Station Order 17-034: Communication System / Microwave Failure Response

The purpose of this station order is to delineate the response plan for our Station in the event of a catastrophic telecommunication failure.

In the event of a catastrophic telecommunications failure, Station personnel would seek to mitigate the effects of the emergency by implementing the following procedures:

WATCH COMMANDER RESPONSIBILITIES

• • • • • • • Activate the station’s Sub-Emergency Operations Center if needed.
            • Assign station personnel to temporarily fill positions of the Sub-Emergency
            • Operations Center until properly relieved.
            • Notify Sheriff’s Communication Center and Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau regarding failure of telephone lines.
            • Notify the Unit Commander of the telephone line failure and the activation of the station’s Sub-EOC.
            • Deploy the station’s mobile command post if necessary.
            • Utilize the services of station volunteer DCS radio operators as needed.

                        WATCH SERGEANT RESPONSIBILITIES

• • • • • • • Assign portable radios to command post if needed.
              • Coordinate with the department’s DOC regarding telephone line failure.
            • Coordinate with the LA County Fire Department in setting up a Joint      Command Post at the Station.
            • Watch Deputy will assist with this task.
              • Contact Walnut local cable company to announce to the local communities how to contact emergency personnel during telephone failure.

WATCH DEPUTY RESPONSIBILITIES

• • • • • • • Have 911 lines properly transferred to Industry station.
            • Send two Law Enforcement Technicians (LETs) to Industry station to work as dispatchers and to answer phone lines transferred to them by SCC.
            • Send two LET’s to SCC to work primarily as Walnut/Diamond Bar dispatchers for calls for service only.
            • Coordinate with LA County Fire Department in setting up a Joint Command Post at the Station.