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  • January

    Moe Adams (center), resident engineer at the Emergency Field Office in Redwood Valley, and Norbert Suter (left), chief of Operations Section at the Sonoma Recovery Field Office, spoke with a resident during the Mendocino County Community meeting on Jan. 17.

    Corps meets with residents in Mendocino County

    Federal, state, and county officials continue to reach out to residents two and a half months after wildfires blazed through four counties in Northern California in an effort to ensure their questions, concerns and issues are heard and, when possible, resolved.
  • Safety specialist Tony McCoy

    Petaluma safety specialist heads mission safety program

    Tony McCoy has always considered himself a “do the right thing” kind of guy, so it was natural for him to consider deploying as a first responder in October when he found disaster staring him in the face from his front door in Petaluma.

  • USACE hits milestone in NorCal Wildfire mission

    When the rest of the world was popping champagne to ring in the New Year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reached another milestone in its continuing Federal Emergency Management Agency mission in Northern California to assist the region recover from the devastating effects of the October 2017 wildfires.

  • December

    DTOS Custodial District Support Team members stop for a photo during a three-day simulation exercise held at Black Butte Lake near Orland, California in mid-November. This all-volunteer team is composed of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees who deploy to significant man-made and natural disaster sites and provide a platform for critical operations and communications.

    Custodians of disaster relief

    Thanks to a cadre of Corps custodians who prepare year-round, Deployable Tactical Operations System (DTOS) teams are ready to provide their expertise and mobile command centers to quickly respond following hurricanes and other disasters.

  • September

    Silver Jackets - Many Agencies, One Solution

    Silver Jackets motto says it all: Many agencies, one solution

    In the case of a flood emergency, there is little time to make urgent decisions. But what if there was a way to prepare answers long before they are needed most? Fortunately, the nationwide Silver Jackets program carries a mission to meet needs at every stage of a flood event.