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Welcome to the Office of Emergency Management website! We partner with the community to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. For our most popular pages and documents, look at the links below. For a schedule of classes and other preparedness activities, see our calendar. We want to hear your comments, complaints, and any commendations so we can make this a better site. Quick Information
Snow Storm Event Individual & Businesses Damage Assessments
Jan. 5 - Jan. 9, 2009 King County is also collecting Small Business Administration (SBA) Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) worksheets. Many businesses were inaccessible or had to close during the storm event (anytime during Dec 12-26, 2008), and may be experiencing economic loss. Please be sure to have affected businesses fill in the attached form (actual numbers are best) and fax to King County Emergency Management. Fax numbers are 206-205-4056 or 206-296-3838.
NEW: Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Program
For more information on the program, go to http://www.seattle.gov/emergency/regional/default.htm. Get Ready for Winter! Get Winter Ready:
Other helpful links:
Personal and Family PREPAREDNESS Video in Many Languages Video on preparing for disasters available in English, Amharic, Cambodian Cantonese, Oromo, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya,and Vietnamese. Note: You need Realplayer. Click here to download. New Version of the Seattle Disaster Readiness and Response Plan (PDF - 50MB) Released To comply, the city has just updated its plan that on May 9, 2008 was formally certified by the Washington State Emergency Management Director. This latest update, which represents change 4 to the plan, was recognized by the state as the first plan in Washington to either "meet or exceed" all of the new standards instituted by the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF), as well as continue to fully conform with the guidelines set out in RCW 38.52.70 and WAC 118-30-060. While the former version was judged to be the fifth best plan in the country by the Department of Homeland Security in their National Plan Review, this iteration is intended to surpass that standard and to further the Mayor's mantra of making Seattle the most prepared city in the country. ***UPDATE*** Volume Two of the plan (PDF - 22MB) is now on line as well. This document contains more detail on individual elements. It is very long, but we have created bookmarks to help you navigate. Learn More About
Unreinforced Masonry Buildings Seattle Hazard
Identification and Vulnerability Analysis (pdf 10 MB) Seattle
All-Hazards Mitigation Plan (pdf 9 MB) Is Your Home Protected (pdf) Trained Home
Earthquake Retrofit Contractors December
2006 Storm Final After Action Report (PDF) Classes Join us for our Fall emergency skills training classes. See the flyer for the schedule. For a complete listing see our Calendar. SNAP Community Organizing Meetings Preparing for an Emergency Car
Kits (PDF) Emergency Management News Donations encouraged, and cash
works best Lessons learned from December 2006 windstorm The 55-page December Storm After Action Report examines what worked well and
provides lessons learned - information key to improving Seattle's emergency
response capabilities. The report, which will be sent to the City Council, was
developed by the departments and individuals who actually worked during and
after the storm.
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