600-22 Feeding Employees During Emergency Situations

Question 1

The department shall be responsible for feeding employees during _______ or _________in which a large number of employees participate for extended hours and are unable to initiate meal breaks themselves.

Answer 1

emergency situations, department mobilizations

Question 2

The department shall feed employees only after an on-scene supervisor and the concerned division commander have decided that it would be impractical to allow the employees:

Answer 2

to leave their assignments

to send in relief employees

to send an employee to get food for the employees at the scene

or to obtain food from an outside source while the scene is active.

Question 3

Department Mobilization

Answer 3

An ongoing, large-scale emergency that requires as much manpower as the department can deploy over an extended period of time.

Question 4

The emergency preparedness liaison should be: the administrative or day shift lieutenant (or civilian equivalent) and the designated commander for the night shift during the mobilization.

Answer 4

the administrative or day shift lieutenant (or civilian equivalent)

AND

the designated commander for the night shift during the mobilization.

Question 5

Emergency Situation

Answer 5

A short-term emergency requiring the efforts of one patrol division plus reinforcement from other units within the department to resolve the situation.

Question 6

Examples of situations requiring _________would be hurricane preparation, evacuation, and aftermath; flooding of a large portion of the city; other destructive storm aftermath; pandemic disease mitigation and aftermath; weapons of mass destruction (WMD); Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive (CBRNE), or other terrorist type incident; large hazardous material (HAZMAT) incident; large scale fire; non-localized riot; or any other situation meeting the definition above

Answer 6

department mobilization

Question 7

Examples of ________ would be special weapons and tactics (SWAT) scene; spontaneous demonstration; localized riot; large planned demonstration; local evacuation of a small part of the city; traffic control at a large fire scene; or localized HAZMAT situation.

Answer 7

emergency situations

Question 8

During an emergency situation, when the ______ and the _______have determined that the department shall feed employees, the division commander shall contact the Chief of Police or the chief’s designee and request authorization for the purchase of food. Once the ______written approval has been obtained by the Chief of Police, the _______shall authorize the feeding of employees.

Answer 8

on-scene supervisor, concerned division commander; Mayor’s, Chief of Police

Question 9

The on-scene commander shall procure the food through an approved process. The approved processes include:

Answer 9

issuing purchase orders, purchasing cards (P-Cards), or petty cash.

Question 10

The department’s ________shall be responsible for maintaining an adequate stock of emergency rations and distributing emergency rations during department mobilizations.

Answer 10

Office of Planning

Question 11

To avoid duplication of efforts and additional expense to the department, requests for additional emergency rations such as food and water should be made to the Office of Planning only through procedures outlined in the department’s __________available on the department’s Intranet Portal. The Office of Planning shall then forward all necessary requests to the_______, Procurement Section as required.

Answer 11

Emergency Response Plan; Office of Budget and Finance

Question 12

Each division, unit, or office emergency preparedness liaison shall be responsible for the _________.

Answer 12

food deliveries under their control.

Question 13

_______ shall collect the inventory tracking sheets and then make arrangements to replenish the department’s stock back to a state of operational readiness.

Answer 13

The Office of Planning