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San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services outlines preparedness gains, recovery funds and new public-alert tools
Summary
OES Director Tiffany Cacho presented county emergency operations work Oct. 7, citing investments in preparedness, $56 million recovered for disaster response, expanded pre-positioned flood pipe containers, the county's SJCReady public alert platform and a new Emergency Operations Support Team of county employees.
Tiffany Cacho, director of the San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services (OES), presented an overview of the department’s functions, recent activations and initiatives during the Oct. 7 Board of Supervisors meeting.
Cacho said OES coordinates preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation across the county’s eight cities and more than 120 special districts, covering more than 800,000 residents. The office supports response operations for wildfires, floods, COVID-19 and other incidents and maintains plans such as the county emergency operations plan and a multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan.
Cacho highlighted that OES has recovered more than $56 million in state and federal reimbursement tied to floods, storms, freezes and pandemic response, and that a county cache of flood pipe containers has grown to 15 units pre-positioned for quick deployment. She said the county’s Emergency Operations Support Team — a staff-training initiative launched in recent years — graduated more than 60 employees in 2024 to support emergency roles.
Cacho described technological investments including geographic information systems, real-time analytics and a public alert platform (sjready.org) that delivers text, email and voice notifications to residents. She also described OES outreach such as preparedness fairs and virtual town halls, and said the office is increasing focus on access-and-functional-needs populations, multilingual messaging and community partnerships with hospitals, energy providers and nonprofit organizations.
Board members praised OES staff for recent work and urged continued community outreach and interagency coordination. Supervisor Rickman noted county investments in public safety equipment and training that helped during recent flooding events; Supervisor Guardia emphasized preparedness and inter-jurisdictional coordination; Supervisor Ding thanked staff for celebrating the OES milestones.
Ending
Cacho said a public display and informational materials from OES are available outside the meeting room following the presentation. The board voted to accept the presentation; no formal action was required.
