Large-scale disasters will exceed the resource capabilities of any single city or fire or law enforcement agency.  Mutual aid shared between response agencies fills this gap.

The City of Carlsbad is a member of the Unified San Diego County Emergency Services Organization, governed by the Unified Disaster Council.  Emergency preparedness benefits of membership include: access to regional equipment, planning and grant funds, and participation in regional training and exercises. Membership facilitates mutual aid.

Regional equipment and capabilities funded through the Unified Disaster Council and other agencies, include:

• Firefighting aircraft
• Regional communications system
• 3C’s video teleconferencing system
• Regional computer aided dispatch interoperability
• Regional shelter supply caches
• Mass sasualty units and mass decontamination units
• Command vehicles and radio caches
• San Diego Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment Center

Mutual aid agreements include:

• California master mutual aid agreement
• Fire mutual aid agreement
• Law enforcement mutual aid agreement
• Public works mutual aid agreement