Active Disasters: Immediate Response
This page, and related sub-pages, provide information related to the protection and care of historic resources during an actively occuring disaster or in the immediate hours and days following a disaster. This information is advisory only and should not be perceived as policy, nor should it supersede local, regional, or state policies and procedures put in place at the time of a disaster. During active disasters, related state or federal emergency declarations will be posted to this page for a period of thirty days.
Previous Disaster Proclamations
Active State Emergency Proclamations for California
State of Emergency Due to Fires
Declared 8/18/2020
State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 (Executive Order N-35-20)
Declared 03/21/2020
Active Federal Disaster Declarations for California
California Wildfires (DR-4569-CA)
Incident Period: September 4, 2020 and continuing
Major Disaster Declaration declared on October 16, 2020
California Wildfires (DR-4558-CA)
Incident Period: August 14, 2020 and continuing
Major Disaster Declaration declared on August 22, 2020
DR-4558-CA Amendment 001
This amendment adds Monterey County to those areas identified in the major disaster declaration of August 22, 2020 (DR-4558-CA).
California COVID-19 Pandemic (DR-4482)
Incident period: January 20, 2020 and continuing
Major Disaster Declaration declared on March 22, 2020
For OHP database or contact information on counties impacted by disasters:
California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS)
California Certified Local Government Coordinators
Historic Property Disaster Response
State and Federal Agency Emergency Response Advice