| | | Emergency Preparedness. Are You Ready? | The City's Emergency Preparedness Program is dedicated to the service of our community before, during and after emergencies such as earthquakes, fires, floods, storms, hazardous material spills, terrorism, and other disasters. Additionally, the City Emergency Response Program provides:
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Ensuring City facilities are equipped with emergency response supplies and equipment for the use of emergency workers. For questions regarding the City's Emergency Preparedness Program, email gwatts@toaks.org or call (805) 449-2499. | _sm.jpg)
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Emergency Notification
T.O. City Alert is a telephone based emergency notification system that is used to communicate critical information to thousands of residents and businesses during an emergency. The database includes listed and unlisted landline telephone numbers and is updated regularly. If you have phone service from a provider other than AT&T or Verizon, you will need to add your telephone number to the database. To be contacted on your cellular or VoIP telephone during an emergency, register your number here. Learn more>>
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Join Thousand Oaks CERT
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a program of volunteers in your local area that focus on preparedness. Following a major disaster, first responders who provide fire and medical services will not be able to meet the demand for services typically rendered. The purpose of CERT is to meet immediate life saving, and life sustaining needs. To join CERT, please review the class schedule and sign up.
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Join Thousand Oaks DART
The Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) is a group of trained citizen volunteers prepared to assist local government and publi safety agencies. DART is called upon by Police, Sheriff, and Fire Departments to assist in emergency and non-emergency situations. Classes are conducted at the Thousand Oaks Police Department. To join DART, please review the class schedule and sign up.
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Radio Communication
During an event of natural disaster and other emergency events, communications such as landline or cellular phones may not be available. The use of radio communicaion is essential. Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) is a unit of trained volunteers who supply communications assistance to the Conejo Valley and Ventura County, particularly in time of disaster. Their goal is to support the gathering and distribution of information necessary to respond to and recover from a disaster. Volunteers are primarily licensed Amateur Radio Operators. For more information, please visit the Ventura County ACS website.
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| Learn About Natural Hazards in Your Neighborhood
Use this California Emergency Management Agency website to discover the hazards that exist in your area and learn how to reduce YOUR risk! Remember, the best way to recover from disasters is by reducing the risks before a disaster strikes.
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| Emergency Plan for Mobile Home Parks
Senate Bill 23, Padilla (Chapter 551, Statutes of 2009), requires Mobile Home Parks and Special Occupancy Parks to have an Emergency Plan in place by September 1, 2010. For help in developing an Emergency Plan the following resouces are available:
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