Ventura County Sheriff's Department

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services has ceased operation and testing of the Casitas Warning System, and released the system for disposal.

The eleven-site system, and two control stations have been offered as surplus property, and will be sold by sealed bid. The sale is being administered by County Procurement Services. Bids will be received until 4:00 pm Tuesday, May 18th, 2010. Further information about the system and sale may be found at: http://gsa.countyofventura.org . The successful bidder will be required to obtain all necessary permits to remove the system, and restore each site to it’s original condition.

The system, originally installed in 1999 during the seismic retrofit of the Casitas Dam, has been superseded by the modernized Emergency Alert System, the Reverse 911® and Code Red® Telenotification Systems installed by the County and City of Ventura. In addition, maps and evacuation information may be found on the Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services website: http://www.vcsd.org/oes .

Date & Time: May 11, 2010
Unit Responsible: Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services

Release Prepared by: Dale Carnathan, OES Program Administrator (805) 654-5152
Follow-up Contact: Dale Carnathan, (805) 654-5152 (dale.carnathan@ventura.org)
Date of Release: May 12, 2010
Approved By: Captain D. Murray