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 Slide 4 of 8

Coordinating Public Preparedness and Safety Messages Ongoing Operational Area Adverse Weather Planning Conference Calls One Voice County Public Information Officer Task Force Convened One Webpage for El Niño County Information Coordinated and accessible public information One Voice Twitter Hashtag for El Niño: #LARain Slide 7 of 8

Centralizing Access to County Messages on El Niño Slide 8 of 8

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?

Jeff L. Reeb