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Enhancing Public Safety & Preparedness

The California Emergency Management Agency exists to enhance safety and preparedness in California through strong leadership, collaboration, and meaningful partnerships. Our mission is founded in public service. Our goal is to protect lives and property by effectively preparing for, preventing, responding to, and recovering from all threats, crimes, hazards, and emergencies.

Get Emergency Preparation & Response Information

for Citizens

Natural and man-made disasters can happen suddenly and without warning. Are you and your family prepared?

Have you made a kit, made a plan, and gotten informed?

Visit the Cal EMA Community Preparedness page for valuable information about how you can keep you, your family, and your property safe.

for Business

If you aren't sure whether your property or business is at risk from disasters caused by natural hazards, check with your local building official, city engineer, or planning and zoning administrator. They can tell you whether you are in an area where hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires, or tornados are likely to occur.

They can also provide information on how to protect yourself, your business, and your property from different hazards.

Visit Cal EMA's Business Preparedness page for information and resources on how to protect your property from all hazards.

for Schools

Disaster doesn't always occur when we're at home with our families. Is your local school prepared to handle any emergency?

One of Cal EMA's goals is to provide direct and easy access to pertinent emergency preparedness information and resources as they relate to schools throughout California and the nation.

Visit Cal EMA's School Preparedness page for valuable resources to help plan for, prepare against, respond to, and recover from an emergency or disaster.

for Emergency Managers

If disaster strikes, will you have action plans in place that will guide your response to all potential risks and hazards? Cal EMA has made available a number of different resources and guidance material for review as you develop your action plan!

Find helpful tools to develop a flexible, all-encompassing plan to help your community respond, stay safe, and get back on track following a disaster.

Visit Cal EMA's Emergency Manager Preparedness page for more information.

Featured Stories

Emergency Agencies Join Forces to Help Sacramento Residents Prepare to Survive Future Emergencies
The California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) joined representatives from local, state, federal, non-profit and private-sector agencies assembled at the State Capitol earlier today with their command and communications vehicles, patrol cars and fir... Read more
Preparedness Day with the 49ers at Candlestick Park
On September 16, 2012, Cal EMA joined with the San Francisco 49ers and several emergency response organizations for an emergency preparedness fair at Candlestick Park. It was opening day for the 49ers football season and thousands of fans flocked to t... Read more
Earthquake Strikes Philippines, California Pays Attention
Did you feel that? The earthquake that just happened in the Philippines…did you feel it? While you may not have felt the ground shaking from that far away, earthquakes that occur in another part of the world can still have strong and lasting impacts here... Read more