Emergency Management
The Office of Emergency Management has the responsibility of comprehensively planning for, responding to and recovering from large-scale emergencies and disasters that impact Los Angeles County. OEM’s work is accomplished in partnership and collaboration with first response agencies, as well as non-profit, private sector and government partners.
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The Office of Emergency Management has broad responsibilities that include:
- Maintaining an approved Operational Area Emergency Response Plan.
- Providing ongoing leadership and coordinating disaster plans and exercises with the 88 cities, 137 unincorporated communities and 288 special districts in the county.
- Assisting County departments to develop department emergency plans which address how they will perform both their non-deferrable missions and Operational Area duties during disasters.
- Assisting County departments with development of facility emergency plans for every occupied County facility.
- Supporting and advising the Board of Supervisors, Emergency Management Council and Emergency Preparedness Commission.
- Supporting and advising the Board of Supervisors in matters pertaining to their role as elected officials during emergencies and disasters.
- Maintaining an approved Operational Area Emergency Response Plan.
- Providing ongoing leadership and coordinating disaster plans and exercises with the 88 cities, 137 unincorporated communities and 288 special districts in the county.
- Assisting County departments to develop department emergency plans which address how they will perform both their non-deferrable missions and Operational Area duties during disasters.
- Assisting County departments with development of facility emergency plans for every occupied County facility.
- Supporting and advising the Board of Supervisors, Emergency Management Council and Emergency Preparedness Commission.
- Supporting and advising the Board of Supervisors in matters pertaining to their role as elected officials during emergencies and disasters.
- Maintaining the County Emergency Operations Center (CEOC) in a state of operational readiness, in partnership with the Sheriff’s Emergency Operations Bureau.
- Serving as on-call CEOC first responders on a 24-hour basis.
- Providing an OEM duty officer on a 24-hour basis to address inquiries and concerns from County, local, and state officials regarding potential or escalating emergency conditions.
- Maintaining a cadre of CEOC team members trained in section and position responsibilities and use of the Emergency Management Information System Operational Area Response and Recovery System (OARRS).
- Providing ongoing training for county Department Emergency Coordinators and Building Emergency Coordinators.
- Developing and maintaining the Operational Area Response and Recovery System (OARRS) linking County departments.
- Conducting public education campaigns for all hazards through the Emergency Survival Program (ESP), expos, and various media presentations in public venues. For more information, or to download documents, please visit www.lacounty.gov/emergency.
Disaster Preparedness
Los Angeles County has established various disaster preparedness programs to assist individuals and businesses to prepare for emergencies.
Please visit the following link for more information: lacounty.gov/emergency
For inquires specific to education programs by the county, please email: Communications@ceooem.lacounty.gov
Please visit the following links for information on pet preparedness:
lacounty.gov/emergency/emergency-survival-guide/ and animalcare.lacounty.gov
For more information, please e-mail Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office, Office of Emergency Management at communications@ceooem.lacounty.gov.