This Basic Plan outlines our approach to emergency operations, and is applicable to the City of Peoria. It provides general guidance for emergency management activities and an overview of our methods of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The plan describes our emergency response organization and assigns responsibilities for various emergency tasks. This plan is intended to provide a framework for more specific functional annexes that describe in more detail who does what, when, and how. This plan applies to all local officials, departments, and agencies. The primary audience for the document includes our chief elected official and other elected officials, the emergency management staff, department and agency heads and their senior staff members, leaders of local volunteer organizations that support emergency operations, and others who may participate in our mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. The City of Peoria complies with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (SPD)-5 Management of Domestic Incidents which calls for the establishment of a single, comprehensive National Incident Management System (NIMS). If you have any questions please feel free to contact Chief Charles Lauss at (309) 494-8731 or Michael Vaughn at (309) 494-8077.
Below are a list of annexes included in the Emergency Operations Plan. If you would like to read a summary on a particular annex, just click on the name.
Communications Annex
Communications play a critical role in emergency operations. Extensive communications networks and facilities are in existence and operational throughout Peoria. The City of Peoria Office Of Emergency Management has over-all responsibility in insuring that these facilities provide effective and efficient communications.
The general public will be notified of the immediate threat to their safety, such as hazardous materials or severe weather, via the Outdoor Warning System, Cable interrupt system, EAS stations, NOAA Weather Radio, or other means as necessary. The alerting of local officials, local organizations, and individuals having emergency management responsibility is also covered in the Emergency Communications Center (ECC) standard operating guidelines.
Direction and Control Annex
Many of the hazards that exist in the City of Peoria have the potential for causing disasters of such magnitude as to make centralized direction and control desirable and essential. The City utilizes the Unified Incident Command System (UICS), Incident Command System (ICS), and National Information Management System (NIMS) for all major emergency operations.
The City of Peoria Fire Department Office Of Emergency Management is an independent unit with accreditation through Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA).
OEM/EOC Operations Annex
Emergency services’ dispatching is handled through the Emergency Communications Center (ECC). Warnings from the State and Federal levels of government can be received through the ECC via the National Alert Warning System (NAWAS) and the Emergency Alert System (EAS). Notifications of other emergency situations would also be received through the ECC.
Emergency situations vary markedly in speed of onset and in their potential for escalation to disaster proportions. The extent to which the EOC is activated and when it assumes command of emergency operations depends upon the type of emergency situation, its potential for escalation, its geographical extent and other factors. The Incident Commander may request an activation of any part of the EOC staff through the OEM Director or his designee. Such action will be reported immediately to the Superintendent of Police, Fire Chief, Public Works Director, and City Manager.
Animal Welfare Annex
Law Enforcement Annex
Disaster situations are an expansion of the normal daily operations of the Police Department. These responsibilities include maintenance of law and order, traffic control, and crowd control. Security must also be provided for any public safety elements of local government involved in the disaster or in the disaster area.
Fire Fighting Annex
Natural hazards and emergencies, such as flash flooding, may necessitate the use of fire service resources.
The Peoria Fire department is equipped and trained to handle several incidents (normal residential house fires) at once without relying on mutual aid. Fire scenes may escalate and present problems requiring a response mutual aid fire departments, law enforcement, public works, utilities, public health authorities, local EMS providers and environmental protection agencies, and other agencies. In these cases, effective interagency coordination using the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS) is essential.
Large-scale emergencies, disasters, and acts of terrorism may adversely impact firefighting personnel, equipment, facilities, and communications systems.
Public Works Annex
Resource Management Annex
The management of resources requires a united and cooperative effort in the preparedness and disaster response phases by all government levels, volunteer agencies, community-based organizations, business sector, and the general public.
Mass Care Annex
Emergency mass care services are designed to meet basic human physical and psychological needs during and after a disaster. These services include feeding, clothing, temporary shelter, bulk distribution of supplies, and crisis counseling. The coordination of emergency mass care services is vital to the alleviation of immediate and long-term human suffering and stress caused by a disaster.
Evacuation Annex
Large-scale evacuation could be required in the event of a major hazardous materials spill, terrorist attack with chemical agent, extensive flooding. While it is impossible to know exactly when situations we plan for areas where evacuation could be necessary. Mass evacuation could be required in the event of an enemy attack.
Authority for Evacuations. State law provides a county judge or mayor with the authority to order the evacuation of all or part of the population from a stricken or threatened area within their respective jurisdictions. Hence, the Mayor may order a mandatory evacuation of our City upon issuing a local disaster declaration. The Mayor may also take subsequent action to control re-entry, curtail movement, and deny building occupancy within a disaster area.
Emergency Medical Services Annex
Public Information Annex
During periods of emergency the public needs, and generally desires, detailed information regarding protective actions to be taken to minimize loss of life and property. There are times, however, when disaster strikes without warning and the public information system cannot react rapidly enough to properly inform the public about the hazard. For this reason, it is important that prior to the occurrence of an emergency, the public should be made aware of potential hazards and the protective measures that can be employed.
Damage Assessment Annex
Hazardous Materials Annex
Transportation Annex
Health Annex
Legal Annex
Recovery Annex
Mitigation Annex
This annex explains the methodologies and progressive steps as to how we plan to identify the hazards that affect us and to systematically reduce the identified levels of risk and vulnerability to these hazards. This annex explains our active partnership, and participation in City of Peoria mitigation planning and implementation activities.