Under the leadership of Governor Schwarzenegger and direction of his Office of Homeland Security, the nation’s largest state sponsored emergency exercise will take place November 13-18. Golden Guardian 2008 tests California’s capability to respond and recover during a major catastrophic earthquake. The Golden Guardian 2008 full scale exercise scenario focuses on a simulated, catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake along the southern portion of the San Andreas Fault.            

 

Are you really prepared? What we do now, before a big earthquake, will determine what our lives will be like after. Register for the Great Southern California ShakeOut at www.ShakeOut.org/register and be a part of the largest earthquake drill in U.S. history.

 

National Preparedness Month (NPM) is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Ready Campaign. NPM is held each September and is designed to encourage Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and communities Click here

Planning Today for Tomorrow's Emergencies

Office of Emergency Services	Emergency Information
• About OES • OES History and Vision • OES Facilities • OES Staff	• Emergency Digital Information System (EDIS) • Riverside County Weather (NWS) • Homeland Security Advisory System (DHS)  • Electrical Power System Status (CAL ISO)
Citizen Readiness
• Emergency Survival Program (ESP) • Earthquake Preparedness • Severe Weather • Terrorism • Wildland Fire Safety • General Emergency Preparedness	• Highway Conditions (CALTRANS) • Highway & Traffic Incidents (CHP) • Riverside County Road Closures (RVCO TLMA)
Community Service Programs	Links
• Citizen Corp • CERT	RACES                   County of Riverside CA OES                Readygov FEMA                     CVEMA
Emergency Management	Red Cross
• Events Calendar • Plans and Publications	City Emergency Manager Contacts

  To reach the Riverside County OES Duty Officer with 24-hour coverage, call (951) 940-6949

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  The Riverside County Office of Emergency Services (OES) is responsible for coordinating the planning and preparation for the response to and recovery from extraordinary emergencies and disasters. These efforts have typically been centered around the County's considerable threat from earthquakes, severe weather and wildfire. There have been twelve Presidential Declarations of Disaster in Riverside County from 1990 through the winter of 2004. Ten of the twelve were either the direct result of weather conditions or were greatly exasperated by weather. The events of September 11th 2001 have placed an increased emphasis on the readiness for terrorist related incidents, now a primary focus of the Office of Emergency Services.

Riverside County Fire Department Office of Emergency Services

Primary Emergency Operations Center - Riverside                           
4080 Lemon Street, Suite 8                                                         
P.O. Box 1412                                                                            
Riverside, CA 92501                                                                     
(951) 955-4700

         
Alternate Emergency Operations Center - Indio
82675 Highway 111, Room #6
Indio, CA 92201
(760) 863-8318