Throughout the year, OES also provides Work Place Violence and Prevention education and training to various departments and agencies in the county. In 2019, OES personnel conducted approximately 8 site visits to various agencies and departments. With current threats to our community, OES has developed plans and trained fire and law personnel for such incidents. The county now has an Active Threat Plan that guides emergency personnel for a mass causality event. This includes providing Rescue Task Force (RTF) training to law and fire to quickly respond to a scene and provide life saving measures as soon as practical. The OES office also works closely with the county’s Risk Management office to conduct field safety assessments of county facilities and infrastructure and provide input on future safety and security modifications or upgrades.
El Dorado County is the heart of the most diversified recreational area in California, with over 11,000 acres of lakes and nearly 600 miles of rivers and streams. The Marine Unit is responsible for keeping residents and visitors safe on these waterways. The ten deputies and one sergeant of the Marine Unit balance education and safety with enforcement of county ordinances and State and Federal boating laws. In addition, the Marine Unit conducts vessel inspections and responds to other non-boating related incidents in areas that can only be accessed by boat. The Marine Unit is funded entirely from California State Parks Department of Boating and Waterways, and county boating registration fees. The unit conducts vessel inspections and responds to other non-boating related incidents in areas that can only be accessed by boat.
The Sheriff’s Marine Unit conducts regular patrols of Lake Tahoe, Folsom Lake, Jenkinson Lake, Union Valley Reservoir, Loon Lake, Ice House Lake, Fallen Leaf Lake, and the South Fork of the American River. El Dorado County shares responsibilities for Lake Tahoe and Folsom Lake with various other Federal, State, and Local agencies. In order to provide for public safety on these waterways, the Sheriff’s Marine Unit uses five Aluminum Boats, a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat, two personal watercraft, two whitewater rafts and two inflatable kayaks. The rafts and kayaks are used for conducting one of the only law enforcement patrols of a whitewater river in the nation, along a 20 mile section of the South Fork of the American River.
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