Emergency Management Accreditation Program

​What is EMAP?

The Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) is an independent non-profit organization, fosters excellence and accountability in emergency management and homeland security programs, by establishing credible standards applied in a peer review accreditation process. The EMAP standards, assessment, and accreditation process fosters excellence and accountability in emergency management and homeland security programs by establishing credible standard applied in a peer review accreditation process. EMAP also provides emergency management programs the opportunity to be recognized for compliance with industry standards and to demonstrate accountability in emergency management. The EMAP Accreditation is a 5 year accreditation.

​California’s EMAP Accreditation

California retained its national accreditation status from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program following a rigorous review that found the program met all 64 required national standards. The week-long review of California’s program was conducted in January 2017, which is valid until 2022.

Cal OES is continuously reviewing and updating its documentation to be up to date on the current EMAP Standards for reaccreditation in 2022.

The Emergency Management Standard covers:

​EMAP Contact:
Sydney Schellinger
(916) 845-8799 Office
Sydney.Schellinger@CalOES.ca.gov