CAL TERT

⏳One year ago today:
Over the course of about a month, 30 different agencies filled 144 mutual aid dispatcher shifts in support of the in TERT’s first official deployment.

Dispatchers worked in adverse conditions and served in various PSAPs, field command posts, search and rescue operations, animal control command posts, and more.

Thank you for your willingness to help your neighbors, California! We are .

We get a lot of questions on ....
✅ We’re still under construction, so stay patient!
✅ When there’s a need for mutual aid dispatchers, we pull from PSAPs within a specific, OES-designated region. Who we contact depends on the need for specific CAD systems, special skills, or commutable distances. Deploying dispatchers is at each agency’s discretion. Your involvement goes direction through your agency.
✅ Spread the word! Not all agencies know that they can obtain or supply mutual aid dispatchers through an OES request. Spread the word so they’re familiar with the request when/if they receive it!

⚠️🗣 NOW WHAT?
All dispatchers are encouraged to be qualified & ready if their department requests them. For more info on how to stay qualified, visit https://www.caltert.com/fema-courses/

This is .

Whether it’s for line of duty deaths or natural disasters, California’s TERT program is here. Through the efforts of dedicated dispatchers statewide, we’ve filled hundreds of shifts & multiple TERT activations.

🗣 Thank you, dispatch community!

For more information on TERT, visit our page.