Documents and Publications

​Plans and Publications

A Guide for Establishing a Local Assistance Center
Bay Area Readiness Response Plan.pdf
Brochure - Be Winter Wise  
Brochure - 10 Ways You Can Be Disaster Prepared   
California Catastrophic Incident Base Plan: Concept of Operations
California Earthquake & Tsunami Communications and Outreach Strategy (pdf download)
California Emergency Management Agency-Strategic Plan 2010-2015 "Keeping California Safe"
California Emergency Plan
California Emergency Services Act (Revised 2011) 
California Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan 2010(pdf download)
California Master Mutual Aid Agreement  
California Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (web portal)
Cascadia Logistics Support Protocol
CAimpNIMS-SecI-II.pdf (NIMS California Implementation Guidelines, Sec. 1 and 2)
CAimpNIMS-SecIII.pdf (NIMS California Implementation Guidelines, Sec. 3)
CAimpNIMS-SecIV.pdf (NIMS California Implementation Guidelines, Sec. 4)
CAimpNIMS-SecV.pdf (NIMS California Implementation Guidelines, Sec. 5)
CAimpNIMS-SecVI.pdf (NIMS California Implementation Guidelines, Sec. 6)
ChkList[1].pdf (Local Government EOC Position Checklists)
Clinic Disaster Plan Guidance
Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101   (December 2009Version 2) 
Disaster Assistance Funding Guidance - FEAT product
Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Handbook
Disaster Service Worker Volunteer Program (DSWVP) Guidance  
Disaster Service Worker's Guide to Workers' Compensation
Electric Power Disruption Toolkit  
Emergency Management Into the 21st Century: The Strategic Vision  
Emergency Managers Mutual Aid Guidance  
Emergency Managers Mutual Aid Plan
Emergency Planning Guidance for Public and Private Water Utilities 
Emergency Plans for Mobile Home Parks 11-2010.pdf   
EOPCrosswalk[1].pdf (SEMS/NIMS Emergency Plan Crosswalk)
Extreme Cold- Freeze Contingency Plan  
Final After Action Reports
Flood Preparedness Guide for Levee Maintaining Agencies - FEAT product
Gorda Plate Earthquake- M7.2 -Preliminary Internal Review"
Guidance on Integration  Needs of People with Access and Functional Needs.doc
Guidance on Integration Needs of People with Access Functional Needs.pdf
Guidelines for Coordinating Flood Emergency Operations - FEAT product
Heat Contingency Plan (PDF Version)
Heat Contingency Plan (Word Version)  
High Tech Crimes Advisory Committee's Annual Report to the Governor and Legislature for 2005 
Legal Guidelines for Controling Movement of People and Property During an Emergency
Legal Guidelines for Flood Evacuation - FEAT product
LEPGVol1[1].pdf (Emergency Planning Guidance for Local Government - Vol 1)
LEPGVol2[1].pdf (Emergency Planning Guidance for Local Government - Vol 2)
LEPGVol3[1].pdf (Emergency Planning Guidance for Local Government - Vol 3)
Local Government Guide for Emergency Proclamations  
Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable People in Times of Disaster
Memorandum of Understanding for Animal Care During Disasters - FEAT product
Mobilization Centers: A Standardized Emergency Management System Guide for State & Local Government
Multi-Agency Response Guidance for Emergency Drinking Water Procurement & Distribution
NIMS California Implementation Guidelines for the National Incident Management System
Non-Structural Earthquake Hazard Guidance and Checklist for California Schools (pdf download)
Pandemic Influenza-Statewide Concept of Operations  
Protocol for Closure of Delta Waterways - FEAT product
Public Assistance Eligibility Guidelines for Floods - FEAT product
Public-Private Partnership Initiative
Recovery Manual 
Repatriation Plan
Risk Communication Guide for State and Local Agencies
Schools as Post Disaster Shelters 1995.pdf
Search and Rescue - Model Memorandum of Understanding
Search and Rescue - Model Operating Plan - A Guide for State and Local Government
SEMS Brochure 2005
SEMS Resource Ordering Guide
Southern California Catastrophic Earthquake Response Plan (OPLAN)
Southern California Catastrophic Earthquake Response Plan (OPLAN) Executive Summary
Special Needs of the Disability Community
Standard Operating Procedure For Mobilization Centers
Standardized Emergency Management System Guidelines- Complete (pdf download)
Standardized Emergency Management Systems Guidance for Special Districts
They Will Come: Post-Disaster Volunteers and Local Government
Tsunami - Local Planning Guidance on Tsunami Response  
Tsunami - NOAA: Designing for Tsunamis 
25 Questions for Emergency Managers

United States Government Publications

National Response Framework (NRF)
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101
The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (PKEMRA)

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5: Management of Domestic Incidents
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8: National Preparedness
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
National Preparedness Guidelines  
Perspective on Preparedness: Taking Stock Since 9/11
Earthquake Publications for Community Planners and Public Policy Makers  

Cal EMA Orientation Downloads
These documents are made available for quick reference as part of the orientation process:
Emergency Services Act (ESA)-Master Mutual Aid Plan (CDCD)-Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA)
Incident Command System (ICS)
Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS)
State Emergency Plan (SEP)
Four Phases of Emergency Management
Proclamation Process
National Incident Management System (NIMS)  (brochure)
National Response Framework (NRF) (brochure)
Stafford Act