Pierce County Emergency Operations

Presented byKen Parrish

Pierce County Emergency Management

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) 798-6595PCEMERMGMT@co.pierce.wa.us

http://www.piercecountywa.org/index.aspx?NID=104

Thank You!