TCEP (Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness)
TCEP, Co-Chair of the TEM Task Force, helps Topanga residents prepare for natural disasters such as wildfires, floods, and earthquakes, and provides verified status updates during major emergency incidents.
Founded in 1994 as a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization, TCEP has helped residents survive their fair share of disasters by providing critical information needed to prepare, respond and recover from potentially devastating events.
When all is calm, TCEP’s Neighborhood Network and Outreach programs educate the public on the unique dangers of living in a “wildland-urban intermix” (WUI). Being one of the main leaders in conducting drills, hosting community fairs and presentations, and through targeted mailings, TCEP helps Topangans prepare by offering tips on hardening your home, creating a family emergency evacuation plan, assembling emergency kits, and signing up for alerts and notifications.
When disaster strikes, TCEP operates an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) utilizing a wide ranging communications network that gathers, verifies, and pushes out critical updates via a TELEPHONE HOTLINE (310-455-3000), on the WEB (tcep.org/emergencystatus), and during major incidents when TCEP is fully activated, FRS RADIO (channel 15) Top Of The Hour reports.
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