City Code Section
- A. General provisions.
- 1. Title. This plan is known as the Forested and Wildland Interface Areas Protection Plan of the City.
- 2. Scope. This plan is primarily designed for the detection and suppression of forest and brush fires in forested, rural and urban areas of the City, and in all areas with which the City has contracted to furnish fire protection. Additionally, the fire suppression provisions of this plan may be activated when a fire outside the City becomes a threat to areas within.
- 3. Purpose. The purpose of this plan is to establish operational responsibilities of departments and bureaus of the Portland municipal government and supporting agencies within the scope of this plan.
- 4. Participation required. Participation is required of relevant bureaus including but not limited to: Portland Parks & Recreation; Portland Fire & Rescue; Portland Police Bureau: Portland Water Bureau; Bureau of Fleet & Facilities; and Portland Bureau of Transportation.
- 5. Participation voluntary. Voluntary participation by nongovernmental agencies having emergency capabilities in areas of disaster relief is authorized and encouraged; provided, however, that each voluntary agency must submit an operational program to this plan as provided in Subsection B. below.
- B. Plan coordination.
- 1. Coordinator. The Chief of the Bureau is known as the coordinator of this plan. They will see that the operational programs of departments, bureaus and supporting agencies are submitted and made a part of this plan and kept current from year to year.
- 2. Operational programs. The head of each participating bureau, office and/or agency will submit an operation program to the Coordinator and keep the Coordinator informed of changes at all times. Such operational programs will be a part of this plan. They will include the names and telephone numbers of key alerting personnel, a listing of other personnel by number and job classification, and a listing of all mobile and special equipment. Additionally, operational programs of Portland Fire & Rescue and Portland Parks & Recreation will contain descriptive details of routine maintenance and regulatory responsibilities. The operational programs are respectively identified as follows:
PROGRAM I: Portland Parks & Recreation
PROGRAM II: Portland Fire & Rescue
PROGRAM III: Bureau of Police
PROGRAM IV: Portland Water Bureau
PROGRAM V: General Services
PROGRAM VIII: Maintenance Operations
PROGRAM IX: Reserved for Nongovernmental
PROGRAM X: Reserved for Nongovernmental
- C. Command responsibility for firefighting.
- 1. In all forested and rural areas lying within the City, and in all areas for which the City has a contract to furnish fire protection, overall command of firefighting operations will be the responsibility of the Chief of the Bureau.
- 2. Operating units will in all cases be under the direct control of their own commanders or foremen, superintendents, etc. However, such units will function in conformity with the tactical firefighting plan established by the sector commander to whom they are assigned.
- D. Activation and response.
- 1. All participants and resources listed in the plan will be activated in accordance with the plan at the request of the Incident Commander.
- 2. All participants in the plan will send liaison personnel to the field headquarters, support command headquarters, and the Emergency Operations Center as requested by the Incident Commander.
- E. Personnel alerting.
- 1. The Bureau of Emergency Communications will initiate the alerting of participating services as outlined in the plan. The person contacted is then to complete the calls required by their bureau, office or agency.
- 2. For the purpose of alerting as required in Subsection 1. above, the head of each participating service will establish and maintain master‑call lists or a key‑alerting system.