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Res 1496-64 RESOLUTION NO. 1496. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, CONFIRMING AND ADOPTING A CIVIL DEFENSE OPERATIONAL SURVIVAL PLAN FOR THE CITY; REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 1349, DATED DECEMBER 14, 1961, RESOLUTION NO. 1425, DATED NOVEMBER 12, 1962; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the political, economic and cultural as- pirations of the world powers are at hostile variance, and WHEREAS, the United States of America and the State of Florida have each promulgated laws and plans for the mobilization of civil forces, conservation of resources and coordination of efforts to protect life and property, and WHEREAS, certain Civil Defense concepts have changed extensively necessitating a revision of the existing local survival plan; NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, as follows: Section 1. That the Civil Defense Operational Survival Plan, dated December 14, 1964 (a copy of which Plan, identified by the signature of the Mayor and City Clerk, is attached hereto and made a part hereof) be, and the same is hereby confirmed and adopted as the Operational Survival Plan for the City of Delray Beach, Florida. Section 2. That Resolution No. 1349, dated Decem- ber 14, 1961 and Resolution No. 142~, dated November 12, 1962 be, and the same are hereby repealed. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of December, 1964. Mayor C ATTEST: Ci~ty Cl'erk ................. . / THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN 1965 DELRA¥ BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN 1965 PREFACE Civil Defense is an important partlof the total program of national security. It affects every unit of government and has important implications for most aspects of the individual citizen's daily life. The best insurance against great loss of life and property which a thermonuclear war could cause is to prevent the occurrence of such a war. Until or unless arms control or disarmament agreements can be effected, civil defense preparedness for war remains a necessary insurance against possible annihilation. A thermonuclear war may be triggered, either by design, miscalculation, or accident, under frequently recurring international tensions. Therefore, plans and organizations for the protection of the civilian and his economy are in fact an essential component to our total national defense. A civil defense preparedness program should be developed as thoroughly as the resources of Delray Beach will allow. Since protection from radioactive fallout offers the best chance of survival for the greatest number of people, a shelter program for the citizens of Delray Beach will be an important part of civil defense planning. The City government recognizes its responsibility in providing, to the best of its ability, the protection deemed necessary. The individual also has a concurrent responsibility to himself, his family, and the community, to meet individual survival requirements, including fallout protection, without placing unnecessary dependence upon the City's resources. Our plans cannot be based solely on the concept of saving the maximum number of people during an attack. Those who escape destruction must be sustained during the post-attack period. Civil defense planning must include the emergency management of all resources and the stabilization of our economy to promote a speedy recovery from the effects of disaster. This means a high degree of organization within the government for a smooth transition from normal operations to emergency operations. While shelter is the basis of individual preparedness and for emergency government operations, provision must be made for control of spontaneous evacuation, and for the direction of remedial evacuation when and as conditions warrant. Strategic or tactical evacuation is not recommended except in instances where removal of nonessentials from probable or actual combat areas may be necessary because of military operations either planned or in progress. The City of Delray Beach will actively support all civil defense programs necessary. We must seek the best possible solution to the problems confronting us in the nuclear era in which we live. Plans, organizations and procedures for the safety of the maximum number of people are the objectives of Civil Defense. The conditions of possible nuclear disaster must be carefully analyzed; the assumptions with respect to enemy and our own military capabilities must be logically assessed; the impact and effect of nuclear war on the public must be seriously evaluated and the measures to reduce to an absolute minimum, loss of life and property, disruption of government facilities and utilities must be developed. These measures must be based on the personnel and material resources available to get the job done, and must be mutually supported by all citizens of Delray Beach, but it must be clearly understood that even the most carefully planned civil defense can give no certainty of salvation for any given individual, family, or city, from nuclear wars which may occur. All that can be promised with any degree of certainty is that our plan will help the nation,as a whole, survive. With these thoughts in mind, we submit herein the Civil Defense Plan for the City of Delray Beach, Florida. O. W. WOODARD, JR. CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR Page 1 ~ DELRAY BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN 1965 BASIC PLAN I. GENERAL A. Authority: 1. Public Law #920, 81st Congress and #606, 85th Congress of the United States. 2. Florida Statutes, Chapter 25~, Section 9, 1951. 3. Delray Beach Resolution #1~96. B. Purpose: 1. To provide Delray Beach Civil Defense personnel with an organized basis for detailed planning, training, and operations, and the coordination and general framework necessary for effective functioning during emergencies. 2. The perpetuation of existing government through desig- nation of alternates to fill key government positions and preservation of records vital to the interest of the City and its residents. 3. Providing emergency measures and procedures to become effective in event of hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, coastal storms, earthquakes, fires, and major accidents (land, sea, air). C. Mission: 1. To protect the welfare of the City residents against the effect of enemy Chemical, Biological, or Radiological attack through the employment of all possible defensive measures obtainable. 2. To provide for an extended period of shelter existence and for recovery upon emergence from shelter within the frame- work of our current democratic government. 3. To provide for protection and use of public and private utilities and if necessary, their repair and exploitation for the benefit of all. 4. To support the Palm Beach County Civil Defense Plan, and coordinate with it and the Southern Florida Operational Area Plan when directed to do so by proper authority. 5. To accelerate the will of the people to resist further acts of aggression. 6. To assist any duly authorized organization to the extent of our ability in the operation of their program of relief in the event of a natural disaster. D. Function: 1. Warn officials and the general public of threatened attack. 2. Provide adequate communications for the essential services. 3. Furnish forces and equipment for the common defense of the area, and evacuation, if necessary. Enforce the laws and regulations (preventing crimes, safeguarding property, and controlling traffic). Page 2 ~ DELRAY BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN .19~~ ................ BASIC PLAN 4. Monitor radiation levels, evacuating areas having radiation levels in excess of the established tolerance. Deny access to areas so contaminated. 5. Establishment of traffic patterns and controls to expedite personnel movement. 6. Establishment of holding areas, reception centers, personnel decontamination facilities, and welfare centers. Determine and designate areas and structures considered suitable for refuge from blast, burn and radiation fallout. 7. Control, detect, combat and contain fires. Rescue persons and supplies within the City subject to radiological reports. Determine and designate areas and structures unsafe for habitation or for operational purposes. 8. Impose restrictions on the distribution of all commodities and supplies. 9. Augment all forces by conscription of residents and evacuees. 10. Cause the removal of injured or ill persons from danger areas to the possible extent. 11. Provide public information service. 12. Receive, register, house, feed, clothe, care for, and control persons displaced from their homes as a result of enemy action. This includes provision for religious affairs. 13. Insure that all divisions, departments, and services of the City Government, its facilities, resources, and employment, are effectively integrated, coordinated and employed in accomplishing the mission. 14. Preserve all resources and expand to the best of our ability, the operational capability of the Delray Beach Civil Defense Plan. E. Situation: 1. It must be assumed that the enemy has the capabilities of destroying targets within the United States and the State of Florida. Delray Beach is located on the eastern coast of Palm Beach County. It is bordered on the north by Boynton Beach; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by Boca Raton; and on the west by un-incorporated areas of Palm Beach County. Delray Beach is approximately fifty miles north of Miami and eighteen miles south of West Palm Beach. The City has no natural defense, making it highly vulnerable to enemy attack from sea, air, or land-based missiles. 2. Delray Beach has a developed beach which is separated from the mainland by the intracoastal waterway. 3. There are two railroads which serve Delray Beach. The Florida East Coast Railway runs north and south and is approximately one-half mile west of U. S. Highway No. 1. The Seaboard Airlines Railroad runs north and south and is adjacent to the southehn terminus of Congress Avenue. Page 3 DELRA~_.BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN .... 1965 ...... BASIC~PLA. N Both railroads are located inside the boundaries of Delray Beach. &. Delray Beach has three main highways running north and south through the City, connecting it with Boca Raton to the south and Boynton Beach to the north. The City also has three main highways running east to west: namely, Street, N., Atlantic Avenue (State Road 806), and 10th Street, S. 5. The City has a permanent population of approximately 15,O00 persons which doubles in season. The past growth rate has doubled each ten year period. F. Assumptions: 1. In the event of a nuclear attack it is expected that Delray Beach will be subjected to varying degrees of radioactive fallout and/or explosives of thermonuclear megaton yield by any one or combination of the following: a. Aircraft b. Underseas craft c. Surface craft d. Land-based missiles 2. Enemy attack would commence with a missile strike on our retaliatory forces, followed probably by attacks on other important military bases, with possible strikes against large industrial complexes or population centers. Such attacks could be launched at present with little or no warning. 3- The primary threat to Delray Beach will be from fallout caused by the detonation of nuclear weapons resulting from attacks upon probable targets in Florida. Such attacks might include the use of biological and chemical agents instead of, or in addition to, thermonuclear weapons. Not to be overlooked is the possible attack by enemy long-range bombers from one to several hours after the initial missile attack. 4. Fallout from surface or near-surface bursts of nuclear weapons will present a direct hazard of considerable proportion. This hazard might commence at any"time after initial strikes depending upon attack patterns, proximity to ground zero, and upper wind azimuth from the detonation. 5. Weapons used either singly or in combination will be of sufficient yield to justify establishment of safety limits within the conditions of local capabilities, prohibiting commitment of forces, or the accomplishment of any major survival effort within twenty-five miles of an area of anticipated ground zero for at least twenty-four hours. 6. For planning purposes, the weight of weapons which will be used against possible targets is assumed to be twenty megatons. Page 4 DELRAY BEACH CIPIL DEFENSE PLAN 1965 BASIC PLAN 7. Damage and casualties in impact areas: DAMAGE RADIUS OF TYPE OF PERCENT OF CASUALTIES RING DAMAGE(MILES) DAMAGE DEAD .... IN~U3R~D .... ~NI~JUR~D A O - 5 Total Destruction 100 .... B 5 - lO Total to Heavy 30 20 50 C l0 - 15 Heavy to Moderate 5 25 70 D 15 - 20 Moderate to Light i O 90 II. ORGANIZATION A. Composition: 1. The City of Delray Beach is under the operational control of the Delray Beach Civil Defense Council. 2. The City of Delray Beach Civil Defense Council is composed of the City Council and the Director of Civil Defense. 3. The civil forces to which this plan refers are those City departments or agencies and all other voluntary organi- zations, together with their trained auxiliaries, which are needed for the implementation of this plan and augmentation of the above forces. ~. The Civil Defense Director is appointed by the City Council and confirmed by the Delray Beach Civil Defense Council. His term of office shall be at the pleasure of the aforesaid officials. The Director shall appoint his own staff. 5. The Delray Beach Civil Defense Council has a direct relationship upward with the Palm Beach County Civil Defense organization, the South Florida C. D. Area, and the Florida State C. D. organization. It has lateral relationship with other municipal C. D. organizations in Palm Beach County. B. Responsibilities: The chain of aMthority to be followed in the employment~ control, and administration of civil defense forces durmng an emergency in the Delray Beach Civil Defense area is as follows: 1. Civil Defense Council 2. Civil Defense Director 3. Civil Defense Staff consisting of: a. Deputy Director for Communications b. Deputy Director for Welfare c. Deputy Director for Engineering d. Deputy Director for Medical Services e. Deputy Director for Transportation f. Deputy Director for Safety g. Deputy Director for Law Enforcement Page 6 DELRAY BEACH ,C!VIL,DSFENSE PLAN .... ~6~ , .. BASIC PLAN D. Responsibilities: 1. General Ail citizens of Delray Beach by virtue of their inherent obligation to the common defense are jointly responsible for the civil defense and management of essential resources under conditions of emergency. Professional, labor, service, religious, civic, and social organizations are responsible for making such contributions to the community survival as may be possible. 2. State Government Federal law places joint responsibility for the conduct of civil defense operation on the states and their political subdivisions, and the United States. State civil defense plans for the conduct of emergency operations establish the functions and operational procedures to assure the survival of the citizens of the state. In the event of a civil defense emergency, the State Civil Defense Council will direct all emergency functions necessary to protect the citizens and to insure the continuity of the political subdivisions thereof. 3. ~.o~nty Government Palm Beach County shall be responsible for the establishment and the implementation of a Civil Defense Plan for the county and its application to Delray Beach. This will include, but is not limited to: a. Warn officials of threatened attack b. Maintain communications c. Furnish forces and equipment when and where possible upon proper request by the Delray Beach Civil Defense Council d. Other functions as defined by the Palm Beach County Civil Defense Plan. 4. ~ity Government Delray Beach is responsible for appropriate plans for the protection of the personnel of its governmental departments and all facilities, equipment, and supplies pertaining thereto, including essential records and documents of operational and historical value, against the effects of enemy attack; for the continuity of its civil government in accordance with the laws of Florida and established practices; for the continuance of all government functions required for emergency action; for the protection of the people within its responsibility and jurisdiction; and for a continuing program to inform the public on the elements of personal survival. Page 7 DELRAY BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN .1965 BASIC PLAN 5. Civil Defense Director The Civil Defense Director is vested with the authority and the responsibility to carry out the mission of this plan; is responsible for the execution of all orders of the Delray Beach Civil Defense Council applicable to this plan; and is responsible for coordinating the activities of all operational units of the Delray Beach Civil Defense Organization. I~I. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS A. Basic Policies and General Principles: 1. The concept of emergency civil defense operations within the City of Delray Beach in the event of threatened or actual enemy attack, or other disaster, will be based on the following policies and general principles. ao That civil defense operations rest upon the principle of self-protection by the individual, extended to include mutual protection of all citizens of this city, the responsibility for which must be shared by the local government. b. That in the event of enemy attack, all public and privately owned resources and facilities of the city will be dedicated to the survival of the people of Delray Beach: for the recovery of its potential; for the continuity of its legally constituted govern- ment; and to assist other communities which have suffered damage. c. That during emergency civil defense operations, the City of Delray Beach has the obligation to commit and to utilize in the public interest and to the extent necessary and prudent, all forces, resources, and facilities within its jurisdiction to cope with the emergency situation then existing, before requesting assistance from the next echelon of control. 2. The general concept of civil defense operations within this city is to save as many lives as possible in the event of enemy attack or other disaster, and to assure a rapid recovery from the effects thereof. B. Emergency powers: 1. The powers and authority granted to the City of Delray Beach are set forth herein: a. Section 252.09, Florida Statutes 1951 - Florida Civil Defense Act (Laws 1951, C.26S75, Section 1). b. Delray Beach Resolution No. 1496 Page 8 DELRAY BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN 1965 ,. , BASIC PLAN C. Decision: 1. The decision to execute any or all of the several operational defense conditions established herein shall rest with the City Manager. by and with the consent of the Delray Beach Civil Defense Council. 2. The decision to order the public to take shelter or evacuate to any designated area as the existing situation may demand, shall rest with the local authorities. In the event the local government is unable to function, the state government will assume control over all civil defense operations for this community. Such control will continue until the local government is again able to function and discharge its responsibilities. D. Operational Conditions: 1. In the execution of this plan there are hereby authorized and established, five civil defense readiness conditions, the short title of which shall be OPCONS. These OPCONS shall have the following meanings: Readiness Conditions Meanin~ OPCON 1. State of extreme emergency within the State of Florida. OPCON 2. State of emergency outside Florida. OPCON 3. State of natural disaster. OPCON 4. Increased readiness buildup. OPCON 5. Normal everyday operations. 2. One or several OPCONS may be activated simultaneously on a statewide basis or for any portion of the state, except OPCON 1. which is always statewide in its application. It is further provided that during the period when OPCON 1 is in effect, that no other OPCON will be ordered into effect. Any combination of OPCONS 2, 3, 4, 5, may be set throughout the state. 3. When a OPCON of a higher precedence is set, it shall automatically supersede all OPCONS in effect of lower precedence. If it is desired to set a lower condition than the condition currently in effect, such higher condition must be cancelled and the desired lower condition set. Page 9 DELRAYBEACH CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN 196.~ .BAS!~ PLAN E. Execution: 1. OPCON 1 a. Meaning: The existence of conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by enemy attack or when upon the advice of proper authority, such attack is imminent or threatened. b. How Initiated: By proclamation by the Mayor of Delray Beach or the governor of the state upon the declaration of a national emergency by the President,or by a declaration of war by the United States Congress; or immediately and automatically with or without a proclamation whenever this state is attacked by an enemy of the United States,or upon receipt of warning in the state from proper authority indicating that such an attack is imminent or threatened. c. Automatic Actions: (1) Place emergency c%vil defense plans and procedures in effect, includmng shelter-use plans. (2) Activate and man emergency operations center. NOTE: if unable or inadvisable to man designated E.O.C., report relocation to Palm Beach County E.O.C. (3) Conduct civil defense emergency operations according to plan and such other orders and in- structions as may be received from time to time from higher authority. (4) Make situation reports immediately and automat- ically to Palm Beach County E.O.C. as follows: (a) Enemy strike information as it becomes known. (b) Number of persons dead or injured. Damage assessment. Radiological fallout situation in city. (e) Highway traffic conditions in city. (f) Number of persons sheltered (by location). (g) Number of persons without shelter or evacuated, and evacuation routes and receiving juris- diction. (h) Other conditions affecting operations including acts of sabotage, subversion, etc. (5) Keep public fully informed on all matters affecting their safety, health and welfare, and issue instructions for their continued survival and role in the recovery effort. 2. OPCON 2 a. Meaning: The existence of conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and p~operty in areas outside Page 10 DELRAY BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE P~AN ~19~ ........ BASI~, PLAN the borders of Florida - to include continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and all U. S. possessions - caused by enemy attack, or when upon the advice of proper authority such an attack is imminent or threat- ening to these areas. b. How Initiated: By the Mayor upon the advice of the Civil Defense Director or the Delray Beach Civil Defense Council that any of the conditions within the meaning of the OPCON threatens or exists; or automatically without a proclamation by the Mayor when such condition occurs without warning. c. Automatic Actions: (1) Activate emergency operations centers and implement civil defense plans and Standar~ Operations Procedures, including the activation and manning of control centers, and the readiness to initiate the shelter-use plans and movement of the popu- lation to public or private shelters as the situation requires. (2} Call to service all local civil defense forces, including volunteer workers, service reserves, and auxiliaries, and advise them of the current situation, and of any other pertinent instructions from higher authority which may affect local operations. If the general situation permits, then release to normal activities all civil defense personnel and other workers not required for local operations or tasks in support of operations in areas outside the city. (3) Maintain alert and ready for service, sufficient ~vil defense forCes4to effect co~municatiSns for--total operations'andwith the next highe~ echelon.of control (~) Be prepared at all times to conduct full scale civil defense operations. (5) Transmit promptly upward all information and/or intelligence relative to enemy action within the city, including conditions affecting chemical, biological, and radiological defense operations, and acts of sabotage, subversion or other clandestine activities. (6) Keep the public fully informed of all conditions affecting their safety, health, and welfare, and other such requirements for the support of national operations or assistance. 3. OPCON 3 a. Meaning: State of Natural Disaster means the duly proclaimed threat or existence of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the cit~ caused by such conditions as fire, flood, storm, epidemic, earthquake, or other conditions except as a result of Page ll DELRAY BEACH CIVI~ DE~ENS~ ~LA~ ...... !96~ ....... BASIC PLAN war-caused disaster;~,wHich conditions by reason of their magnitude and severity are, or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of this city, and which require the assistance from the county or the state. b. How Initiated: By the Mayor upon the advice of the Civil Defense Director or the Delray Beach Civil Defense Council that any of the conditions within the meaning of the OPCON threatens or exists, or automatically without a proclamation of the Mayor when such condition occurs without warning. c. Automatic Action: (1) Carry out Standard Operation' Procedures for Natural Disasters. 4. OPCON 4 a. Meaning: Increased readiness buildup of the Delray Beach civil defense posture to meet demands for carrying out sustained emergency civil defense operations. b. How Initiated: By proclamation of the Mayor, by and with the consent of the Delray Beach Civil Defense Council, or by the governor upon declaration by the President of a period of international tension, or upon a declaration of a limited war by the United States Congress. c. Automatic Actions: (1) Review operational survival plans and StandAr~ Operation Procedures for manning relocation sites and emergency control centers and where appropriate, choose alternate plans. (2) Notify key city officials of the situation and of the necessity of checking and bringing succession lists up to date. (3) Complete the movement of essential operational documents and records to relocation site if the situation demands. (4) Prepare the Emergency Operations Center for sustained operations in accordance with Standard Operation Procedures. (5) Review existing rosters of augmented civil defense personnel, and where the need exists, increase recruitment and organizational assignments of such personnel as may be required to perform assigned missions. (6) Test communication systems between the city and the county Emergency Operations Centers, and where the need exists, increase communication capacity consistent with planned requirements. (7) Review resources control plan and where the need exists, conduct orientation and familiarization courses to assure success of planned operations. Page 12 DELRAY BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN !96~ ......... BASIC pLAN (8) Notify shelter managers to check over supplies, equipment, etc., as to adequacy based on number of persons in each shelter group. (9) Prepare all public shelters for occupancy and check on adequacy and functional condition of equipment and supplies. 5. OPCON 5 a. Meaning: Normal everyday operations. b. How Initiated: By the Mayor. c. Automatic Actions: Conduct normal everyday operations except when otherwise directed by the City Civil Defense Director. F. Time: Greenwich Civil Time (Zulu) will be used for all operations except when otherwise directed. (Time Conversion Chart Appendix B) G. Directors of Services: 1. Are Deputy Directors to the City Civil Defense Director and authority is delegated to them in matters pertaining to their specific responsibility, subject to the policies and directives of the Director. 2. Ar? vespo~si~e for advising ~h~ Director i~.ma~ters. re£ating to ~neir services anG zor Keeping ~ne uirec~or informed as to conditions and situations of their services as they affect the City operations. 3. Are also responsible for: a. Staffing and activating each service or division of the Delray Beach Civil Defense Organization and for keeping alert lists current, making such changes as may occur from time to time. b. Implementation of the Standard OperationsProcedures covering matters normally the responsibility of their service and division, and for insuring compliance with procedures established within the particular Service Annex. c. Maintaining inventories of resources, equipment, and supplies indigenous to their service which are reasonably available and responsibility for the equitable re- distribution of such material, equipment, and supplies necessary to meet emergency demands of civil defense forces. d. Maintaining, to the extent possible, liaison and communications of other services and arranging for communications of the service as provided for in Annex i of this plan. Page 13 DELRAY BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN w,, 19.65 ..... BASIC PLAN $. The duties and responsibilities of the various directors of services, as set forth herein, are not intended to limit the service in carrying out their assigned missions, but rather to define specific areas of operations for each service. Complete details of operation are set forth in the service annexes, which are a part of this plan. H. Security: The Delray Beach Civil Defense Organization is responsible for the security of its own personnel, equipment, and facilities. Requests for augmentation of security forces are to be forwarded to the next higher echelon of control, except under the grave necessity rule, in which case requests will be made to other local civil defense forces for the necessary relief. I. Safety Measures: Protective measures against chemical, biological or radio- ~ logical attack, and ether'~hazards which endanger civil defense forces, are the responsibility of the Director for Civil Defense. Detailed protective measures are set forth under Annex III. All C.B.R. data collected shall be reported in accordance with current instructions covered by Annex III. J. Attack Movement: This plan is primarily based upon movement to shelter. Events may develop, however, permitting strategic evacuation. When this occurs, notice that existing conditions indicate the desirability for strategic evacuation will originate with the governor. This~warningwill bepassed down through the County Civil Defense Director. The Civil Defense Director on receiving this warning is responsible for informing all Directors of Services. He will: 1. Activate the Emergency Operating Center. 2. Relocate key government personnel to previously designated sites. 3. Evacuate from the area on a voluntary basis, classes of people not essential to the continued operation of vital industry, commerce, or government, in the following order: a. Children of school age b. Mothers and infants c. Medical, health and welfare personnel to staff centers d. Personnel not essential to continued operation of government or industry e. The aged and infirm f. Inmates of sanitariums, hospitals, nursing homes and institutions g. Move to storage areas those commodities needed to sustain life Page 14 DELRAY BEACHCIVIL ..DEFENSE PLAN 1965 .................... BASIC PLAN h. Move essential government, industry, institution, hospital,and church records to areas of safety i. Move to areas of safety, to the extent possible, those resources vital to the survival of the people. It is the joint responsibility of the following services to carry out the above procedures: a. Engineering Service b. Welfare Service c. Health, Medical and Mortuary Service d. Police Service e. Fire and Rescue Service f. Communications and Attack Warning Service g. Religious Affairs Service 5. Authorities responsible for conducting strategic evacuation shall emphasize the fact that the decision to STAY OR MOVE OUT remains with the individual, except those persons who have been institutionalized in mental hospitals and cannot make this decision. 6. The Delray Beach Civil Defense Council assumes no responsibility for the maintenance of persons removed from target areas during a strategic evacuation. Arrangements for food and lodging must be made by the individual, and all costs connected therewith shall be borne by such individuals or heads of families normally responsible for their care. Family survival kits should contain food, medicines, water and all essential needs. K. Post Attack Movement: 1. Following an attack, control of moving vehicles shall be accomplished by the Engineering Service, and if necessary, enforced by police. The movement of fire, police, and rescue vehicles and ambulances is exempt from this control. 2. Movement of evacuees to welfare centers will be in convoy, with the minimum number of vehicles carrying the maximum number of people. 3. All persons suspected of having been exposed to radioactive contamination shall, upon entering reception and care centers for congregate care of billeting, first be directed to a radiological decontamination station for a check of their condition. If found to be contaminated, they shall be decontaminated in accordance with standard procedures. L. Delayed and Unponventipna! Weapons Effects: 1. Unexploded Ordnance. The Police and Fire and Rescue Services are charged with the responsibility of conducting reconnaissance for unexploded ordnance within their juris- diction. They will report the existence of such ordnance to the Civil Defense Director for proper action. The police shall restrict areas where such ordnance has been determined to exist, and all persons endangered within the area shall be removed to areas of safety. Page 15 DELRAY BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN 1965 BASIC PLAN 2. Clandestine Weapons. All services, agencies, departments, etc., Will report incidents of clandestinely introduced weapons to the Civil Defense Director, who will report this to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, through the County Civil Defense Director. 3. Qhemical, BioloEical AEents, and Radiation. The Delray Beach CoB.R. Defense Division is responsible for the detection and identification of areas contaminated with radioactive fallout and reporting the areas so affected to the Civil Defense Director. The Delray Beach C.B.R. Defense will also detect, identify, and control chemicals and bio- logical warfare agents within theiV jurisdiction and r~pgrt such agents to the Civil Defense Director. The Civil ~e~ense Director will advise the public, report the situation to the next echelon of control, and if conditions warrant, evacuate the area. M. Annexes: The following annexes which are required for this plan shall be compiled by the authority designated and will become a part of this plan when approved by ~he Delray Beach Civil Defense Director. The annexes when approved will constitute the Standard Operations Procedure for the implementation of the civil defense for Delray Beach. Annexes I. Communications II. Law Enforcement III. Safety (Fire-Rescue Service) IV. Engineering V. Welfare VI. Medical Services VII. Intelligence Service VIII. CBR - Shelter IX. Resources Control X. Administration XI. Public Information XII. Religious Affairs XIII. Legal Service XIV. Continuity of Government XV. Natural Disaster IV. ADMINISTRATION A. General: 1. Administration during an emergency will be divided into several levels, as follows: a. Governmental, for continuity of vitally essential activities at city level. Page 16 pEL~..~EAC~H~ CIVIL DEFENSE PLAN 1965 BASIC PLAN b. Emergency Control Center, for providing office and housekeeping services for operating center personnel. c. Services, for the administration of personnel, records, messa'e centers, bookkeeping, aHd ~ther ~d~inistrati~e needs peculiar to the service. d. Facilities, for administration of health and welfare centers and other fixed activities. e. Unit, for preparation of reports, maintenance of records, maintaining schedules, and accomplishing other paperwork needed by the unit. 2. Administrative procedures must'be uncomplicated, records simplified, and unnecessary duplication avoided. 3. With the suspension of normal business activity, office supplies, labor-saving devices, and accessories may be diverted from commercial establishments to emergency government use. Distribution of office supplies and equip- ment is normally the responsibility of the Deputy Director for Administrative Services. B. Personnel: 1. The maintenance of personnel records shall be a respon- sibility of the chiefs of services until such time as welfare, manpower, employment, and other personnel records are consolidated under Resources Control 1Manpower) as a centralized office. 2. Records of persons confined in the city jail will be centralized in the police chief's office. 3. Records of treatment at medical facilities will be main- tained where medical treatment is received. Outpatient treatmeut will similarly be recorded. Records of immunization will be filed with personnel files and noted on identification cards. 4. When personnel are moved, or are permitted to move, extracts of the personnel records will accompany them. C. Reproduction and Distribution: 1. The number of agencies or enterprises authorized to reproduce bulletins, documents, circulars, diagrams or other material for distribution, will be established and controlled by the Administrative Officer. One office will reproduce all published matter for the City government and the Emergency Operating Center. 2. All matter reproduced for general distribution to the public will eminate from, and be reproduced under, the authority of the Civil Defense Director. 3. Control over the conservation and distribution is a responsibility of the Administrative Officer. Page 17 ' DELRAY BEACH CIVIL D~E~SE PL~ ..... 19~5 BASIC PLAN D. Reques~..for..Ass~stance: 1. All requests for assistance will be directed to the Palm Beach County Civil Defense Director through the Delray Beach Civil Defense Director. 2. Request to obtain assistance from agencies not in Palm Beach County will originate with the Delray Beach Civil Defense Director and be addressed to the Palm Beach County Civil Defense Director, or the Deputy State Director, South Florida Operational Area. E. Revisign,.Req~sio~n o~ Changes: 1. Changes to this plan will not become effective until approved and promulgated by the Delray Beach Civil Defense Council. Deviation from the policies, principles, and procedures prescribed herein'is not authorized. 2. The existence of errors, need for revision or recision, or recommended changes (whatever the nature), will be brought to the attention of the Delray Beach Civil Defense Director. 0'. ~4' WOODARD, JR., DIRECTOR DELRAY BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE DELRA¥ BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE,PLAN .... 1965 _,,APPENpIX,,,B TINE CONVE~SI0~~ ,~HART Greenwich Eastern standard Mean Time,, , Time , _ , O100 2000 ...... 8:00 pm ,, 0200 2100 .... 9,:00 pm 0300 2200 .................... 10:00 pm ,, 0~00 2300 ll:O0 pm 0500 2 00 .......... Midnight 0600 0100 1:00 am 0700 02OO ~ ~:O,O_am 0800 0300 ........... ~:OQ am .... 0900 0~00 ,, , 4:oo,,~m 1000 0500 ........... 5:00 am ...... 1100 0600 6:00 am 1200 0700 7:00 am 1300 0800 8:00 am 1~00 0900 9:00 am 15OO 1000 10:O0 am 1600 llOO ll:OO am DELRAY BEACH CIVIL DEFENSE PLAIN .... 19,65 , APPENDIX B (CONT..). TIME CONVERSION CHART Greenwich Eastern Standard Mean Time Time 1700 1200 .... Noon ....... 1800 1300 .................. 1:00 pm 1900 1400 ...... 2: 00. pm 2000 1500 3:00 pm _ 2100 1600 2200 1700 ,5: o,0, p...m 2300 1800 ..... 6:00 pm 0000 1900 7:00. pm 0001~ 1901 7.;o,1, pm *NOTE: O001 EST is the first minute of the new day; i.e., 7:00 pm EST, 0000 (ZULU), and 1900 EST are e quiva lent s.