JoAnn
Jordan was hired in January as the new Public Education Coordinator
2 new Public Outreach Specialists (added in this year's budget) were hired in
October: Tracy Connelly and Debbie Goetz
Selected a new Community Mitigation Coordinator, Laurel Nelson who started in January
Reclassified a vacant position to a Training and Exercise Coordinator position
and the selection process has begun.
Community Planning and Preparedness
District level resource mapping has begun using Dept of Neighborhoods district
boundaries
Over 300 people attended Project Impact workshops regarding seismic retrofit
Redesigned the former SDART program; Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare (SNAP) is
now available to any configuration of group or team as quickly as possible
is a variety of formats
Partnered
with Dept of Neighborhoods on rolling out the SNAP program
Helped
launch the Vulnerable Population Action Team with Public Health and serve
with them in designing ways to prepare for special needs populations
Increased
the scope of ESF-6's (Mass Cass) sheltering scope from several thousand capacity in
Community Centers to a goal of 10% of the total residential population
Partnered
with Seattle Public Utilities in include "Prepare" at all Clean and Green events
Established/improved
working relationships with local hospitals, public and private schools,
community colleges, universities, and the Coordinated Assistance Network
Training
Almost
all City Departments have completed their personal preparedness training
for employees; several departments (Police, Fire, Libraries, Seattle Center) are
awaiting the web-based version. Partnered with North Seattle Community
College to produce this web-based
tool that will be available to all City employees from now on.
Completed
WebEOC training for EOC responders and Department Operating Center personnel
Helped
design the Executive Level Curriculum (UASI project) for emergency
management - a train the trainer will take place in January
Plans
Updated
the entire Seattle Disaster Readiness and Response Plan to be in
compliance with the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Created
plan annexes on Evacuation, Training and Exercise, Terrorism, and Long
Term Recovery and Mitigation
Working
on Pandemic Influenza annex
Created
the Situation Unit within the EOC with accompanying annex
Program
was audited by DHS as part of nation-wide catastrophic plan review in
April
Coordinated
the implementation of the National Incident Management System within city
plans and tracked the training city-wide of critical personnel
Auxiliary
Communications Plan was updated
Interdepartmental
video agreement was developed to share network advantages between SPD,
DoIT, SDOT, SFD, and OEM
An
agreement with the Community Colleges for use of facilities in times of
disaster is almost finalized
Participated
in updates to the Regional Disaster Plan for Public and Private
Organizations in County
Title IV operations plan was updated for SPD
Exercises - participated in the following:
Seattle Fire, Seattle Police, and University of Washington deployment of the National Strategic Stockpile in July
Bank of America and Washington Mutual Bank critical infrastructure in May and
June
Emergency Management program was realigned within Police Department and in relation to the Mayor's
Office
Administered EMPG, UASI, SHSP grants and operating budget for OEM
Updated material for our new web-site
Completed the Project Impact landside hazard mapping in July
Coordinated landslide information city-wide in January and flooding information in
November
Staff duty officer manual was updated
Staff
participated in national work groups defining target capabilities for
Reconstitution of Government Services and Long Term Assistance to Affected Populations
Disaster Resistant Business Toolkit material developed; a web-based application
will be available by March
Weather station project to provide responders with information on the effect of
"urban canyons" almost finished
Documentation and site visits on former disasters (01 earthquake and 03 winter storms)
continues
Helped developed protocols for new outbound calling warning systems
During an emergency, go to www.seattle.gov for the latest information.
