The Homeland Security Training and Exercise branches develop and distribute training materials and develop exercises to ensure that the first responders of the state are adequately prepared for responses to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) or Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive (CBRNE) emergencies.
Information Analysis, Watch, and Warning collaborates with the California Highway Patrol, Federal and state public safety agencies, and various Homeland Security partners to ensure that the Governor and key senior leadership officials are provided with timely situational awareness information that has security implications for California.
The guiding principles of the PREP Division are coordination, collaboration, and communication with our local, state, Federal, tribal, and private sector partners in support of the goals set forth by the Governor and Homeland Security Presidential Directives.
On a daily basis the office ensures the physical operation of the 118,000-square-foot (11,000 m2) Cal OES headquarters in Mather, California runs smoothly.
Responsibilities include labor relations, classification and pay, payroll and benefits, workers' compensation, reasonable accommodations, recruitment, and examinations.
The division's Preparedness Branch is responsible for working with state agencies and local governments on emergency planning efforts.
The Maintenance System consists of an advisory board (state and local officials representing the policy and executive levels of government), a technical group (from federal, state, and local agencies, tribal governments, private sector, and volunteer and non-governmental organizations), specialist committees (Technical Group members), and the Mutual Aid Regional Advisory Committees (MARACs) (six committees consisting of primarily local government and regional state agencies).
In 2009, this team of professionals managed the response to and recovery from major disasters while also addressing the tsunami risk in California.
Last year, Cal OES coordinated mutual aid resource deployments on nearly 600 SAR missions.
Haz Mat is responsible for the statewide implementation and local government oversight of hazardous material emergency management programs.