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Office of Emergency Management
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Alert LA County - Los Angeles County is implementing an emergency mass notification system that will be used to contact County residents and businesses via recorded phone messages, text messages and e-mail in case of emergency. For more information and to register your cell phone number, Voice over IP number, and e-mail address, please click the link below.
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The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) was established by Chapter
2.68 of the County Code with responsibility for organizing and directing the preparedness efforts of the Emergency Management Organization of Los Angeles County. OEM is the day-to-day Los Angeles County Operational Area coordinator for the entire geographic area of the county. This broad responsibility includes:
Planning and Coordination
- 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.
Operations
- 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.
Training
- Maintaining
a cadre of CEOC team members trained in section and position responsibilities
and use of the Emergency Management
Information System (EMIS).
- Providing
ongoing training for county Department Emergency Coordinators and Building Emergency Coordinators.
Technical Operations
- • Developing and maintaining the EMIS linking County departments.
Public Education
- Conducting
public education campaign for all hazards through the Emergency Survival
Program (ESP),
expos, public venues and various media presentations.
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