Riverside County Calif. receives $2.5 million in federal grants for emergency training and response efforts
Riverside County in California's Emergency Management Department received a $2.57 million federal grant to distribute to local entities for disaster preparedness and response training and activities.
The county is recognized by the California Office of Emergency Services as an “Operational Area” that must have resources available to “prevent, deter, respond to, and recover from threats and incidents of terrorism and other catastrophic events,” according to an EMD statement.