California Emergency Support Functions
California Emergency Support Functions (CA-ESFs) consist of 18 disciplines essential to communities through all phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. At the state level, each CA-ESF is lead by a state agency or department and consist of an alliance of other state agencies, departments, and stakeholders with similar responsibilities. Each CA-ESF is designed to bring together discipline-specific stakeholders at all levels of government to collaborate and function within all phases of emergency management.
Contact information for each Emergency Support Function can be found in the CA-ESFÂ Points of Contact document below.
CA-ESF Annexes
The CA-ESFs are annexes to the California State Emergency Plan. Each annex describes the CA-ESF’s organizational structure listing the state agencies and departments grouped within that function, the concept of coordination for the organizational structure, and the roles and responsibilities expected of CA-ESF’s members. Updated annexes are posted below, if a current annex is unavailable, the most current Executive Summary for that annex is listed.
For questions about the annexes, please reach out to Winston Lin (Winston.Lin@caloes.ca.gov).
- 01 CA-ESF Transportation Annex (2021)
- 02 Executive Summary Communications (2013)
- 03 Executive Summary Construction and Engineering Annex (2013)
- 04 CA-ESF Fire and Rescue Annex (2021)
- 05 CA-ESF Management Annex (2021)
- 06 CA-ESF Mass Care and Shelter Annex (2022)
- 07 Executive Summary Resources Annex (2013)
- 08 Executive Summary Public Health and Medical Annex (2013)
- 09 Search and Rescue was merged into CA-ESF 4 and 13
- 10 Executive Summary Hazardous Materials Annex (2013)
- 11 Executive Summary Agriculture Annex (2013)
- 12 Executive Summary Utilities Annex (2013)
- 13 CA-ESF Law Enforcement Annex (2022)
- 14 Executive Summary Long Term Recovery Annex (2013)
- 15 CA-ESF Public Information Annex (2022)
- 16 CA-ESF Evacuation was merged into CA-ESF 13
- 17 Executive Summary Volunteer and Donations Management (2013)
- 18 CA-ESF Cybersecurity Annex (2020)
CA-ESF Workgroup
For questions regarding the CA-ESF Workgroup, please contact the Emergency Functions Planning Unit at EFPU@CalOES.ca.gov .Â
Previous Meeting Information
Upcoming Meetings
Please save the following dates for the 2026 California Emergency Support Functions (CA-ESF) / Recovery Support Functions (CA-RSF) meeting schedule:
- Quarter 2: May 26, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Quarter 3: September 15, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Tentative)
- Quarter 4: November 10, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Tentative)
Abigayle Tirapelle
Emergency Services Coordinator
Office: (916) 364-4562
Email: Abigayle.Tirapelle@CalOES.ca.gov
Vanessa Vazquez
Emergency Services Coordinator
Office: (916) 369-4212
Email: Vanessa.Vazquez@CalOES.ca.gov