California Office of Emergency Services : Its Oversight of the State's Emergency Plans and Procedures Needs Improvement

Examines the extent to which the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) & county emergency operation centers are able to coordinate & respond to multi-jurisdictional emergencies under the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS). The report concludes that the State's Emergency Plan & related annexes provide adequate guidance to agencies responding to multi-jurisdictional emergencies, but that OES lacks a formal process to regularly evaluate & update these plans. Additionally, OES is not consistently evaluating the use of SEMS by preparing statutorily required after-action reports following all declared disasters or through regular meetings of its SEMS advisory board & technical group. Tables.Howle, Elaine M. is the author of 'California Office of Emergency Services : Its Oversight of the State's Emergency Plans and Procedures Needs Improvement', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756737030 and ISBN 0756737036.