Citizen Corps Council (CCC)

The mission of the Palo Alto/Stanford CCC is to harness the power of individuals, businesses, and organizations through education, training and volunteer service to make communities resilient, safe, strong, and prepared to respond to and recover from threats as identified in the City of Palo Alto threats and hazards report.

The City’s Municipal Code Chapter 2.12 places executive authority for emergency services and public safety with the City Manager, who is the statutory director of emergency services and the Director of Emergency Services (Office of Emergency Services) who is the statutory assistant director of emergency services, and further establishes an Emergency Services Council (ESC).

Municipal Code Section 2.12.030(5) specifies that the membership of the ESC may include: “Such representatives of civic, business, labor, veterans, professional or other organizations having an official emergency responsibility, as may be appointed by the director with the advice and consent of the city council.” (. added) These representatives are the Palo Alto/Stanford Citizen Corps Council (CCC), along with the City staff enumerated in that section. When the Mayor is present, the CCC becomes the ESC. 

The City has maintained a Citizen Corps Council since 2004, and while it has undergone several organizational changes since then, the mission remains the same. Our latest revision to this program occurred in 2016 with the adoption of a revised Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). 

The membership of the CCC/ESC includes the staff positions defined in the Municipal Code along with eight community members appointed by the Director of Emergency Services to represent organizations "having an official emergency responsibility" as described above. Municipal Code Section 2.12.080 specifies that the CCC/ESC is to be involved in revisions to the City's Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).

Business and Infrastructure Group

• Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce 
• Stanford Shopping Center

Stanford University 

• Stanford University Environmental Health and Safety
• Stanford University Department of Public Safety

Medical and Human Services Group

• Stanford Healthcare (Stanford Hospital)
• Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Community Resources Group

• Palo Alto Unified School District
• Palo Alto Emergency Services Volunteers

• 2020 CCC Award Ceremony(PDF, 131KB).

  "Lights Out: What Happens When the Power Goes Out" (2020 Event Flyer(PDF, 399KB))

• 2019 Silicon Valley Safety and Preparedness Fair(PDF, 431KB)

• 2019 CCC Award Ceremony

  "It Could Happen Here: Floods, Fires, Earthquakes." (2019 photos) (2019 Event Flyer(PDF, 190KB))

• 2018 CCC Award Ceremony(PDF, 90KB)

  "Calamities Happen: What You Need To Know" (2018 Event Flyer(PDF, 90KB))

• 2017 CCC Award Ceremony(PDF, 50KB)

  "Cyberterrorism" (2017 photos) (2017 Event Flyer(PDF, 344KB))

• 2016 CCC Award Ceremony(PDF, 146KB)

  "Sea Level Rising: Should We Worry?" (2016 Presentation(PDF, 9MB)) (2016 Event Flyer(PDF, 98KB))

• 2015 CCC Award Ceremony

  "Age of Pandemics" (2015 (PDF, 491KB)Event Flyer(PDF, 491KB))

• 2014 CCC Award Ceremony(PDF, 313KB)

  "Protect Yourself From Computer Security Risks"

• 2013 CCC Award Ceremony(PDF, 196KB)

  “Solar Storms - Sun Struck…Are we prepared?”