![A drawing of the planned Emergency Operations and Dispatch Center, now officially named the Regional Operations Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_5x3_004000_160x96_100/public/2021-12/Public%20Safety3.png?itok=I6YULMQE)
A drawing of the planned Emergency Operations and Dispatch Center, now officially named the Regional Operations Center.
![The new Regional Operations Center will be built on the County Center campus in Redwood City where the County's motor pool now sits (center of photo).](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_5x3_004000_160x96_100/public/2021-12/Public%20Safety4.jpeg?itok=4X11KtAR)
The new Regional Operations Center will be built on the County Center campus in Redwood City where the County's motor pool now sits (center of photo).
![Truck with SMCAlert.info info on its side](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_5x3_004000_160x96_100/public/2021-12/Public%20Safety.jpeg?itok=rnT04HmB)
The San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services coordinates countywide preparedness and responds to disasters, hazardous materials spills, major fires, flooding and other critical incidents.
![Inside the Office of Emergency Services](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_5x3_004000_160x96_100/public/2021-12/Public%20Safety1edited.jpeg?itok=FKDbdraV)
Dispatcher now work in the basement of the Hall of Justice, which the civil grand jury labels "clearly inadequate."