What Residents Can Do to Prepare

The City of La Quinta Emergency Management Division works with all City Departments and partner agencies to lessen the impacts of disasters to the City and our residents. Emergency Management is responsible for the coordination of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities within the City.

Preparation Checklist

• Don't Wait. Communicate. Make Your Emergency Plan Today.

• Evacuation

• Build a Kit

• Be Informed

• Get Involved

Sign up to receive emergency Alerts

Alert RivCo allows emergency managers and public safety first responders to rapidly alert and warn the public in the event of emergencies. In addition to Alert RivCo, the County uses the Genasys Protect alerting app to provide an additional method to get alerts. We encourage residents to sign up for both Alert RivCo and ALERT LQ (Nixle 360)to receive notifications from Riverside County and City of La Quinta in case of an emergency.

Local Plans and Training

The Emergency Services Coordinator is also responsible for the City's Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Part 1: Basic Plan and Part 2: Supporting Documents, along with the staffing and operation of the La Quinta Emergency Operations Center (EOC).

The City of La Quinta has completed the 2023 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP). The LHMP helps to lessen La Quinta's vulnerability to man-made and natural hazards as well as demonstrate the City’s commitment to reducing risks posed by these hazards to our residents, property and critical infrastructure.

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training

Emergency Preparedness is very important for City of La Quinta, therefore, training exercises and are held at city hall for both employees and residents which include Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, Incident Command System (ICS) training and emergency preparedness training. For information about upcoming CERT trainings for residents in the area, please visit: https://rivcoready.org/cert/registration.

 Contact

Emergency Management Division
La Quinta City Hall
78-495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA 92253

(760) 777-7168 or
(760) 777-7128
emergencyservicesmail@laquintaca.gov