Our Mission Statement  The County Office of Emergency Services is committed to serving the public before, during and after times of emergency by promoting effective coordination between agencies, and encouraging preparedness of the public and organizations involved in emergency response.

  

WINTER STORM RESOURCES

Click here to begin preparing for a safe winter now.

View the San Luis Obispo County Sandbag Resources List

 

EMERGENCY EVACUTION PLANNING PHONE SURVEY

October 2011 – Starting this month residents living in San Luis Obispo County may be contacted by telephone to participate in an important all-hazards evacuation planning survey. The purpose of the survey is to gather data to be used by the County Office of Emergency Services for improving evacuation plans for both man-made and natural disasters. The telephone survey is being conducted by First Market Research, based in Boston, Mass. All calls made during weekdays will be conducted between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. On weekends, calls will be made between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Response to the survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete with the head of the household or spouse. No personal questions will be asked in the survey. Survey questions seek information such as "How long does it take to you drive from work to home?" and "How many vehicles that are usually available to the household would your family use if an evacuation was necessary?"

The responses to these questions provide important information for emergency planning purposes. The survey results will provide the County Office of Emergency Services with a better estimate of the number of people evacuating in a given area, the number of vehicles used to evacuate, and the amount of time needed to prepare for evacuation. The collected survey data will also be used in a traffic engineering study to identify roadways and areas with significant traffic congestion during evacuation and to identify methods to reduce the travel delay caused by traffic congestion.

The resulting information will be especially helpful to update a report titled Evacuation Times Assessment, also referred to as the Evacuation Times Estimate, specific to areas within and near the Diablo Canyon Emergency Planning Zone. Specific information on the Emergency Planning Zones and evacuation times estimate can be found in the Nuclear Power Plant Administrative Plan, which can be found on this website under our "Plans and Reports" link on the left hand side of this page.

 

 

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Where can you find us? SLO County Government Center 1055 Monterey Street, Rm D430 San Luis Obispo, CA 93408

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you know?

  Emergency alert radio signals are provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS).  These radio signals are not accessible over AM/FM radios but are received by NOAA weather radios.  Weather alert radios can be used to alert the public of other serious emergencies, not just weather events.

While we cannot recommend a particular local retail store or online web site to purchase such radios, they are available at places such as electronics stores as well as online.

To learn more about these inexpensive radios and the NWS notification system, visit www.weather.gov/nwr/

What Does OES do?

Disasters can strike at anytime and any place.  Here, in San Luis Obispo County, we are risk for several different types of disasters; from floods and fires, to earthquakes and hazardous materials incidents.  The SLO County Office of Emergency Services (OES), in coordination with local, state, and emergency response organizations, works continuously to better prepare and respond to any disaster our community may face.  

What makes us unique?

Here on the central coast, we have ONE of only TWO operational nuclear power plants in California.  Diablo Canyon Power Plant has been producing power in San Luis Obispo County since 1985. Due greatly to this facility, SLO County OES has additional funding and staff to help better prepare this community should something happen at the plant. 

 

 What is on our Web page?

On this page you will find information related to emergency preparedness and planning, nuclear power plant information, County OES Events, current disaster information, new emergency plans and revisions, and many links to related Web sites. We encourage everyone to use the information on this page to learn how to be prepared for emergencies.