The County is required by law or other requirements to have disaster plans in place. Sheriff’s OES are the caretakers of most of the County Plans. Below are the plans Sheriff’s OES manage with a brief description and link to the plan.

• Emergency Operations Plan: The Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) is a plan which outlines how the County will respond to an emergency. The EOP sets guidelines to manage a disaster in an effective, efficient, and timely manner.
• Local Hazard Mitigation Plan: The Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) is designed to identify hazards such as natural and man-made hazards the county is exposed to. The plan then develops mitigation strategies which helps mitigate the hazards that are in line with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.
• Community Wildfire Protection Plan: The Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) enable communities to plan how they will reduce the risk of wildfire. Plans identify strategic sites and methods for fuel reduction projects across the landscape and jurisdictional boundaries.
• Mass Fatality Management Plan: Mass Fatality Management Plan is to facilitate the recovery and identification of deceased persons, assist in the proper notification of families, and describe the general processes to coordinate the final disposition of human remains in a timely, safe, and respectful manner while reasonably accommodating the religious, cultural, and societal expectations of the affected populations.
• Emergency Communication Plan: The Emergency Communications Plan is to establish a framework that ensures the effective and timely communication of critical information during emergency situations. This plan is designed to facilitate coordinated efforts among government agencies, public information teams, and community partners to provide accurate, accessible, and consistent information to the public.
• Evacuation and Transport Plan: The Evacuation and Transportation Plan is to outline the concepts and policies that are used to coordinate safe, timely, and efficient evacuation operations within Madera County. This plan creates a framework for preparations and response within existing statutory obligations and limitations, provides consistent county-wide procedures, and describes the roles and responsibilities of various agencies, departments, organizations, and levels of government when implementing population protective measures.
• Recovery Plan: The Recovery Plan is to define responsibilities for disaster recovery support functions, establish the recovery management organization of the County, describe the concept of recovery operations for short-term, intermediate, and long-term recovery activities, and describe the communication and coordination strategies of the county between higher, lateral, and subordinate entities during recovery operations.
• Care and Shelter Plan: Mass Care and Shelter Plan is to provide a general description of the actions, roles, and responsibilities of participating departments and organizations within the County during the initial activation, operation, and closure of emergency shelters. This plan seeks to establish command and control of care and shelter operations, a phased approach to care and shelter operations, and to provide appropriate tools and references to support the emergency mass care and sheltering process. Internal response actions that are taken within each department or carried out at the shelter or resource centers are described in each individual agency or departments’ standard operating procedure (SOP) documents.
• Donations Management Plan: Donations Management Plan is to describe the coordination and collaboration between government and non-government organizations (NGOs) that is necessary for effective donations management. NGOs will maintain their own internal processes and operating principles. This Plan is not intended to convey that government agencies at any level will control or direct independent NGOs.