Emergency Preparedness Office

Announcements

Dan Wall has been appointed as manager of the Emergency Preparedness Office.

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• Find out about the 1918 pandemic and why it matters today.
• Read the results of our survey of what Ventura County Residents knew about terrorism planning

The State Honored EPO

We received an Award for Outstanding Exercise Expertise for our 36 Hour Medical Shelter Exercise. We held the 36-hour exercise May 9-11, 2011. It included hundreds of volunteers and medical professionals who got to train first hand in responding to a major earthquake.

• Read what Richard Serino, FEMA deputy administrator had to say.
• Read more about it in this Ventura Star article with video and images, and their 
• editorial comment.
• Watch KCAL 9's news report and see the Ventura City Fire Department's video.