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Pierce County Emergency Operations
Presented byKen Parrish
Pierce County Emergency Management
Pierce County Department of Emergency Management
*EMAP Accredited*
Pierce County Department of Emergency Management
*EMAP Accredited*
Emergency Management
Services Offered: 5 Divisions: Emergency Management, Fire Prevention,
Communications, US&R, E9-1-1. 24/7 Alert & Warning, PCWARN, PC Alert.
24/7 Emergency Duty Officer coverage.
Activation of the EOC to support response & recovery.
Deployment of MOCC, TACC1 or other response Command, Communications, Control Assets, Trained Incident Management Team.
Pierce County EOC Project
$12.1 Million Dollar Project State-of-the-art, survivable facility, rated in
the top five EOC’s nationally by DHS Multiple systems redundancies Regional and mobile integration and
interoperability Will support multiple, simultaneous events Backup E-9-1-1, and Law and Fire Dispatch
capability, and back-up State EOC Backup Cascade Volcano monitoring, and
master site for Public Safety Radio Comms.
Pierce County EOC
Pierce County EOC
Mobile Operations Command & CommunicationsMOCC
Helping Neighbors Help Themselves
Neighborhoods
Recognized as National “Best Practice” by US Congressional award.
Defined as a typical Block Watch group of 25 to 50 homes.
Program can build on established programs such as Block Watch, Safe Streets, Weed & Seed, neighborhood associations, etc.
No special skills or equipment are required to participate.
PC-NET Neighborhoods
Plan ahead of time how to respond as a group to a disaster.
Neighbors… sign up for teams, gather supplies and practice with drills. No special skills or training are required
except first aid. This is a program that pays for itself
through Neighbors who learn they can make a difference, if they have a plan.
Public Education
Children to Seniors
• Civic Groups• Senior Centers• Assisted Living
Apartments -- Residents / Staff
• Churches• Schools
-- Staff Mtgs / PTA
• Pre-Schools-- Staff Mtgs
• Head Start/E-CAP -- Parent Mtgs
• Safety Fairs• Fire Department Open
House• Other Events• AARP
What Does This Give You?
For the Children: 9-1-1 Training Earthquake and other Hazards
Training
For the Adults: All-Hazards Preparedness
Presentation 9-1-1 Informational Presentation Any important issues of the day
Mitigation
Hazard Mitigation?
Hazardous Area Regulations
Property Buy-Outs Elevating Homes Flood Control
Dams Structural Seismic
Retrofit Non-Structural
Seismic Retrofit
Actions taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to people, property, or the environment from hazards and their effects.
Plans
All–Hazards Emergency Planning
County, City, and Regional comprehensive emergency management / response plans (CEMP)
Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP)
Hazard identification and risk assessment
Training
Visit http://www.piercecountywa.org/index.aspx?NID=104 to learn about all of our Training and Public Education
Opportunities.
Response/Recovery Training All Phases of Response & Recovery EOC Sustainment Elected Officials Training
DEM University• Technical skills for First Responders (fee)• Multi-Hazard workshop for schools• Emergency Preparedness• ICS/EOC Interface Workshops• ATC-20
Recovery
Disaster Recovery
Recovery is both a short-term activity intended to return vital life-support systems to operation, and a long-term activity designed to return infrastructure systems to pre-disaster conditions.
Damage Assessment
Determine Losses Collate Information Coordinate with State, Local, and
Tribal Agencies
Presidential Disaster Declaration
Recovery Programs
Stafford Act and Small Business Administration Public Assistance Human Services Mitigation Low Interest Loans
Pierce County Department of Emergency Management
2501 South 35th StreetTacoma, WA 98409-7405
(253) [email protected]
http://www.piercecountywa.org/index.aspx?NID=104
Thank You!