the chat

00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:22,120
and you can get us to
to help you out with that.

00:58:22,720 --> 00:58:26,840
The system can notify you a lot quicker
than we can get resources to your door.

00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:29,400
So if it's a widespread incident,

00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:32,480
this is our best means of getting a hold
of you during an emergency.

00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:35,120
One of the other methods that

00:58:35,120 --> 00:58:38,960
we use is our incident website,
which is VCC Emergency dot com.

00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:43,200
That Web site is what I like to refer to
as a nondenominational website.

00:58:43,200 --> 00:58:46,920
It's a website that's there for
not just the county, not just the city.

00:58:46,920 --> 00:58:49,920
It's there
for any agency in Ventura County to use.

00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:53,520
There's not much on that website
during peace time, but when something does

00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:57,680
happen, we quickly populate that website
with maps, with information.

00:58:58,200 --> 00:58:59,480
We make sure that it's as up

00:58:59,480 --> 00:59:03,000
to date as possible before we issue
any type of evacuation notice.

00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:06,480
Again, that website is VCC Emergency
Dot com, and please check it out.

00:59:06,680 --> 00:59:09,200
It is in English and Spanish.

00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:11,240
A couple other ways that we notify people.

00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:15,360
A wireless emergency alert that's similar
to what you may know is an Amber alert

00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:18,920
that does not require you
to opt in your cell phone.

00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:22,760
You can actually receive
those based on your geographic location.

00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:25,520
We use that system very sparingly.

00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:29,280
And what it entails
is us going into an interface

00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:32,320
and drawing a line on a map and saying,

00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:35,920
hey, we want to send this message
to everyone within this geographic area.

00:59:36,600 --> 00:59:40,760
Unfortunately, the system is not
super precise, like our voice

00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:43,800
alert system, or we can notify people
down to the street level.

00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:47,400
But it's very powerful in that
you don't have to pre-register.

00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:51,000
So during an incident,
I'll use the Thomas Fire as an example,

00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:54,960
or the Woolsey Fire,
perhaps we would issue a wireless

00:59:54,960 --> 00:59:58,640
emergency alert only once at the onset,
the onset of that incident

00:59:58,680 --> 01:00:02,120
to let residents know
there's a fast moving brushfire in an area

01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:05,440
and where to go to get information
and of course, as I just mentioned,

01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:08,520
we would reference to ABC Emergency dot
com website.

01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:13,680
The last thing that we use for alert
and warning is our emergency alert system.

01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:16,520
And that's the system
that's been around since the fifties

01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:20,120
that interrupts television broadcast
with a text crawl

01:00:20,120 --> 01:00:22,320
at the bottom of the screen
and an annoying noise.

01:00:22,560 --> 01:00:23,440
It's also what you hear

01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,080
that comes through your radio
as you're driving in your car.

01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:29,040
That system is used again sparingly.

01:00:29,040 --> 01:00:32,360
We don't use it for your day to day
incident, but if it is something large

01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:36,200
and it requires us to get everyone's
attention, we have that tool

01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:39,360
at our disposal again
during a fast moving incident.

01:00:39,360 --> 01:00:43,280
We're going to be using all of these tools
to ensure that residents are aware

01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:45,200
of what's going on and then,
if more importantly,

01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:47,880
where to get information on what
they should do. Next slide, please.

01:00:52,080 --> 01:00:52,360
It's going to

01:00:52,360 --> 01:00:54,720
briefly talk a little bit
about evacuations.

01:00:55,360 --> 01:00:58,920
We work very closely with our partners
at the Ventura

01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:02,880
County Human Services
Agency, as well as the American Red Cross.

01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:07,080
And again, each of our ten Ventura
County cities to provide emergency shelter

01:01:07,400 --> 01:01:10,000
in the event
that an evacuation order is issued.

01:01:10,320 --> 01:01:13,320
We understand that evacuating is not fun.

01:01:13,320 --> 01:01:14,840
It's not something we like to do.

01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:17,000
But when it does happen
and it does happen,

01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:20,160
we want to make sure that residents
have somewhere to go.

01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:24,320
Here in Ventura County,
we have well over a hundred Predesignated

01:01:24,320 --> 01:01:28,120
shelter locations that we can use
for providing congregate shelter

01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:32,000
many of these locations are public
buildings, school gymnasiums,

01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:33,520
churches, you name it.

01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:37,280
We've got contracts along with
the Red Cross to access these facilities

01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:40,120
one new
thing I would like to share with you

01:01:40,120 --> 01:01:41,600
that we are doing in lieu

01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:45,560
of sending people directly to a shelter
location is we're recommending

01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:48,880
that you visit what's now
called a temporary evacuee point.

01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:51,840
And a temporary evacuation
point is primarily

01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:55,760
what's viewed as like a large parking lot
where cars can pull in

01:01:55,760 --> 01:01:59,120
and they're met by one of our friendly
Red Cross or human services agency

01:01:59,120 --> 01:02:01,840
staff members,
and they assess their needs.

01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:06,560
Every individual's needs are different,
and a congregate shelter in a gymnasium

01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:07,760
may not be the best option

01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:11,360
for somebody that perhaps is wheelchair
bound or has trouble ambulatory.

01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:14,880
Our team from the Human Services Agency,
along with the Red Cross,

01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:16,880
are going to work with that individual
to determine

01:02:16,880 --> 01:02:20,600
to determine what the best resources
that we have to provide them, perhaps

01:02:20,600 --> 01:02:22,200
at sending them to a congregate shelter,

01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:24,960
perhaps it's to a motel
or even to the hospital.

01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:26,600
They're going to chat with that person

01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:30,240
and they're going to ensure
that they get what they need at that time.

01:02:30,840 --> 01:02:33,440
Of course, the personnel
there are bilingual.

01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:37,160
So we always have staff as well
as some pretty cool technology

01:02:37,160 --> 01:02:40,200
to assist and translation
in many other languages at a time of need.

01:02:41,560 --> 01:02:43,960
Next slide, please.

01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:45,800
So how can you stay informed?

01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:48,920
We operate two websites and again,
these are not just County

01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:49,840
Ventura websites.

01:02:49,840 --> 01:02:53,360
These are websites that we share
with all of the cities of Ventura County,

01:02:53,360 --> 01:02:56,240
and we collectively work
to provide information on these websites.

01:02:56,640 --> 01:02:59,320
The first website is really focused
on emergency

01:02:59,320 --> 01:03:02,800
preparedness, and that website is ready
Ventura County dot org.

01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:07,320
It's more than likely the website you went
to to register for tonight's event.

01:03:07,840 --> 01:03:08,960
It's full of information.

01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:11,960
We're actually in the process
of doing a complete overhaul of that page,

01:03:12,240 --> 01:03:15,160
but it's got quite a bit of information
on our local hazards

01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:17,560
and how you can prepare
for each one of those hazards.

01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:20,320
The other website, again,
I referenced earlier tonight,

01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:21,760
and I really want this to be ingrained

01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:25,400
in your head when you leave here with us
tonight is the emergency dot com.

01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:27,280
That Web site is up today.

01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:30,840
It's short,
sweet, simple with just basic information

01:03:30,840 --> 01:03:34,640
on what roads are closed,
what evacuation perimeters are in place.

01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:37,000
And it usually includes
a little summary of the incident,

01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:39,840
how many acres the fire is,
where the hazmat plume is,

01:03:40,160 --> 01:03:42,960
whatever the situation is,
we always provide some type of summary.

01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:46,680
And probably the most beneficial thing on
there is really the real time map.

01:03:47,680 --> 01:03:48,480
That map

01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:51,520
during public safety power
shutoffs will show where the power's off.

01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:54,680
It'll also show fire perimeters,
where evacuations are

01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:58,600
and where road closures are
we do a lot internally to maintain

01:03:58,600 --> 01:04:02,400
that resource available again
on ABC emergency dot com.

01:04:03,120 --> 01:04:05,400
Hey, Scott, can you share with us
some of the other things

01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:07,560
that Rockstar does
to keep their residents informed

01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:14,000
about that?

01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:17,040
Always, always a challenge
to find the unmute button.

01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:21,560
Certainly we have a number of things

01:04:21,560 --> 01:04:24,600
that we do to do
keep our residents updated.

01:04:25,080 --> 01:04:29,040
Certainly we have our police, fire
and city website

01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:33,160
web pages, which has a lot of great
preparedness information on it.

01:04:34,040 --> 01:04:36,240
We you can go to
how you can actually access

01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:40,760
our complete emergency preparedness guide
by going to the fire department website

01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:43,920
and you'll see an icon for emergency
preparedness.

01:04:44,360 --> 01:04:46,760
We have both an English and Spanish

01:04:46,760 --> 01:04:50,120
version of our Emergency Preparedness
Guide which literally goes through

01:04:50,120 --> 01:04:54,160
each one of our hazards and how you should
prepare and respond to those hazards.

01:04:54,600 --> 01:04:58,680
Everything, including the tsunami zones
and sand inundation zones, et cetera,

01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:02,960
so that's available as well as through

01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:05,280
our social media sites.

01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:09,400
And then we have a number
of outreach programs where we work again

01:05:09,400 --> 01:05:12,120
with the schools and through schools
and through community groups.

01:05:12,760 --> 01:05:18,000
We do very regular presentations
for emergency preparedness and and such.

01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:21,080
So I think the best way is to start out
we've got this

01:05:21,720 --> 01:05:25,160
QR code up here
which will get you started, and

01:05:26,360 --> 01:05:27,880
then we can help you at

01:05:27,880 --> 01:05:30,360
exactly the type of information
you might be looking for.

01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:33,680
Again, we don't have any way to to really,
you know,

01:05:33,840 --> 01:05:37,800
other than inspiring, educating and,
and hopefully

01:05:38,360 --> 01:05:41,960
getting people motivated to
to get people to use the information.

01:05:41,960 --> 01:05:44,200
But getting the information out
there is critical.

01:05:44,200 --> 01:05:48,320
And I think the people who are on this
call are exactly the people that we want

01:05:48,320 --> 01:05:49,040
to make sure

01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:50,640
have access to that information

01:05:50,640 --> 01:05:53,040
and that they'll pass it down
to their families and community members.

01:05:53,040 --> 01:05:55,840
So this would be a good start,
right? Great.

01:05:55,840 --> 01:05:58,040
Thanks, Scott. And I appreciate that.

01:05:58,040 --> 01:06:00,600
Next, let's go to the next slide.

01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:02,400
I'd like to introduce Ashley Bautista.

01:06:02,400 --> 01:06:04,320
She's our county
public information officer,

01:06:04,320 --> 01:06:07,040
and she's going to tell you what we do
here at the County Ventura

01:06:07,080 --> 01:06:09,040
to try to keep you best informed,

01:06:09,040 --> 01:06:11,080
along with our city partners
during an emergency.

01:06:11,120 --> 01:06:12,880
Ashley, take it away.

01:06:12,880 --> 01:06:13,920
Thank you, Patrick.

01:06:13,920 --> 01:06:15,760
I mentioned my name is Ashley Batista.

01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:19,240
I am the public information officer
for the county of intra

01:06:19,280 --> 01:06:22,080
executive office
overseeing communication countywide.

01:06:22,360 --> 01:06:24,280
It's an honor to be here with you tonight.

01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:25,720
I will be speaking about the Joint

01:06:25,720 --> 01:06:29,200
Information Center and communication
during an emergency.

01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:34,080
The Joint Information Center called
a GIC is activated during an emergency.

01:06:34,320 --> 01:06:38,160
It is staffed by public information
officers and often disaster

01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:42,360
service workers and representatives
from partner agencies like Oxnard.

01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:45,320
The Gehrke
is the central hub for information

01:06:45,640 --> 01:06:49,280
during an active emergency
the information changes very quickly.

01:06:49,560 --> 01:06:53,320
The team takes the up to date information,
sometimes minute by minute

01:06:53,320 --> 01:06:56,800
in an active situation and creates
press releases

01:06:57,040 --> 01:07:01,080
social media posts
content for both the emergency and more.

01:07:01,440 --> 01:07:04,720
The media uses those press releases
to highlight information

01:07:04,720 --> 01:07:08,200
on the television
news on the radio and in print.

01:07:08,640 --> 01:07:11,040
This helps keep the community informed.

01:07:11,040 --> 01:07:15,280
The GIC team also monitors
the hotline to get tips from the community

01:07:15,280 --> 01:07:19,920
and answer questions while also monitoring
social media for misinformation.

01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:23,880
The team often takes very complex
information and breaks it down

01:07:23,880 --> 01:07:28,720
in simple terms through graphics written
messages and video and text messages.

01:07:29,440 --> 01:07:30,480
Next slide, please.

01:07:32,280 --> 01:07:35,320
The check helps communicate information
to community members.

01:07:35,320 --> 01:07:39,200
The media elected officials, community
organizations,

01:07:39,480 --> 01:07:45,000
the business community schools, nonprofit
partners, health care partners, local.

01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:46,480
State, federal agencies.

01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:48,680
And emergency response units.

01:07:48,680 --> 01:07:52,400
The GIC also helps to keep the county's
25 agencies informed.

01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:56,400
These agencies are critical
in overall response during an emergency

01:07:56,760 --> 01:07:59,640
we have seen this firsthand
during the current health emergency.

01:08:00,040 --> 01:08:03,160
The county agencies, with the guidance
of the County Executive Office

01:08:03,400 --> 01:08:06,920
and OAS, work together
to support the community in real time.

01:08:07,480 --> 01:08:10,200
Information is crucial
in reducing uncertainty.

01:08:10,520 --> 01:08:12,880
People need to know when roads are closed
or where to go.

01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:16,200
If they are evacuated during COVID,
they have needed information

01:08:16,200 --> 01:08:20,040
on how to get food testing,
vaccines, shelter and support.

01:08:20,400 --> 01:08:24,000
We have had community members share that
the county is like family from the support

01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:25,160
they have received.

01:08:25,160 --> 01:08:28,560
We are here for the community
and partnership with cities like Oxnard

01:08:28,960 --> 01:08:30,480
when the information is provided

01:08:30,480 --> 01:08:34,080
by a trusted resource in a language
that is understood,

01:08:34,480 --> 01:08:38,680
in a method that is excessive it can help
community members know what to do.

01:08:39,120 --> 01:08:43,920
They may need to shelter in place or boil
water or evacuate on a specific road.

01:08:44,240 --> 01:08:46,320
It also becomes a two way platform.

01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:50,320
It's not just about pushing information,
it's about connecting with the community

01:08:50,320 --> 01:08:53,960
members to get information
people may be experiencing on scene.

01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:55,400
Add an incident

01:08:55,400 --> 01:08:59,400
and to also answer questions and connect
community members to needed resources.

01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:02,080
This two way response is 24 seven.

01:09:02,360 --> 01:09:05,360
The county is committed
to being responsive and engaging

01:09:05,360 --> 01:09:09,360
and dialog before an incident, during
and after an incident.

01:09:09,840 --> 01:09:13,440
I encourage you to stay connected
to the county during non-emergency times

01:09:13,720 --> 01:09:18,240
at County of Ventura on Facebook, Twitter,
next door and Instagram.

01:09:18,480 --> 01:09:22,080
These platforms provide ongoing
information about county operations.

01:09:22,400 --> 01:09:25,440
The more we connect, the better
we can respond during an emergency

01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:30,200
koby 19 resource information
can also be found at ABC recovers dot org

01:09:30,440 --> 01:09:34,840
recovery information is really important
as we all recover from COVID19.

01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:37,160
I also encourage you
to get to know your neighbors.

01:09:37,280 --> 01:09:39,320
You can be a lifeline for a neighbor
in need.

01:09:39,480 --> 01:09:42,920
We saw this during the Thomas fire
when neighbors helped knock on the doors

01:09:43,200 --> 01:09:46,000
of elderly neighbors
to alert them of the fire.

01:09:46,280 --> 01:09:47,320
You can help the sick

01:09:47,320 --> 01:09:51,160
and the entire incident response team
by helping others in your neighborhood

01:09:51,360 --> 01:09:55,160
connect to information
and accurate information and resources.

01:09:55,760 --> 01:09:58,840
Thanks again for your time tonight
and engaging with the county of Ventura.

01:09:59,360 --> 01:10:00,040
Oh, yes.

01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:02,160
And our Oxnard City partners.

01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:04,200
We value you and your participation.

01:10:04,200 --> 01:10:05,400
I would like to now introduce

01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:09,160
our county executive office
community liaison, Rosa Gonzalez.

01:10:10,720 --> 01:10:12,040
Thank you, Ashley.

01:10:12,040 --> 01:10:12,920
Good evening, everyone.

01:10:12,920 --> 01:10:15,160
And thank you again
for joining us tonight.

01:10:15,160 --> 01:10:19,080
I just wanted to share our role
during an emergency

01:10:19,600 --> 01:10:22,320
and community engagement on various

01:10:22,320 --> 01:10:25,600
fronts from our 25 departments
and agencies.

01:10:26,160 --> 01:10:29,560
The county year
round actively works with a number

01:10:29,560 --> 01:10:33,160
of community
based organizations and advocacy groups,

01:10:33,560 --> 01:10:38,040
but also just normal residents
and community leaders

01:10:38,080 --> 01:10:41,600
that are very much involved
with the their community

01:10:41,880 --> 01:10:45,080
and help us stay connected with
those needs

01:10:45,360 --> 01:10:49,160
that we see our residents,
especially those that we might not always

01:10:50,240 --> 01:10:53,400
see that are very visible,
such as our undocumented population.

01:10:54,240 --> 01:10:57,800
And, you know, Oxnard has a large farm
working population,

01:10:57,800 --> 01:11:01,800
and we work very closely
with our farmworker resource program,

01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:06,560
our area agency on Aging, a human services
agency and health care agency,

01:11:06,840 --> 01:11:09,960
to really make sure
that we are constantly connected

01:11:10,520 --> 01:11:13,200
to knowing what the needs are for farm
working population

01:11:13,800 --> 01:11:18,160
our indigenous population
and also our Spanish speaking residents.

01:11:18,920 --> 01:11:24,000
Also, that includes our seniors
that we know we a lot of us

01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:26,480
have multi-generation households

01:11:27,120 --> 01:11:30,600
in Oxnard and also within our low
income communities.

01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:33,840
We want to make sure that in these areas

01:11:33,840 --> 01:11:37,160
we understand what are the barriers
and the challenges that they would have.

01:11:37,160 --> 01:11:39,240
And one thing we know
is that the lack of access

01:11:39,240 --> 01:11:44,320
to a television, Internet,
radio cell phones and even social media.

01:11:44,320 --> 01:11:46,880
So during an emergency,
what are the best ways

01:11:46,920 --> 01:11:50,640
that we could ensure
that these populations are receiving

01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:53,920
the information in real time
and is as soon as possible

01:11:54,120 --> 01:11:57,440
to make sure that they are safe
and well informed and easing their fears?

01:11:57,720 --> 01:12:01,400
And one of those ways is really working
so closely with our trusted partners.

01:12:01,640 --> 01:12:05,600
Again, all these community leaders,
our community based organizations,

01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:08,120
and also our faith based community

01:12:08,640 --> 01:12:11,360
in a time of crisis, a lot of families

01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:15,320
and people will look to the faith
based community

01:12:15,520 --> 01:12:19,720
for assistance and guidance,
but also our schools.

01:12:20,000 --> 01:12:25,080
Another great lifeline to our community
members for information and resources.

01:12:25,440 --> 01:12:30,760
So year round, not just during disasters,
we are constantly working together.

01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:34,200
So that way when there is an actual need
and emergency,

01:12:34,200 --> 01:12:37,000
we know exactly who to contact
and what neighborhood.

01:12:37,560 --> 01:12:39,080
Oxnard is very large.

01:12:39,080 --> 01:12:42,040
I live there myself and know you know,
you could

01:12:42,120 --> 01:12:44,400
it could take 20 minutes
to get from one end to the other.

01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:46,200
And those are different neighborhoods,
right?

01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:50,440
And people there are very close
knit communities and know each other.

01:12:50,600 --> 01:12:54,080
So what is the best way that we can
make sure that as the information

01:12:54,240 --> 01:12:58,640
our pills and emergency response from like
oh yes.

01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:02,120
Is coming out that that information
is reaching these populations

01:13:02,120 --> 01:13:04,760
and also try to avoid misinformation.

01:13:05,480 --> 01:13:08,480
So one of the things
is we're constantly in contact with them

01:13:08,720 --> 01:13:13,000
when there's an emergency
the first thing we do I'm just one of

01:13:13,440 --> 01:13:16,720
kind of a community engagement,
you know, community liaison

01:13:17,360 --> 01:13:18,520
worker here at the county.

01:13:18,520 --> 01:13:22,200
We actually have dozens of community

01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:25,200
service workers here at the county.

01:13:25,200 --> 01:13:29,480
And we all connect and we start
sharing information on specifically

01:13:29,480 --> 01:13:33,560
once we identify what are the needs
in these specific communities.

01:13:34,080 --> 01:13:39,120
And we will relay that information
and work with the check and with our PIOs

01:13:39,440 --> 01:13:42,560
and make sure that as information

01:13:42,560 --> 01:13:45,840
is going out from the county,
we are also sharing information.

01:13:45,840 --> 01:13:47,040
We are hearing firsthand

01:13:47,040 --> 01:13:50,960
from our community partners
on the concerns, what are the needs,

01:13:51,240 --> 01:13:54,320
and also how we could best connect them

01:13:54,360 --> 01:13:56,760
to resources during an emergency.

01:13:57,640 --> 01:14:02,320
This all works
well to make sure that lives or people

01:14:02,320 --> 01:14:05,880
are feeling safe, that we're saving lives
together, working together.

01:14:06,120 --> 01:14:10,160
But it also increases
the trust between the community

01:14:10,160 --> 01:14:14,080
and our government agencies,
as we know, during an emergency.

01:14:14,080 --> 01:14:16,640
And just in general,
there could be some hesitation

01:14:16,640 --> 01:14:19,360
from some of our members
in another community,

01:14:20,160 --> 01:14:23,360
especially if they're undocumented, from,
you know, approaching someone

01:14:23,360 --> 01:14:24,480
with the uniform.

01:14:24,480 --> 01:14:27,880
So this is where it's very important
to make sure that we are connecting

01:14:27,880 --> 01:14:31,160
with our community partners
and also that we, as

01:14:32,040 --> 01:14:34,360
the face of the county
that they are familiar with are

01:14:34,360 --> 01:14:38,880
also the ones connecting with them
and easing their their fears

01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:41,520
and keeping from things from escalating

01:14:41,880 --> 01:14:45,600
and trying to keep calm
during those critical times,

01:14:45,760 --> 01:14:48,720
but also making sure
that the information is going out

01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:52,280
clearly and addressing, again,
their needs and concerns.

01:14:52,960 --> 01:14:56,520
One thing we have had over
the last few years of,

01:14:56,520 --> 01:15:00,200
you know, emergent sea
after emergency from fires

01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:03,360
and other things that have happened
with like such as COVID,

01:15:03,600 --> 01:15:08,040
we are constantly looking at ways
to improve and enhance

01:15:08,280 --> 01:15:11,240
our not only our relationships,
but the services that we are doing.

01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:13,200
And one of those would be,

01:15:13,200 --> 01:15:14,880
you know, the information
that we're sharing

01:15:14,880 --> 01:15:16,760
to make sure
there's language accessibility

01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:20,520
we make sure not only is information
going out in Spanish,

01:15:20,520 --> 01:15:23,600
but we're also reaching our Mixteco
population,

01:15:23,840 --> 01:15:28,160
our support echo residents
and our Border Patrol residents also.

01:15:28,480 --> 01:15:31,960
And we get down to the point
where we know that we have to

01:15:32,480 --> 01:15:36,560
provide this information
and videos use other platforms

01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:40,800
such as WhatsApp, which is popular
with these populations to make sure

01:15:40,800 --> 01:15:44,200
that they are receiving it
and sharing it among themselves

01:15:45,120 --> 01:15:47,760
and getting this disinformation out

01:15:48,400 --> 01:15:52,680
and also hearing back from the community
and being available to them.

01:15:52,960 --> 01:15:54,240
That is another thing, though.

01:15:54,240 --> 01:15:56,520
We're working very closely
with our trusted partners.

01:15:56,760 --> 01:16:00,640
One thing we're always really happy
and ready to do is also help

01:16:00,640 --> 01:16:03,520
those that we come across
that have reached out

01:16:04,320 --> 01:16:06,560
and or we have been connected to

01:16:06,840 --> 01:16:11,200
and make sure that everyone in the end
as a future county resident

01:16:11,400 --> 01:16:15,640
feel safe in their county
and know that we all are working together

01:16:15,640 --> 01:16:18,760
to make sure
that the and their families are safe

01:16:18,760 --> 01:16:21,880
and in a situation
where their lives could be in danger.

01:16:22,440 --> 01:16:24,640
And with that,
I will pass it on to Patrick

01:16:27,640 --> 01:16:28,800
thanks both.

01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:31,920
Thank you both, Roslyn, Ashley,
for all the great information.

01:16:31,920 --> 01:16:36,360
And up next, I'd like to introduce Mike
Pettit, assistant county executive officer

01:16:36,360 --> 01:16:38,640
who's going to share a little bit more
about what the county can do for you.

01:16:38,800 --> 01:16:39,360
Mike.

01:16:39,560 --> 01:16:41,720
Thank you very much, Patrick.
And I just want to thank

01:16:41,920 --> 01:16:44,160
all of our community members
that are attending tonight.

01:16:44,560 --> 01:16:48,520
The best thing we can do as you've heard
from both Patrick, our director

01:16:49,680 --> 01:16:52,840
of our Office of Emergency Services,
and also Scott Brewer with the city's

01:16:53,080 --> 01:16:56,640
Office of Emergency Services
is to be individually prepared.

01:16:56,640 --> 01:16:59,280
And so really appreciate
your participation tonight.

01:16:59,560 --> 01:17:04,160
That's going to strengthen
and mitigate the effects of disasters

01:17:04,200 --> 01:17:07,080
locally here in our county
and help us recover so much faster.

01:17:07,960 --> 01:17:10,280
As part of my presentation,
I just want to share with you

01:17:10,280 --> 01:17:13,720
some of the other activities
that go on from the county's

01:17:14,880 --> 01:17:15,480
perspective.

01:17:15,480 --> 01:17:18,200
And roles and responsibilities
that that maybe

01:17:19,000 --> 01:17:23,160
are new are typically unknown because
they're happening behind the scenes.

01:17:23,160 --> 01:17:27,360
But really, these activities
go across covers

01:17:27,960 --> 01:17:31,840
three different areas of before
and in between disasters, during disasters

01:17:32,120 --> 01:17:35,440
and in the recovery phase
and kind of some of the the

01:17:36,080 --> 01:17:37,840
areas
that Scott Brewer talked about earlier.

01:17:37,840 --> 01:17:41,160
But first of all, before and prior
to disasters,

01:17:41,760 --> 01:17:44,320
one of the important things that we do
is we coordinate

01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:48,200
and work with our local cities,
our state and federal

01:17:48,200 --> 01:17:52,040
and community based partners
to prepare for these disasters.

01:17:52,240 --> 01:17:56,760
That preparedness will be things
like actual disaster exercises.

01:17:56,760 --> 01:18:00,720
We've had mass casualty
exercises, other events,

01:18:01,200 --> 01:18:05,200
high rise tower preparedness
for earthquakes and things like that.

01:18:05,200 --> 01:18:08,080
We have a couple of few high rise towers
here in our in our county,

01:18:08,080 --> 01:18:10,920
and we have many apartment complexes
and things like that.

01:18:10,920 --> 01:18:14,280
So there's a lot of preparedness exercises
that go on like that.

01:18:14,280 --> 01:18:16,800
But also in the communications

01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:20,640
from the communications
aspect, you heard Patrick and

01:18:21,840 --> 01:18:25,200
and Ashley and Rosa talk about
the many different channels that we use.

01:18:25,200 --> 01:18:28,440
And part of that preparedness resulted
in working with our community groups

01:18:29,040 --> 01:18:32,880
and resulted in the use of an application
called WhatsApp

01:18:32,880 --> 01:18:36,960
that is a primary mode of communication
for some of our indigenous language

01:18:36,960 --> 01:18:37,480
speakers.

01:18:37,480 --> 01:18:42,240
And so we're continually, continually
looking for ways to to increase

01:18:42,760 --> 01:18:45,120
our strength in our disaster response,

01:18:45,280 --> 01:18:47,800
but also to mitigate the disasters
as well.

01:18:49,560 --> 01:18:51,680
County agencies and departments

01:18:51,680 --> 01:18:55,560
also prepare with heightened activation
of staffing

01:18:56,280 --> 01:19:01,120
and pre-positioning of equipment
before a disaster occurs.

01:19:01,120 --> 01:19:02,680
The cities do that as well.

01:19:02,680 --> 01:19:05,360
One of the things that we do,
particularly in fire season,

01:19:05,640 --> 01:19:08,240
is our local weather services

01:19:08,760 --> 01:19:13,480
monitor the conditions,
our fire protection district and city fire

01:19:14,080 --> 01:19:15,880
organization monitor

01:19:15,880 --> 01:19:19,360
the fire conditions, the fuel loads
and the weather conditions.

01:19:19,600 --> 01:19:22,400
And when there are conditions that line up
where we think

01:19:22,520 --> 01:19:26,160
where there's a high risk for a disaster,
we actually have planning

01:19:26,160 --> 01:19:30,880
calls days in advance
to discuss the preparedness actions

01:19:30,880 --> 01:19:33,480
that we're taking,
pre-positioning equipment close to where

01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:37,200
those disasters
are most likely to to occur so that we can

01:19:37,200 --> 01:19:41,440
respond more quickly and minimize
the damage by these disasters.

01:19:41,440 --> 01:19:45,880
So that's that's just a flavor
of some of the exercises that go on prior

01:19:46,200 --> 01:19:48,160
to a disaster. During a disaster,

01:19:49,240 --> 01:19:51,760
a lot of things simultaneously occur.

01:19:52,080 --> 01:19:55,880
Our Tony personnel are activated
in the EOC,

01:19:55,880 --> 01:19:57,120
the public safety personnel,

01:19:57,120 --> 01:20:00,760
the county personnel from many different
departments across the county.

01:20:01,400 --> 01:20:03,200
And they're they're elbow to elbow.

01:20:03,200 --> 01:20:08,000
So that we can maintain
constant communication and respond

01:20:08,040 --> 01:20:11,080
quickly to the needs of the community
during disasters.

01:20:11,760 --> 01:20:15,120
We have immediate communication
with with our community

01:20:15,120 --> 01:20:18,160
through our community liaison
that you just heard from Rosa

01:20:18,160 --> 01:20:22,400
and some of the outreach efforts
that she does during disasters.

01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:26,640
And RPO and the function
that Ashley talked about earlier,

01:20:27,480 --> 01:20:31,040
our county executive office
connects with our board of supervisors

01:20:31,560 --> 01:20:36,080
to brief them on the situations
that are occurring and also to obtain

01:20:36,080 --> 01:20:38,840
any input from our board members
that they've received

01:20:39,080 --> 01:20:43,160
from their constituents so that we have
this constant flow of two way information

01:20:43,680 --> 01:20:48,200
coming in from our communities, learning
what the needs are and the concerns are,

01:20:48,200 --> 01:20:51,360
and addressing those
with the vast array of resources that

01:20:51,480 --> 01:20:55,080
that we bring and apply to the disaster
on a more boring front.

01:20:55,080 --> 01:20:58,640
Behind the scenes we do, there's
some administrative actions that we cover

01:20:58,800 --> 01:21:01,920
during disasters, things
like disaster declarations

01:21:02,520 --> 01:21:05,800
that we take before the board,
emergency declarations as well.

01:21:06,040 --> 01:21:09,400
Those are important
because it helps bring financial aid

01:21:10,080 --> 01:21:12,720
to the to our local jurisdictions.

01:21:12,720 --> 01:21:14,880
And that helps with recovery efforts.

01:21:14,880 --> 01:21:19,520
There's also some authorities
that are taken to the board

01:21:19,520 --> 01:21:22,880
for appropriations and things like that
to facilitate response

01:21:22,880 --> 01:21:25,840
and recovery in a much more rapid fashion.

01:21:26,160 --> 01:21:29,960
We coordinate with our legislative,
our local legislators

01:21:29,960 --> 01:21:33,680
that represent us in Sacramento
and in Washington,

01:21:34,040 --> 01:21:36,720
and that helps facilitate oftentimes

01:21:36,880 --> 01:21:40,120
emergency and disaster declarations
at the state and federal level,

01:21:40,440 --> 01:21:45,320
which also bring in further opportunities
for disaster response and and resources

01:21:45,480 --> 01:21:49,200
and funding as well, things
like FEMA reimbursement, et cetera.

01:21:49,440 --> 01:21:53,400
That's what's helped us a lot
with some of the large amounts of testing

01:21:53,640 --> 01:21:56,480
and vaccination and the room key

01:21:56,480 --> 01:21:58,760
housing for the pandemic, for example,

01:21:59,360 --> 01:22:02,640
we're continually coordinating
with our community based organizations

01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:06,080
and our business community
through the Economic Development

01:22:06,080 --> 01:22:10,080
Collaborative, the Chambers of Commerce,
the Sierra and others.

01:22:10,080 --> 01:22:13,680
We have an economic vitality,
a strategic plan at the county,

01:22:13,680 --> 01:22:18,120
and we have a steering committee
comprised of our business organizations.

01:22:18,120 --> 01:22:21,720
And we meet with them to talk about ways
that businesses have impacted,

01:22:21,720 --> 01:22:25,640
been impacted by these disasters
and work with them on solutions for that.

01:22:25,640 --> 01:22:29,600
An example from the Woolsey Fire
is that learning about businesses

01:22:29,640 --> 01:22:30,960
that were shuttered

01:22:30,960 --> 01:22:33,960
as a result of the fire that turned out
that there was a federal program

01:22:33,960 --> 01:22:37,160
we were able to connect those businesses
with for shuttered businesses

01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:37,920
during the fire.

01:22:37,920 --> 01:22:43,000
And so just another small example there,
and then coordination with philanthropy.

01:22:43,080 --> 01:22:45,720
We have a great partner in the Ventura
County Community Foundation.

01:22:45,720 --> 01:22:50,760
And and they're often part
of many of our disaster response

01:22:50,760 --> 01:22:54,680
because they're able to coordinate
and and reach out to a large

01:22:54,720 --> 01:22:55,800
philanthropic community

01:22:55,800 --> 01:22:59,720
that can can come in and who want to
donate toward special needs.

01:22:59,960 --> 01:23:03,080
And those it helps
get those met across the county.

01:23:03,480 --> 01:23:06,200
In terms of recovery, our recovery isn't

01:23:06,200 --> 01:23:09,560
something that we focus on
after the disaster is over.

01:23:09,560 --> 01:23:13,880
That effort starts in between
and even immediately, once

01:23:13,920 --> 01:23:16,320
a disaster is has occurred.

01:23:17,040 --> 01:23:21,200
During the Thomas Fire, you may recall
we had our Ventura County recovers website

01:23:21,240 --> 01:23:27,240
up and providing information on recovery
within days of the fire breaking out.

01:23:27,600 --> 01:23:31,040
And we worked with our city partners,
our state and our federal partners

01:23:31,040 --> 01:23:32,720
and our local businesses, et cetera.

01:23:32,720 --> 01:23:36,920
State set up a one stop recovery center
with multilingual support.

01:23:37,240 --> 01:23:41,600
And the idea with that was to minimize
the burden on members of our communities

01:23:41,880 --> 01:23:45,000
who needed support
in recovering from the fire,

01:23:45,000 --> 01:23:48,080
whether that's housing, whether that was
replacing important documents

01:23:48,080 --> 01:23:52,920
that were burned in that in the fire,
whether that's assistance with finances,

01:23:52,920 --> 01:23:56,880
because maybe their business
was damaged in the disaster.

01:23:56,880 --> 01:24:01,920
So just a myriad of resources
and so the recovery phase is so important

01:24:01,920 --> 01:24:04,080
and that's something that starts
right away upfront.

01:24:04,920 --> 01:24:05,400
And then

01:24:06,720 --> 01:24:09,400
beyond those resources, again,
we're working with our

01:24:09,680 --> 01:24:14,240
our economic partners to help on long term
recovery to get our communities

01:24:14,240 --> 01:24:19,000
back to where they were and flourishing
even stronger after the disaster is over.

01:24:19,000 --> 01:24:24,000
So thank you for that, Patrick,
and really appreciate the community's

01:24:24,320 --> 01:24:25,200
interest in this.

01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:29,040
It's so important for our strong outcomes
as we experience

01:24:29,040 --> 01:24:30,800
these disasters.

01:24:32,280 --> 01:24:33,760
Thanks, Mike, for that.

01:24:33,760 --> 01:24:35,880
Next,
I'd like to hand it over to Bonnie Luke.

01:24:35,880 --> 01:24:37,200
She's a member of our Office

01:24:37,200 --> 01:24:40,800
of Emergency Services team who focuses on
all of our planning efforts.

01:24:41,080 --> 01:24:42,600
She's going to share a little bit
about what

01:24:42,600 --> 01:24:45,720
we've done to update our county's
emergency operations plan,

01:24:46,040 --> 01:24:49,920
as well as the current project
of updating the hazard mitigation plan.

01:24:49,920 --> 01:24:51,560
Bonnie, take it away.

01:24:51,680 --> 01:24:54,200
Thanks, Patrick. Good evening, everyone.

01:24:54,200 --> 01:24:56,800
So, as Patrick
said, I'm here to talk to you about two

01:24:56,800 --> 01:25:00,680
of our long range planning updates
that we're working on currently.

01:25:00,960 --> 01:25:04,720
The county is wrapping up
the Emergency Operations Plan Update.

01:25:05,040 --> 01:25:10,400
This plan is available for review on our
Ready Ventura County Morgue website.

01:25:10,680 --> 01:25:14,440
We've had it open for public review
since the February of this year,

01:25:14,640 --> 01:25:18,600
and we're looking to close that comment
period out on October 1st.

01:25:18,960 --> 01:25:20,160
The emergency operations

01:25:20,160 --> 01:25:24,520
plan is a plan that provides the structure
and processes that the county follows

01:25:24,520 --> 01:25:29,880
and utilizes to respond to various
planned and unplanned disasters.

01:25:30,840 --> 01:25:33,360
This plan is updated every three years,

01:25:33,520 --> 01:25:36,880
so we're just kind of
following our normal cycle for this plan.

01:25:36,920 --> 01:25:41,160
UPDATE And we want to make sure
that anybody who's still interested

01:25:41,160 --> 01:25:45,480
in reviewing that that draft document
that we have out knows where to go.

01:25:45,720 --> 01:25:50,240
We've got a comment form on our Web page
that allows you to put in comments

01:25:50,240 --> 01:25:54,000
and advise us of any corrections or things
that you might be able to catch for us.

01:25:54,240 --> 01:25:57,680
And we look forward to hearing from
you guys regarding that particular plan.

01:25:58,440 --> 01:26:01,920
The next plan up
and you can advance the slide for me

01:26:02,280 --> 01:26:04,600
is our hazard mitigation plan update.

01:26:05,440 --> 01:26:08,120
This is a plan
that's updated every five years.

01:26:08,360 --> 01:26:12,000
And the purpose of this plan
is to inventory natural hazards, assess

01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:15,600
the risks that we face from the hazards
that we know exist in this county,

01:26:16,240 --> 01:26:20,480
and develop mitigation strategies
that will help us reduce those risks

01:26:20,480 --> 01:26:23,320
the next time that hazard
sort of rolls around on us.

01:26:23,680 --> 01:26:27,120
This is particularly valuable
when it comes to recurring type events

01:26:27,120 --> 01:26:31,560
of natural hazards such as earthquakes
wildfires, flooding that we

01:26:32,520 --> 01:26:34,400
are exposed to on a regular basis.

01:26:34,400 --> 01:26:37,800
And the tendency
is that you get done with one disaster

01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:40,240
and you kind of build things
back up in the same spot,

01:26:41,520 --> 01:26:43,280
and then it just happens again.

01:26:43,280 --> 01:26:47,240
And this the purpose of these plans
is to kind of let us take a step back

01:26:47,400 --> 01:26:49,360
while we're not in the middle
of a disaster.

01:26:49,360 --> 01:26:53,640
And think forward thinking about
what are the things we can do to avoid,

01:26:53,640 --> 01:26:57,640
minimize, reduce
loss of life, property damage

01:26:57,920 --> 01:27:01,440
or natural resource protection
moving forward.

01:27:01,720 --> 01:27:04,400
While we're not under the gun.

01:27:04,400 --> 01:27:06,240
Next slide, please.

01:27:08,160 --> 01:27:10,200
Why is the HBP important to us?

01:27:10,360 --> 01:27:11,400
Again, it helps prevent

01:27:11,400 --> 01:27:15,080
property damage and loss of life
associated with natural hazard events.

01:27:15,440 --> 01:27:19,040
It also demonstrates the counties
and participating jurisdictions commitment

01:27:19,040 --> 01:27:21,920
to reducing risk to the federal
and state government.

01:27:22,440 --> 01:27:25,240
This is a multijurisdictional plan
for the county,

01:27:25,520 --> 01:27:29,440
and it has over 20 planning partners,
including the city of Oxnard,

01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:33,840
all other nine incorporated cities
within the county and various

01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:37,600
special jurisdictions
like water and sanitation districts

01:27:37,800 --> 01:27:40,840
California State,
University of Channel Islands,

01:27:42,320 --> 01:27:42,840
the fire

01:27:42,840 --> 01:27:46,520
district for the county,
the Watershed Protection District.

01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:50,760
All of these groups come together
because we are all part of the same family

01:27:50,760 --> 01:27:54,880
that has to go and figure out, Hey, we've
got a road that washes out regularly.

01:27:55,000 --> 01:27:59,600
How do we address that or might rebuild
or planning department

01:27:59,600 --> 01:28:04,520
that might go and do strategizing
about how we might alter zoning codes

01:28:04,520 --> 01:28:08,920
to minimize damage to properties
moving forward or not build in areas.

01:28:10,280 --> 01:28:13,400
These plans serve as a guide
for our decision makers moving forward

01:28:13,440 --> 01:28:18,800
when they commit resources
to disaster rebuilds or to new projects.

01:28:19,160 --> 01:28:23,520
And the other benefit of having a plan
like this is that it helps us maintain

01:28:24,320 --> 01:28:26,960
eligibility for federal government
funding from

01:28:26,960 --> 01:28:29,040
the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

01:28:30,080 --> 01:28:30,680
Next slide

01:28:33,200 --> 01:28:34,200
Currently, the hazard

01:28:34,200 --> 01:28:37,680
mitigation plan is about midway
through its update process.

01:28:38,000 --> 01:28:41,480
To date, we have worked hard
with a steering committee

01:28:41,480 --> 01:28:46,400
that we formed from various stakeholders
throughout the county, and to evaluate

01:28:46,720 --> 01:28:51,120
what the old plan had
that we that we wanted to take forward,

01:28:51,360 --> 01:28:55,440
look at our current risk analysis
capabilities and do an assessment.

01:28:55,960 --> 01:28:59,880
We've involved the public
in a lot of our outreach and participation

01:28:59,880 --> 01:29:03,680
via the website at ready Ventura
County dot org.

01:29:04,080 --> 01:29:07,960
You can go there for information
about the process to date,

01:29:08,200 --> 01:29:09,360
how you can be involved

01:29:09,360 --> 01:29:13,240
moving forward in public meetings
that we have with the steering committee.

01:29:13,920 --> 01:29:17,120
You can watch the progress of our risk
analysis

01:29:17,120 --> 01:29:21,000
results come out on the story map
that we've put on the website.

01:29:21,160 --> 01:29:22,720
Just a couple of days ago.

01:29:22,720 --> 01:29:27,720
And you can also partake in our community
awareness survey that is geared towards

01:29:27,720 --> 01:29:31,960
helping us understand
your knowledge base about the hazards

01:29:31,960 --> 01:29:35,080
that you think you face,
the ones that we know exist out there

01:29:35,240 --> 01:29:39,720
and help us fill gaps
about what the community is looking for,

01:29:39,720 --> 01:29:45,080
what they might need as far as information
or alert and warning changes, insurance.

01:29:46,680 --> 01:29:47,800
And then take

01:29:47,800 --> 01:29:51,840
that as we move forward and develop
the county's strategy for this plan.

01:29:51,840 --> 01:29:52,760
Update

01:29:53,480 --> 01:29:57,280
the next steps in our process
are coming up in the next week.

01:29:57,280 --> 01:30:00,840
All of our planning partners
will be getting together to do workshops

01:30:01,480 --> 01:30:06,480
with one another in order to kind of
figure out each jurisdiction's priorities.

01:30:06,720 --> 01:30:10,200
And we are looking forward to
then combining everybody's information

01:30:10,480 --> 01:30:13,640
into the draft plan,
hoping for a public comment

01:30:13,640 --> 01:30:17,640
period that will roll out to everyone
around February of 20, 22

01:30:17,880 --> 01:30:21,600
and then be reviewed
by our Board of Supervisors and submitted

01:30:21,600 --> 01:30:24,520
to Cal OAS and FEMA
for subsequent approval

01:30:24,840 --> 01:30:26,920
in late spring of 2022.

01:30:27,640 --> 01:30:28,880
Next slide

01:30:31,320 --> 01:30:33,000
This is to provide you with information

01:30:33,000 --> 01:30:36,640
on where you can go to follow
the rest of the progress of the update

01:30:36,960 --> 01:30:40,720
and participate
along with us and ready Ventura County.

01:30:40,720 --> 01:30:42,400
Dot org is our website

01:30:42,400 --> 01:30:46,320
for both the EOP update
and the Hazard Mitigation Plan Update.

01:30:46,840 --> 01:30:49,120
You can again
follow the progress of the update.

01:30:49,280 --> 01:30:51,720
Take our online
Community Awareness Survey.

01:30:52,000 --> 01:30:55,640
You can view the new interactive story map
to learn about the hazards

01:30:55,640 --> 01:30:59,760
that are in your area and view the risk
analysis results.

01:31:00,320 --> 01:31:03,840
We've got wonderful maps on there
that can you can type in your address

01:31:03,840 --> 01:31:07,440
and kind of see different layers of
of hazards

01:31:07,760 --> 01:31:12,080
showing you whether or not you're in
an earthquake zone or in a high wildfire

01:31:12,080 --> 01:31:16,560
risk zone, whether or not landslides
may or may not be applicable to your area.

01:31:16,960 --> 01:31:20,680
And also learn a lot more
about what hazard mitigation is and isn't

01:31:21,040 --> 01:31:24,720
and see some good examples
of hazard mitigation in action.

01:31:26,040 --> 01:31:29,120
If you've got any questions
my contact information is at the bottom of

01:31:29,160 --> 01:31:29,800
this slide.

01:31:29,800 --> 01:31:33,360
You can also find our contact information
on the website itself.

01:31:33,800 --> 01:31:36,440
And if that's all I've got to say.

01:31:36,440 --> 01:31:38,880
So with that I'm going to hand it
back over to Patrick Maynard.

01:31:40,040 --> 01:31:40,760
Thanks, Bonnie.

01:31:40,760 --> 01:31:42,160
I appreciate that. Great overview.

01:31:42,160 --> 01:31:44,800
And I just want to share with the team
and really thank the team,

01:31:44,800 --> 01:31:47,400
the OAS team in particular, Bill Boyd,
Bonnie Luke.

01:31:47,840 --> 01:31:51,000
They do a ton of work
along with our city partners

01:31:51,000 --> 01:31:53,720
and our other county partners
to to update these plans.

01:31:53,720 --> 01:31:56,400
It's not an easy job.
It can be very boring at times.

01:31:56,400 --> 01:31:57,360
Believe it or not,

01:31:57,360 --> 01:32:00,960
and they work day in and day out to ensure
that we have the best of the best.

01:32:01,000 --> 01:32:03,440
So thank you for all of your work,
you guys.

01:32:03,440 --> 01:32:04,880
One thing I just want to remind people

01:32:04,880 --> 01:32:08,720
of our emergency operations
plan is still posted on our website.

01:32:08,920 --> 01:32:12,160
The draft version
to update in English and Spanish.

01:32:12,160 --> 01:32:15,960
So if you'd like to review that,
please do so and provide us any feedback

01:32:15,960 --> 01:32:18,960
you might have With that,
I just like to quickly go over to Scott

01:32:18,960 --> 01:32:20,120
Brewer one more time.

01:32:20,120 --> 01:32:23,920
Scott, I know you guys are working on some
planning updates in the city of Oxnard.

01:32:23,960 --> 01:32:25,880
Tell us about it. Sure.

01:32:26,880 --> 01:32:28,360
Next slide, please.

01:32:29,400 --> 01:32:31,880
So very much
like what Bonnie already went over.

01:32:32,520 --> 01:32:36,000
Each jurisdiction has its own
emergency operations plan.

01:32:36,400 --> 01:32:42,080
And at the city I talked about earlier
that this is kind of our foundation.

01:32:42,080 --> 01:32:45,680
This is what we go to
that leads us through the process

01:32:45,680 --> 01:32:50,160
of how we respond to
and recover from disasters.

01:32:50,400 --> 01:32:51,240
So very much like

01:32:51,240 --> 01:32:54,840
the county, we, too, are in the process
of updating our emergency plan.

01:32:55,200 --> 01:32:59,040
So very large document
with a lot of detailed information.

01:33:00,000 --> 01:33:03,240
But all right, it's
this time we've gone through

01:33:03,240 --> 01:33:04,560
that kind of with a fine tooth comb

01:33:04,560 --> 01:33:07,120
and some of the things we're updating
is the terminology.

01:33:07,120 --> 01:33:10,920
There's been a number of terminology
changes, including what

01:33:10,920 --> 01:33:16,280
Patrick covered as far as disasters
and evacuation orders and advisories.

01:33:16,440 --> 01:33:18,240
So we've updated our terminology.

01:33:18,240 --> 01:33:19,800
We're updating our formatting.

01:33:19,800 --> 01:33:23,600
When you have a plan, this big one of
the challenges is to make information

01:33:24,200 --> 01:33:27,080
in such a way that people can find it
easily within the plan.

01:33:27,840 --> 01:33:29,920
We've updated our checklists
and procedures

01:33:30,440 --> 01:33:33,360
to make sure that they're up to date
and are in line with

01:33:33,920 --> 01:33:38,400
all the disasters that we've identified
as potentially affecting our area as well

01:33:38,400 --> 01:33:42,840
as our our new procedures for our updated
emergency operations center.

01:33:43,440 --> 01:33:45,400
We also updated contact information.

01:33:45,400 --> 01:33:48,520
One of the things that's critical
is that we have up to date lists

01:33:48,520 --> 01:33:51,360
on how to contact our partners,
such as at the county,

01:33:51,720 --> 01:33:55,560
our neighboring jurisdictions, school
districts, local hospitals.

01:33:55,560 --> 01:33:59,360
So making sure that that information,
which changes quite frequently is up

01:33:59,400 --> 01:34:04,680
to date, is an ongoing part of the process
of keeping the emergency teams updated.

01:34:05,680 --> 01:34:07,200
We also have to make sure

01:34:07,200 --> 01:34:11,200
that it's consistent with the state
and counties plan, that we're all working

01:34:11,200 --> 01:34:15,240
essentially off the same playbook
that we're using the same terminology.

01:34:15,240 --> 01:34:17,080
And and that's always a concern.

01:34:17,080 --> 01:34:20,120
The state actually provides
something called a crosswalk that we use

01:34:20,840 --> 01:34:22,880
very diligently as we update the process

01:34:23,320 --> 01:34:26,640
to make sure that we are indeed
covering all those points.

01:34:27,120 --> 01:34:30,240
So for us, the review process is public
comments are now

01:34:30,240 --> 01:34:34,560
and hopefully you captured that QR code
that was earlier in the presentation.

01:34:34,560 --> 01:34:37,760
If not, I know this presentation is
is being recorded

01:34:37,760 --> 01:34:41,240
and is also the slides will be on the
the county website.

01:34:42,000 --> 01:34:44,240
We'll send that plan to our department

01:34:44,280 --> 01:34:47,240
heads later this month,
probably later next week.

01:34:47,520 --> 01:34:50,480
We'll ask those department
heads to take a good look at the plan

01:34:50,480 --> 01:34:51,920
and how it affects their department.

01:34:51,920 --> 01:34:55,800
What's the expectations of each department
to make sure those are realistic

01:34:55,800 --> 01:34:57,840
and that everybody's in agreement.

01:34:57,840 --> 01:35:02,280
We'll send that to our Public Safety
Committee in November of this year.

01:35:02,520 --> 01:35:04,200
The Public Safety Committee
will review it.

01:35:04,200 --> 01:35:08,680
And then if they agree that our update
is consistent and is complete

01:35:09,040 --> 01:35:12,440
or will move along, the city council
for final

01:35:12,480 --> 01:35:15,600
approval in early 2022.

01:35:15,960 --> 01:35:19,440
Again,
very big effort to keep this plan updated.

01:35:19,440 --> 01:35:22,480
And there's been a significant number
of changes since the last update.

01:35:23,280 --> 01:35:23,840
Next, please,

01:35:28,560 --> 01:35:31,600
Bonnie covered this really very well.

01:35:31,920 --> 01:35:34,760
But the the hazard mitigation plan

01:35:34,800 --> 01:35:39,680
or the Ventura County has remediation
plan really is a plan that affects

01:35:39,720 --> 01:35:43,600
all of the local jurisdictions,
the cities, the special districts.

01:35:44,320 --> 01:35:47,680
The county has the responsibility
for the overarching plan,

01:35:48,080 --> 01:35:53,280
and then each one of those jurisdictions
will then provide their own annex,

01:35:53,520 --> 01:35:57,120
their own portion of that plan,
that specific to their jurisdiction.

01:35:57,720 --> 01:36:00,640
This includes our hazard assessment,
making sure, again,

01:36:00,640 --> 01:36:04,280
that we all agree on the type of problems
that can occur in our community.

01:36:04,720 --> 01:36:08,240
Things like resource inventories,
what type of resources

01:36:08,240 --> 01:36:09,720
do we have to bring to bear?

01:36:09,720 --> 01:36:12,880
Should one of those hazards
or those disasters occur?

01:36:13,840 --> 01:36:15,960
Looks at risk reduction

01:36:15,960 --> 01:36:19,000
and risk reduction strategies.

01:36:20,080 --> 01:36:22,760
I think Bonnie really pointed it out
well when she said, you know,

01:36:22,760 --> 01:36:25,000
we don't want this back where it was.

01:36:25,000 --> 01:36:26,440
We want to make sure that we put it back

01:36:26,440 --> 01:36:29,720
in a way that with with good intentions
that it doesn't occur again.

01:36:30,320 --> 01:36:32,520
We want to help prevent property
damage, the loss of life.

01:36:32,520 --> 01:36:35,760
We want to assist our decision makers
as they make the critical decisions

01:36:36,080 --> 01:36:38,840
that they have to make
with the best information possible.

01:36:39,120 --> 01:36:42,560
And we want to ensure that we remain
as a jurisdiction eligible

01:36:42,800 --> 01:36:46,120
for Freema grants
and the type of reimbursement

01:36:46,120 --> 01:36:48,480
that's available
following natural disasters.

01:36:48,960 --> 01:36:50,800
Our review process is consistent

01:36:50,800 --> 01:36:53,280
with the county since we're doing this
planning process together,

01:36:53,880 --> 01:36:57,520
as Bonnie pointed out, there's a big,
big effort going on next week.

01:36:57,520 --> 01:37:01,200
And then the plan will move on to
to our city council

01:37:01,680 --> 01:37:04,920
for final approval
for our portion of that sometime

01:37:05,040 --> 01:37:07,960
probably in the late
first quarter of 2022.

01:37:08,760 --> 01:37:12,120
So that's that's
our efforts are very much aligned,

01:37:12,120 --> 01:37:16,160
and this is a great opportunity
to get feedback both on the county plans

01:37:16,200 --> 01:37:19,320
as well as our own individual city
city plans.

01:37:19,480 --> 01:37:21,680
That's it. Back to you, Patrick.

01:37:21,680 --> 01:37:23,400
Thanks, Scott, for that.

01:37:23,400 --> 01:37:25,680
I just want to close
by thanking everyone tonight.

01:37:25,680 --> 01:37:28,200
It obviously takes a lot of work
to prepare one of these.

01:37:28,320 --> 01:37:30,840
We had originally hoped to do this
live and in person

01:37:30,840 --> 01:37:32,880
and unfortunately saw
a little uptick in COVID,

01:37:32,880 --> 01:37:35,800
which puts us pushed us back
into this virtual environment.

01:37:36,120 --> 01:37:38,320
But I really want to thank everyone
for participating.

01:37:38,320 --> 01:37:40,640
Thank the city of Oxnard
for their partnership.

01:37:40,920 --> 01:37:43,080
Think our interpreters
that have been with us

01:37:43,080 --> 01:37:45,760
not just tonight, but yesterday
and will be with us next week.

01:37:46,000 --> 01:37:49,000
And most importantly,
thank all of you for joining us

01:37:49,520 --> 01:37:51,360
for this presentation tonight.

01:37:51,360 --> 01:37:53,280
I want to close by saying this.

01:37:53,280 --> 01:37:57,360
It's every individual's responsibility
to plan and prepare.

01:37:57,880 --> 01:37:59,600
We hope to be there to help you.

01:37:59,600 --> 01:38:02,120
But there's a lot more of you
than there is us.

01:38:02,400 --> 01:38:04,560
And resources can be challenging at times.

01:38:04,560 --> 01:38:07,280
And we need your help preparing.

01:38:07,280 --> 01:38:10,360
Get out in the community,
make friends with your neighbors, ensure

01:38:10,360 --> 01:38:13,400
that you talk with your family and friends
about how you can all work together

01:38:13,440 --> 01:38:15,120
in the time of need,
whether it's providing

01:38:15,120 --> 01:38:17,800
transportation, food,
whatever the case may be.

01:38:17,840 --> 01:38:21,200
Work together and plan
and prepare in advance

01:38:21,240 --> 01:38:24,680
to help us respond
to that inevitable disaster.

01:38:24,960 --> 01:38:26,760
With that, please get a kit.

01:38:26,760 --> 01:38:27,440
Have a plan.

01:38:27,440 --> 01:38:29,920
Stay informed, stay involved.
And thanks for joining us.

01:38:30,240 --> 01:38:33,680
A copy of this presentation
will be available at Ready Ventura

01:38:33,680 --> 01:38:36,000
County Morgue
and any closing comments from you, Scott?

01:38:40,520 --> 01:38:41,680
Yeah.

01:38:41,800 --> 01:38:43,840
I just want to say, you know, planning

01:38:44,160 --> 01:38:46,680
without community
input isn't really planning.

01:38:47,040 --> 01:38:49,880
It's so critical that that we have

01:38:50,760 --> 01:38:54,440
the public involved in this process
at every level.

01:38:54,440 --> 01:38:58,720
And we're very thankful for
the opportunity to present in this way.

01:38:58,720 --> 01:39:03,640
Again, COVID presented all of us
with some very major challenges.

01:39:03,680 --> 01:39:05,080
I would certainly miss the face

01:39:05,080 --> 01:39:08,280
to face interface with the public
and all of our partners.

01:39:09,000 --> 01:39:12,440
I would be remiss if I didn't
throw this one more time back to

01:39:13,160 --> 01:39:16,720
Chief Hamilton and Chief Benitez, if
they had any closing comments thereafter.

01:39:16,720 --> 01:39:20,360
All the guys who have the resources

01:39:20,360 --> 01:39:23,480
and do this on a day to day basis,
so do either of our chiefs.

01:39:23,480 --> 01:39:26,840
Do you have any closing comments,
gentlemen?

01:39:26,840 --> 01:39:29,040
I mean, is there a chief that you have?

01:39:29,040 --> 01:39:30,720
Nothing. Okay.

01:39:30,800 --> 01:39:32,440
Yeah. Okay.

01:39:32,440 --> 01:39:34,840
All I was going to say is just thank you.

01:39:35,880 --> 01:39:36,240
Thank you

01:39:36,240 --> 01:39:39,640
to Patrick and all the folks in your shop

01:39:40,360 --> 01:39:43,520
and the county for hosting us tonight.

01:39:43,520 --> 01:39:47,200
This has been a really great presentation
Thank you so much.

01:39:48,760 --> 01:39:50,720
Great. Patrick, thank you.

01:39:50,720 --> 01:39:52,760
And we're out when you are.

01:39:53,720 --> 01:39:54,480
Thanks, everybody.

01:39:54,480 --> 01:39:56,040
Have a great night.
And stay safe out there.

01:39:56,040 --> 01:39:56,880
Take care

01:40:02,760 --> 01:40:03,960
Bill, you got that one.

01:40:03,960 --> 01:40:05,160
Bonnie Lucas typing is.