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UCCE in the County of San Luis Obispo

Disaster Resiliency

Welcome to the Disaster Resiliency Page 

Disaster resiliency is the ability of people or communities to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform, and recover from the effects of natural or human-caused hazards (UNDRR 2017).

Building disaster resilience requires a combination of individual preparedness and awareness; community investment; and government planning. Listed below are general guidelines for individual or family-based disaster planning as well as more select resources for natural hazards affecting San Luis Obispo County. Each page also has a more targeted section for farmers and/or agricultural operations. 

You can access the information using the links below or from the side navigation menu to the left (best visible when you are on a computer versus a mobile device).

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General Disaster Preparedness Resources

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Flood Resources

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Wildfire Resources

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Drought Resources

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Lilian Thaoxaochay, MA, is the UC ANR Disaster Resiliency, Planning, and Policy Advisor for San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties. She is based out of the UCCE San Luis Obispo Office. Lilian can be reached at lilthaox@ucanr.edu or (805) 441-4119.