Regional Disaster Management Improvement Recommendations

The County of San Diego (County) is looking to the community to help identify ways to improve its disaster management. This includes:

• Community preparedness, like helping people with things before a disaster.
• Mitigation, such as proactively improving neighborhoods to lessen the impacts of a disaster.
• Responding to the disaster.
• Helping the community recover after a disaster.

The County will use your feedback to develop recommendations to serve the community before, during and after a disaster. The feedback will be reported back to the Board of Supervisors.

Project Purpose

• To better understand San Diego’s community needs for emergency management.
• Implement strategies to better serve the community and prepare for future disasters.

Background

The County Office of Emergency Services (OES) coordinates the overall county response to disasters. OES handles:

• Alerting and notifying agencies when disaster strikes.
• Coordinating all agencies that respond.
• Ensuring resources are available and used in times of disaster.
• Developing plans and procedures for response to and recovery from disasters.
• Developing and providing preparedness materials for the public.

How can you take part in the process to improve regional disaster management?

• Stay informed by reviewing the information on this site.
• Share the information with others.
• Participate in the engagement tools on this site.
• Contribute to conversations at meetings.
• Speak up! Don’t hesitate to ask questions.
• Take the surveys below.

We look forward to hearing from you!