California State Warning Center
The California State Warning Center (CSWC) is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The mission of the CSWC is to be the central information hub for statewide emergency communications and notifications. The CSWC is staffed with Emergency Notification Controllers, Emergency Services Coordinators and Program Managers. The CSWC serves as a highly reliable and accurate “one-stop” resource for emergency management, law enforcement, fire, and key decision making personnel throughout the state.
Last year, staff in the CSWC handled over 74,000 calls and more than 96,000 actionable emails. The CSWC also received reports of almost 10,000 hazardous material spills, which resulted in more than 395,000 hazardous materials notifications to federal, state and local government agencies. In addition, CSWC staff made over 1,155,000 notifications due to weather related warnings, fires, seismic incidents, and other significant and potentailly significant incidents that did or could have emergency management impacts to California.