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Emergency Response Program
MissionThe mission of DTSC's Emergency Response Program (ERP) is to provide statewide response to actual and potential releases of hazardous substances that pose an acute threat to public health and/or the environment, including clandestine drug labs. The ERP interacts with a number of other state, federal and local agencies in carrying out these emergency response activities. The Emergency Response Program responds statewide to calls requesting DTSC assistance for emergency removals from illegal/clandestine drug labs and other Hazardous Materials (HazMat) emergencies. Requests for assistance are handled by the ERP's Emergency Response Duty Officers. Emergency Response Duty OfficersThe DTSC Emergency Response Duty Officers are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including weekends and holidays. They perform the following functions with regard to a wide variety of hazardous materials incidents statewide including illegal drug labs, spilled or abandoned hazardous materials, train derailments, floods, fires, and earthquakes, and other disasters:
To contact the DTSC Emergency Response Duty Officer: Monday - Friday, 8 am – 5 pm, call DTSC at (800) 260-3972 or (916) 255-6504, After Hours, weekends, or on holidays, call the Cal EMA Warning Control Center at (800) 852-7550 and ask to speak to the DTSC Emergency Response Duty Officer |