The office of Emergency Management (OEM) is a government organization in the County of Santa Clara under the umbrella of the County Executive Office. Our mission is to safeguard lives, property, and the environment through strategic coordination of cross‐functional operations during preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation phases of emergency management. We continue to inspire and innovate
, setting the standard for Emergency Management program management, performance, engagement, capability, and creating community
resilience. OEM facilitates the coordination with our Operational Area Partners to provide community members with the resources they need in an emergency or disaster. All content posted by Public Users must be limited to the topic originally posted. Content that is beyond the scope of the original topic will not be posted, or will be removed as soon as possible. The County of Santa Clara does not discriminate on the basis of viewpoints or opinions expressed. Only content that complies with the following content guidelines will be posted. The following types of content submitted by a Public User will NOT be posted or will be removed:
●Content beyond the scope of the original topic posted by the County
●Use of profanity or obscene language
●Content promoting personal profit, including commercial solicitation or conducting or pursuing personal business interests
●Content endorsing, or appearing to endorse, commercial products, services, or companies
●Content endorsing any person campaigning for election to a political office or promoting or opposing any ballot measure or proposition
●Content in violation of intellectual property laws, including but not limited to posting licensed material without authorization, or posting copyrighted material without the publisher’s permission
●Disseminating hoaxes, chain letters, or advertisements
●Sexually oriented messages or images
●Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity
● Information that may compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems
● Personally identifiable information, such as phone numbers or addresses
Content posted on County websites will in no way constitute a legal or official notice to the County or any official or employee/affiliate of the County for any purpose.The County recognizes that social media tools such as this site are available 24 hours a day. However, given the need to manage resources, the comments on this page are generally moderated only during normal business hours, 8am-5pm.
