The San Diego County Mountain Empire Disaster Preparedness Council meets quarterly,
January, April, July and October, on the second Tuesday , 9 AM, at the Mountain Empire Community Center, 976 Sheridan
Road · Campo, CA 91906.
The meeting is open to the public and you are encouraged to attend. For information call 619-478-2505 or e-mail
.
Quick Links
Mountain Empire Communities hosting Disaster Meetings
Mountain Empire Disaster Preparedness Resource
Guide
Community Disaster Planning
Community Communications Plans
Campo, Lake Morena Disaster
Preparedness Committee
CERT, Amateur Radio Classes
October 21, 2007 Countywide CERT
Drill
May 21, 2005 Disaster Drill
June 2004 Disaster Drill
Earthquake E-mail notification system
Jamul Area Disaster Preparedness
Contact Jackie Chapman or Vicki Krinke at (619) 445-7173
Descanso Emergency Preparedness Group (DEPG) ( a 501C3 )
President: Dave Somes - 
(619) 445-1097
Treasurer: Leann Bosch - 619-659-8976
Secretary: Peggy Machado - 619-445-5279
Meets quarterly in, January, April, July and October, The next meeting is Wednesday, January 10 at 6:00 p.m. in
the Descanso Library Community Room, 9545 River Dr., Descanso. If you need further information, call Peggy Machado
at 619-445-5279
Barrett/Dulzura Area
For Information contact Stacy Magoffin
(619) 468-3963
Meets on the second Thursday of every month from 7:00 to 8:30 PM, at the Dulzura Community Building, 1136 Community
Building Road.
Potrero / Tecate Disaster Defense Team
Contact Brenda Wise 
(619) 478-9186
Website, http://www.potrero.net
Meets the last Thursday of each month, 6:30-8:00 PM, Potrero Library, Potrero Valley Rd.
Everyone welcome and encouraged to attend and become involved.
Campo / Lake Morena Disaster Preparedness Committee
Co-Chair, Craig Williams (619) 478-2505
Meets the second Thursday of every month, 7:00 PM in, Lake Morena Community Church, on the corner of Oak Drive and Molchan Road in the Community
of Lake Morena.
The Resource Guide below is a web version of our printed guide. Fill out and keep this guide handy for it's emergency resources and information. Keep one in your home and one in every vehicle.
View and Print the Mountain Empire Disaster Preparedness Resource Guide.
We are always updating our Disaster Preparedness Resource Guide. If you
know of an agency that needs to be added to the list or are a member of a listed agency where the provided information
needs updating please contact Craig Williams at 619-806-4146, or e-mail to 
The Campo, Lake Morena Disaster Committee has prepared their Disaster Annex to the San Diego County Disaster Plans. Follow this link to the Campo, Lake Morena Disaster page where you can download or view this plan. The information is in the public domain so feel free to use this plan format to develop your community disaster plan. Additionally, you will want to contact the San Diego Office of Emergency Services to help you in developing your plan. Follow this link to the County OES website.
The recent disastrous fires in San Diego County have shown us you cannot be over prepared for disaster. Click on the links below for safety guidelines and to do hints before and during a disaster or emergency. ( This information has been gathered from various sources and is provided as a guide only. )
(Also, see our Resource guide)
San Diego Sheriff
Campo Substation
378 Sheraton Rd. Campo, CA 92006
(619) 478-5378
FAX (619)478-9076
California Highway
Patrol
El Cajon (680)
1722 East Main St. El Cajon 92021-5259
619-401-2000
Border Patrol
Campo Station (East of Buckman Springs Road) (619) 557-6144
El Cajon (West of Buckman Springs Road) (619) 258-4200
Boulevard Station (619) 766-4542
Border Patrol dispatch number: (800) 808-8727
Mountain Empire Community Center
976 Sheridan Road · Campo, CA 91906
(619) 478-2384
Mountain Health
& Community Services
31115 Highway 94
Campo, CA 91906
Clinic 478-5311 Fax 478-2267
Follow this link to the Campo / Lake Morena page.
San Diego County, Office of Emergency Services Website
San Diego County
Emergency Homepage,
a resource that will give up-to-the-hour public information as a disaster unfolds.
10/10/04
Follow this link to the City of San Diego Website to view this Task Force Report on the October 2003 Firestorms. (This site will open a 2Mb Adobe pdf file.)
Follow this link to the San Diego County Office of Emergency Services Website to view this After Action Report on the October 2003 fires. ( This site will open a 2.5Mb Adobe pdf file.)
CDF Webpage on the 2003 Fire Season
FireWise is an interactive, flexible, graphical tool designed to help residents make fire safety choices while considering ways to enhance beauty, retain native vegetation, ensure privacy, conserve water, and save energy. Follow this link to the USDA FireWise site and determine how fire safe your property is.
See our Links Page for more useful local and Government links
The Campo / Lake Morena Disaster Preparedness Committee
meets the second Thursday of every month at the Lake
Morena Community Church, on the corner of Oak Drive and Molchan Road in the Community of Lake Morena., 7:00 PM. The public is welcomed and urged to attend. Contact
Craig Williams at 619-478-2505 or
The January, April, July and October meetings are devoted to our Community CERT Teams. Teams from all over the Mountain Empire are invited
to attend these classroom refresher / training sessions.
During the November 9 th 2004 Disaster Defense Team Meeting, Herman Reddick of the San Diego County Department of Emergency Services gives the loyalty oath to the first members of the Mountain Empire CERT Teams.
Campo / Lake Morena CERT Team Webpage
San
Diego County CERT
El
Cajon fire CERT Page
National CERT
Website
National CERT Newsletter
Los Angeles County
CERT
The San Diego County Mountain Empire Bioterrorism and Disaster Defense
Team ( hopefully being re-named to The Mountain Empire Disaster Council )
meets quarterly, January, April, July and October, on the second Tuesday , 9 AM, at the Mountain Empire Community
Center, 976 Sheridan Road · Campo, CA 91906.
The meeting is open to the public and you are encouraged to attend. For information call Craig Williams at (619)
478-2505 or e-mail .
Go to the El Cajon fire CERT Page if you need to makeup a CERT Class. Before you sign up for a class check with Stacy.
Earthquake E-mail Notification
USGS has a free system that will send an E-mail to any internet e-mail address when an earthquake happens. Follow this link to their page with this setup. You can choose the format to send a short message to your cell phone. Most cell providers only charge a few cents per message for this feature. check with your cell service provider. Most use a format of yourcellnumber@theirserver.com
Revised 4/5/2008
