Disaster Preparedness

With a population of 25,145 residents, the City of San Fernando values the great responsibility to protect the public while ensuring residents have the tools and resources they need to strengthen their preparedness for emergencies and natural disasters. Being housed in the County of Los Angeles, the City of San Fernando is vulnerable to the detrimental effects of earthquakes and cannot understate the importance of resident readiness. The City of San Fernando is dedicated to providing leadership to improve the community's ability to be ready for the next earthquake.

• Mission: To provide City of San Fernando residents with tools and resources to prepare, respond and recover from an earthquake.
• Vision: A thriving and earthquake ready City of San Fernando.
• Are you Ready? Southern California has approximately 10,000 (unfelt) earthquakes every year.

If an earthquake hit tonight, would you be prepared? Earthquakes strike with no warning, now is the time to prepare so you can Respond and recover. Check out these resources to help you, friends, family, and co-workers be ready.

Earthquake Early Warning now available publicly in California (including the City of San Fernando), Oregon, and Washington

Have earthquake information at your fingertips, see damage reports shared by citizen scientists like you, help us build a global seismic network. Visit myshake.berkeley.edu for more information.