Latest news and updates from Cal OES

With Rain in the Forecast, Cal OES Pre-Positions Critical Firefighting Resources, Personnel in 3 Southern California Counties
In preparation for intense rainfall in the areas near recent wildfire burn scar zones in Southern California, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) has strategically pre-positioned critical fire resources and personnel in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los...

With Deadline Approaching, Wildfire Survivors Are Urged To Sign Right Of Entry Form
Survivors who had property damaged or destroyed in the Camp Fire in Butte County have until Jan. 31 to opt in or out of the state's consolidated debris removal program. “It really is critical that we get as many people as we can to opt in so we have as clean of a...

Wildfire Debris Removal Operations Center to Open Monday in Calabasas
Los Angeles and Ventura county property owners whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged during the Hill and Woolsey fires and are interested in opting in to the state’s Consolidated Debris Removal Program meet face-to-face with debris removal experts from the...

Nearly $350 Million in Federal Grants and Loans for Wildfire Survivors
Over the two months since wildfires in two disparate regions of the state grew into deadly disasters of historic proportions, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) have approved more than $347 million in grants...

State Representatives to Discuss State Debris Removal Program During Meeting Saturday at King Gillette Ranch
Representatives from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and CalRecycle will discuss the state’s Consolidated Debris Removal Program and how the participation of private property owners whose homes were destroyed or damaged by the Woolsey...