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Commissioners ask to cite local EOC, clarify CERT and mutual‑aid roles in safety element
Summary
The commission reviewed the draft emergency response section of the safety element and asked staff to reference the city’s emergency operations center and emergency plan, clarify mutual‑aid arrangements and make clear that CERT and volunteer groups supplement but do not replace professional responders.
Trinidad Planning Commission members reviewed the draft emergency response section of the city’s safety element during the Sept. 17 meeting and told staff to make local capacities and limitations clearer in the text.
The presenter said the emergency response chapter had not been previously included because it is not part of the city’s Local Coastal Program (LCP) and therefore not funded under the LCP grant. Commissioners nonetheless asked that the draft explicitly reference Trinidad’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the city’s emergency operations plan, and asked staff to…
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