California Office of Emergency Services

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emergency management agency state government agency

The California Office of Emergency Services is the state agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and homeland security efforts across California.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services	5
California Office of Emergency Services canonical	3
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services	2
California emergency management system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1404309 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: California Office of Emergency Services
Context triple: [California State Agencies, include, California Office of Emergency Services]

A. California Emergency Council
The California Emergency Council is a state-level body responsible for coordinating and overseeing California’s preparedness and response policies for emergencies and disasters.
B. San Francisco Office of Emergency Management
The San Francisco Office of Emergency Management is the city’s lead agency for planning, coordinating, and managing responses to disasters and major emergencies affecting San Francisco.
C. FEMA Region IX
FEMA Region IX is the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s regional office responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery across several western U.S. states and Pacific territories.
D. FEMA Region X
FEMA Region X is the Pacific Northwest regional office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
E. Office of Emergency Management
The Office of Emergency Management is a New York State agency responsible for coordinating preparedness, response, and recovery efforts for disasters and emergencies across the state.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: California Office of Emergency Services
Target entity description: The California Office of Emergency Services is the state agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and homeland security efforts across California.

A. California Emergency Council
The California Emergency Council is a state-level body responsible for coordinating and overseeing California’s preparedness and response policies for emergencies and disasters.
B. San Francisco Office of Emergency Management
The San Francisco Office of Emergency Management is the city’s lead agency for planning, coordinating, and managing responses to disasters and major emergencies affecting San Francisco.
C. FEMA Region IX
FEMA Region IX is the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s regional office responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery across several western U.S. states and Pacific territories.
D. FEMA Region X
FEMA Region X is the Pacific Northwest regional office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency responsible for coordinating disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
E. Office of Emergency Management
The Office of Emergency Management is a New York State agency responsible for coordinating preparedness, response, and recovery efforts for disasters and emergencies across the state.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	emergency management agency ⓘ state government agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	California local governments ⓘ California state agencies ⓘ linked to: California State Agencies California tribal governments ⓘ
cooperatesWith	California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ⓘ California Highway Patrol ⓘ Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ U.S. Department of Homeland Security ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Homeland Security local emergency management agencies in California ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
fieldOfWork	disaster preparedness ⓘ disaster recovery ⓘ disaster response ⓘ emergency management ⓘ homeland security ⓘ public safety ⓘ
hasResponsibility	administering certain federal emergency management grants ⓘ coordinating homeland security efforts in California ⓘ coordinating statewide disaster recovery ⓘ coordinating statewide emergency preparedness ⓘ coordinating statewide emergency response ⓘ critical infrastructure protection planning in California ⓘ managing state-level emergency operations center ⓘ public alert and warning coordination in California ⓘ statewide mutual aid coordination ⓘ supporting local jurisdictions during disasters ⓘ
hasSuccessor	California Governor's Office of Emergency Services ⓘ linked to: California Office of Emergency Services
headquartersLocation	Mather, California ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	state agency ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Sacramento County, California ⓘ linked to: Sacramento County
parentOrganization	Government of California ⓘ Office of the Governor of California ⓘ
partOf	California emergency management system ⓘ linked to: California Office of Emergency Services
replacedBy	California Governor's Office of Emergency Services ⓘ linked to: California Office of Emergency Services
sector	public sector ⓘ
shortName	Cal OES ⓘ CalOES ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
website	https://www.caloes.ca.gov/ ⓘ

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