HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2008-56RESOLUTION NO. 2008-56
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
DECLARING THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM (NIMS) AS THE STANDARD FOR
EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE CITY OF LODI
WHEREAS, the President in Homeland Security Directive #5 directed the
Department of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident
Management System (NIMS), which would provide a consistent nationwide approach by
federal, state, local, and tribal governments to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and
recover from disasters regardless of cause or size; and
WHEREAS, California pioneered the development of standardized incident
management systems to respond to a variety cf catastrophic disasters; and
WHEREAS, the California Standardized Emergency Management System
(SEMS) substantially meets the objectives of the National Incident Management
System; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of California has directed his Office of
Emergency Services and Office of Homeland Security to develop a program to integrate
NIMS into SEMS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lodi City Council that it does
hereby adopt NIMS in accordance with the guidelines and directives of the State of
California and directs City employees to use this system for future emergency
preparedness, response, and recovery operations.
Date: April 2, 2008
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2008-56 was passed and adopted by the Lodi
City Council in a regular meeting held April 2, 2008, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS— Hansen, Hitchcock, Johnson, Katzakian,
and Mayor Mounce
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
NNIF ; M. PERRIN
Deputy City Clerk
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