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Office of Emergency Management
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.
- Serving
as the ongoing disaster management area coordinator for the eight
cities in Area B, and the interim
Disaster Management
Area coordinator for the 10 cities that comprise Area
C.
- 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.
- Establishing
and implementing the annual Emergency Management Council (EMC)-approved
work plan, and providing policy
recommendations to the EMC.
- Providing
leadership and ongoing staff support to the Board of Supervisors'
Emergency Preparedness Commission
for the
County and Cities of Los Angeles.
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
(DECs) and Building Emergency Coordinators (BECs).
Technical Operations
- Developing and maintaining
the EMIS, which links 28 County facilities to the CEOC and, via Internet,
links the 88 cities
with the CEOC and other County departments and agencies.
Public Education
- Conducting an ever-expanding
public education campaign for all hazards through the Emergency Survival
Program (ESP),
expos, public venues and various media presentations.
Grants Administration
- Administering
the Federal Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) program,
which includes
development and oversight
of the EMPG work plan for the operational area, fund distribution
to
eligible Disaster Management Areas, and program compliance
and monitoring.
- Coordinating
terrorism grants for the Operational Area.
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