When disaster strikes anywhere in California and sometimes even across the country, a small building located on the Joint Forces Training Base can become an epicenter of response and reaction.
The California Emergency Management Agency (Southern Region) headquarters is run on a day-to-day basis by only a dozen or so employees. When a major disaster strikes, response and support teams from any and all necessary departments are called into action. The Southern Region, which runs out of two small modular buildings on JFTB, brings them all together.
When disaster strikes anywhere in California and sometimes even across the country, a small building located on the Joint Forces Training Base can become an epicenter of response and reaction.
The California Emergency Management Agency (Southern Region) headquarters is run on a day-to-day basis by only a dozen or so employees. When a major disaster strikes, response and support teams from any and all necessary departments are called into action. The Southern Region, which runs out of two small modular buildings on JFTB, brings them all together.
There two major functions of the Cal EMA: maintain a State Emergency Plan and coordinate the state’s Mutual Agency System. Many other functions fall under the control of Cal EMA, with the primary purpose to coordinate any needed services in the event of a major disaster.
Emergency response always begins at the local level. Cal EMA might also be called upon to coordinate the response of California responders out of state. California services were called out to New Orleans in response to Hurricane Katrina.
