Pierce County Emergency Operations Presented by Ken Parrish Pierce County Emergency Management Pierce County Department of Emergency Management *EMAP Accredited*

Services Offered:  5 Divisions: Emergency Management, Fire Prevention, Communications, US&R, E  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.

 $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

Mobile Operations Command & Communications MOCC

Helping Neighbors Help Themselves

 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.

 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

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

For the Children:  Training  Earthquake and other Hazards Training For the Adults:  All-Hazards Preparedness Presentation  Informational Presentation  Any important issues of the day

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

 County, City, and Regional comprehensive emergency management / response plans (CEMP)  Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP)  Hazard identification and risk assessment

Training Visit 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

 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.

 Determine Losses  Collate Information  Coordinate with State, Local, and Tribal Agencies  Presidential Disaster Declaration

 Stafford Act and Small Business Administration  Public Assistance  Human Services  Mitigation  Low Interest Loans

Pierce County Department of Emergency Management 2501 South 35 th Street Tacoma, WA (253) Thank You!