los angeles county office of emergency management
DESCRIPTION
CEOC Emergency Activation The County EOC will activate when: –A City activates its EOC and requests support from the Operational Area –Two or more cities have proclaimed a local emergency –The County proclaims a local emergencyTRANSCRIPT
Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management
Review of Identified Threats to LACO
• Civil Unrest• Climate Change• Cyber-security• Earthquake• Lone Wolf
Attacks
• Wildfire• Pandemic and
emerging infectious diseases
CEOC Emergency Activation
• The County EOC will activate when:– A City activates its EOC and requests support
from the Operational Area
– Two or more cities have proclaimed a local emergency
– The County proclaims a local emergency
During an LACO EOC Activation
• OEM monitors escalating incidents
• OEM ensures that responding agencies get incident information
• OEM distributes incident information to BOS and EM partners
• OEM keeps the State informed about response actions & capabilities
• OEM coordinates with Sheriff’s Department in activating CEOC
• OEM staffs key CEOC positions and provides liaisons to other EOCs, as necessary
• OEM collects cost and damage information to support requests for State or Federal assistance
2014 Winter Storm
• Facilitate daily stakeholder conference call
• CEOC Activated in support of the cities
• Processed Proclamations
• Expedite damage claims w/ State
Damage Assessments
• Initial Damage Assessment (IDA’s); Private property and small businesses
• Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA’s)-Cal-OES and FEMA
• Public Assistance-$33M Threshold per incident
Emergency Proclamations
• Must be declared W/I 10 days of event
• Grants certain legal immunities
• Enables local agencies to request State Assistance
2014 Winter Storm
• Facilitate daily stakeholder conference call
• CEOC Activated in support of the cities
• Processed Proclamations
• Expedite damage claims w/ State
Supporting Homeless Individuals During El Niño
Extending winter shelter operational period
Funding additional beds at winter
shelters
Engaging homeless individuals living in flood control areas
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Coordinating Public Preparedness and Safety Messages
Ongoing Operational Area Adverse Weather Planning
Conference Calls
One Voice County Public
Information Officer Task Force
Convened
One Webpagefor El Niño County Information
Coordinated and
accessible public
information
One Voice Twitter Hashtag
for El Niño:#LARain
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Centralizing Access to County Messages on El Niño
http://www.lacounty.gov/elnino
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Preparedness Messaging
Public Social Media Messaging
Gatorade Mission Control Center
Two-way Messaging• What others are saying
about you.• Counter messaging to
refute rumors• Re-sent by “trusted
agents”• Outpaces Press
Releases
Equal, Meaningful Access?
