The non-profit organization of public and private emergency professionals was formed in 1965 to promote awareness of the need for training and resources to maintain California's preparedness for disasters. It works cooperatively with the California Emergency Management Agency, and national and international emergency preparedness organizations.

Mr. DeBeaux was one of four emergency management officials from this area who were elected to CESA's Inland Chapter Board of Directors at a conference in early October. The Inland Chapter covers 31 counties from Kern in the south to Siskiyou in the north.

Jennifer Broussard, Emergency Response Coordinator with the Sutter County Public Health Division, was elected Vice-President; Janice Bell, of the Colusa County Sheriff's Department's Office of Emergency Services, was elected Secretary; and Scott Bryan, Yuba County's Emergency Operations Manager, was elected Treasurer.

Terms of office for the new officers begin January 1.