California Government Code

§ 8607

GOV § 8607 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 1 · Title 2 · Ch. 7 · Art. 9.5

Statute text

(a)The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with all interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan and interested local emergency management agencies, shall jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. The public water systems identified in Section 8607.2 may review and comment on these regulations before adoption. This system shall be applicable, but not limited to, those emergencies or disasters referenced in the state emergency plan. The standardized emergency management system shall include all of the following systems as a framework for responding to and managing emergencies and disasters involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple agency responses:

(1)The Incident Command Systems adapted from the systems originally developed by the FIRESCOPE Program, including those currently in use by state agencies.

(2)The multiagency coordination system as developed by the FIRESCOPE Program.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 28, Sec. 58. (SB 1380) Effective January 1, 2023.