Beach Cities Community Awareness & Emergency Response

REFINERTY FLARE PLAMPHLET SPANISH TRANSLATION - WORKING IN SUBCOMMITEE THE BCC TEAM DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE FLARE EDUCATION PAMPHLET IN EARLY 2021. THE FINAL SPANISH TRANSLATION AND POSTING OF THE PAMPHLET ON THE BCC WEBSITE WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2021. THE EFFORT TO TRANSLATE THE PAMPHLET APPROPIATELY REQUIRED SEVERAL ITERATIONS PRIOR TO APPROVAL AND POSTING. THE FLARE TRI-FOLD PAMPHLET PROVIDES ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT FLARES.REVISION OF SHELTER-IN-PLACE VIDEO - AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION THE PAST TWO YEARS THE COMMUNICATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE MADE THE DECISION TO REVISE THE 25-YEAR-OLD CAER SIP VIDEO. THE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED A BUDGET, EVALUATED MEDIA VENDORS AND COST. THE GROUP DECIDED TO CONTRACT WITH MBI MEDIA, WHO PROPOSED DEVELOPING AN ANIMATED VERSION OF THE VIDEO WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED TO CAST A SPOKESPERSON AND BACK DROP SETS WHICH WOULD OVERTIME, DATE THE PIECE. MBI TRANSCRIBED THE ORIGINAL VIDEO DIALOGUE, COMMITTEE MEMBERS REWORKED THE SCRIPT AND PROVIDED PICTURES FOR MBI TO DEVELOP THE APPROPIATE ANIMATION. MBI IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A DRAFT EXPECTED EARLY JANUARY 2022.DO YOU KNOW? EMERGENCY COORDINATION PAMPHLET (BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSIONS) - THE BCC COMMUNICATION SUB-COMMITTEE DEVELOPED THIS PUBLIC EDUCATION PAMPHLET WITH INPUT FROM BCC FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS AND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIAL MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATION (SCIMO). THIS TOPIC WAS CHOSEN AS THE RESULT OF THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND PUBLIC MISCONCEPTIONS RELATED TO EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN REFINERIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.MEETINGS - DESPITE COVID PREVENTING IN-PERSON MEETINGS BEACH CITITES CAER MEMBERS CONTINUED TO MEET VIRTUALLY IN FULL GROUP AND IN SUBCOMMITTE WORK. RECOGNIZING IN-PERSON MEETINGS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE COMBINED WITH INCREASED ATTENDENCE, THE BCC TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITIES TO DO SO IN 2022. BCC PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS - IN RESPONSE TO REQUEST, THE BCC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MADE VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY PANEL OF MARATHON REFINERY, SOUTH BAY CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE (SBCC) AND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS. THE PRESENTATIONS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THE BEACH CITIES CAER ORGANIZATION, OUR MISSION AND GOALS, ALONG WITH HIGHLIGHTING THE BCC WEBSITE'S PUBLIC SAFETY BENEFITS. MANY QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND COMMENTS PROVIDED POSITIVE FEEDBACK.NEW BCC MEMBER - IN RECENT MONTHS BCC MEMBERS EXPRESSED THE NEED TO EXPAND OUR MEMBERSHIP TO ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES. IN SEPTEMBER, AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS COMPANY REQUESTED MEMBERHIP VIA THE BCC WEBSITE. THE BCC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PROVIDED A SEPARATE ORIENTATION AND OVERVIEW OF THE THEY BYLAWS. AIR PRODUCTS STAFF ATTENDED OUR SEPTEMBER BCC MEETING. ELECTION OF NEW BCC OFFICERS FOR 2022 - AS REQUIRED BY OUR BYLAWS A NEW SLATE OF OFFICERS IS REQUIRED FOR 2022. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT BCC MEETING. UPDATE/AMENDMENTS TO BEACH CITIES CAER BYLAWS - SEVERAL MINOR DRAFT UPDATES HAVE BEEN AND MUST BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND CERTIFIED. THE DRAFT WILL BE IN THIS REPORT SUBMITTAL EMAIL.BCC OUTREACH - PUBLIC SAFETY DOCUMENTS AND WEBSITE - RECENT PRESENTATIONS HAVE YIELDED POSITIVE FEEDBACK RELATED TO THE BCC WEBSITE SAFETY TOOLS. SEVERAL QUESTIONS WERE RAISED AS TO HOW BCC WAS GETTING THE WORD OUT. THE BCC GOAL IN 2022 WILL BE TO FIND ADDITIONAL AVENUES TO DISTRIBUTE OUR MATERIALS AND WEBSITE INFORMATION.