Emergency Management Services of King County

Regional Disaster Plan Graphic Since 1998 the Regional Disaster Planning Task Force (RDPTF) has been collaboratively working on developing the basic plan and support documents that make up the Regional Disaster Plan (RDP) for public and private organizations in King County, Washington. The RDPTF has been meeting regularly and includes disciplinary representatives from: cities, fire service, law enforcement, hospitals, public health, water and sewer, schools, businesses, tribes, nonprofits, associations, etc. The Regional Disaster Plan is a unique "mutual aid agreement" that establishes the framework to allow public, private and nonprofit organizations an avenue to efficiently assist one another during a disaster through:

a plan that addresses organizational responsibilities;
an agreement that addresses legal and financial concerns; and
support documents that address specific operational elements of any disaster (transportation, health and medical services, public information, communications, etc.)

In January 2002, the first dissemination package of the Regional Disaster Plan was sent out to approximately 500 elected officials and directors with public, private and nonprofit organizations in King County. They were invited to adopt and sign on to the Regional Disaster Plan for Public and Private Organizations in King County, Washington for cross-disciplinary sharing of resources during disasters in the King County region. This web page was created to facilitate information sharing and easier distribution of the Regional Disaster Plan.

To date, there are over 140 signatories to the Regional Disaster Plan, with the commitment to help one another when disaster hits our region.

Current Listing of Regional Disaster Plan Signatories (28KB PDF) (updated 03/31/2008)
Overview of the plan purpose, process, and benefits (819KB PPS) (updated 05/07/2007)

The Regional Disaster Plan is a growing document with new chapters (emergency support functions or appendices) released each year.

For 2006 and 2007, the Regional Disaster Planning Task Force is revising and updating the Regional Disaster Plan to align with the National Response Plan.

Overall Changes for all Sections:

Changed the format, organized some sections differently to reflect changes from the National Response Plan.
Included Indian tribal references in the document.
Added language for the National Incident Management System.
Corrected grammar and spelling errors.
Changed the name for the King County EOC to King County ECC and made these changes and references to the King County ECC consistent throughout the document.
See the following document for specific changes and review process for each updated or new section:

Basic Plan (10/12/06) (Updated) (PDF - 15 pages)
Omnibus Legal and Financial Agreement (3/31/04) (PDF - 13 pages) (coversheet added with updated address 11/28/06)
Appendix 1: Direction and Coordination (8/2/07) (Recently updated!) (PDF - 10 pages)
Appendix 6 - Training and Exercises (3/31/04) (PDF - 5 pages)
Emergency Support Function 1 - Transportation (2/8/07) (Updated) (PDF - 9 pages)
Emergency Support Function 2 - Telecommunications and Warning (3/31/04) (212 KB PDF - 27 pages)
Emergency Support Function 6 - Mass Care (5/3/07) (Recently updated!) (PDF - 9 pages)
Emergency Support Function 7 - Resource Management (3/31/04) (PDF - 8 pages)
Emergency Support Function 8 - Health and Medical Services (12/14/06) (Updated) (PDF - 17 pages)
Emergency Support Function 15 - External Affairs - Public Information (4/5/07) (Recently updated! Replaces Appendix 2 - Public Information) (PDF - 10 pages)
Terrorism Incident Annex (12/15/03) (90 KB PDF - 24 pages)
Non-Medical Pandemic Influenza Incident Annex (10/12/06) (New Annex) (PDF - 6 pages)

If you would like to join as a new partner, please have your agency, organization, or tribal signatory authority sign and return the "Signatory Documentation Sheet." For organizational adoption of the RDP, sign and mail one (1) originally signed sheet back to: King County of Office of Emergency Management, Attention: Kathryn Howard, 3511 NE 2nd Street, Renton, WA 98056.

Regional Disaster Plan Signatory Documentation Sheet (22 KB PDF - 2 pages)

Meeting Schedule for the Regional Disaster Planning Task Force (RDPTF)

The RDPTF meets every other month (six times per year), with subcommittee activity meetings occurring more frequently. All RDPTF meetings are held at the RCECC, 3511 NE 2nd Street; Renton, WA 98056.

All current signatories and potential signatory partners from public, private and nonprofit organizations are welcome to attend these working meetings:

2008 Updated 12/26/07

~~Thursday, February 7, 2008, 1-3 p.m.~~ CANCELLED

Thursday, April 3, 2008, 1-3 p.m.

Thursday, June 5, 2008, 1-3 p.m.

Thursday, August 7, 2008, 1-3 p.m.

Thursday, October 2, 2008, 1-3 p.m.

Thursday, December 4, 2008, 1-3 p.m.

Reference Documents

Regional Disaster Plan Reference Documents

FAQ Sheet - Frequently Asked Questions (17 KB PDF - 2 pages)
Brief Regional Planning Overview Sheet (12 KB PDF - 1 page)
Executive Summary (10 KB PDF - 2 pages)
Emergency Coordination Zone Map (561 KB PDF - 5 pages)

May 24, 2001 - Elected Officials Forum Materials

Washington State Management Presentation (1238 KB PDF - 8 pages)
Elected Officials Emergency Management Roles - RCW 38.52 Supportive Handouts (34 KB PDF - 9 pages)
"Keeping Hazards From Becoming Disasters: A Mitigation Workbook for Local Governments" (204 KB PDF - 48 pages)

Contact information:

		Web	www.metrokc.gov/prepare/programs/regionalplan.aspx
		Call	206-296-3830
		TTY	206-205-7516
		Fax	206-205-4056
		E-mail	ecc.kc@kingcounty.gov
		Address	King County Office of Emergency Management
			Program Manager: Kathryn Howard
			Renton, Washington