WSDOT Office of Emergency Management
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WSDOT Office of Emergency Management Western States Highway Equipment Managers Association 2011 Conference Aug 31, 2011 Paula Hammond Secretary of Transportation Chris Christopher Director, Maintenance Operations John Himmel Washington State Department of Transportation Emergency Operations Manager
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WSDOT Office of Emergency Management. John Himmel Washington State Department of Transportation Emergency Operations Manager. Paula Hammond Secretary of Transportation. Chris Christopher Director, Maintenance Operations. Western States Highway Equipment Managers Association - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of WSDOT Office of Emergency Management
WSDOT
Office of Emergency Management
Western States Highway Equipment Managers Association2011 Conference
Aug 31, 2011
Paula HammondSecretary of Transportation
Chris ChristopherDirector, Maintenance Operations
John HimmelWashington State Department of Transportation
Emergency Operations Manager
WSDOT’s Office of Emergency Management
• Responsibility for planning and ensuring the WSDOT is ready to respond to all disasters, whether natural disaster, accident or terrorist.
• Maintains and operates the WSDOT Emergency Operation Center
• Exercise program
WSDOT HQ Emergency Operations Center
WSDOT HQ Emergency Operations Center
• Gain situational awareness
• Establish a common operational picture
• Brief executives
• Internal and External Communications
• Identify resource needs
• Coordinate resources
• Policy decisions
Resources
Who has what is needed?
Sharing of Resources
• Types of equipment
• Coordination needs
• Communications
• Who PAYS?
WA State National Guard Blower on US 2
Memorandums of Agreement• Public Works Emergency Response Mutual
Aid Agreement– 152 counties / cities
• Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)– A disaster impacted state can request and
receive assistance from other member states
• Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement– BC, ID, OR, WA, AK, YK
Working with Others
Relationships are the critical piece
Exercises
Communication Resiliency• WSDOT Web Site• Flickr• WSDOT Media Alerts• WSDOT Freight Alerts• Twitter• WSDOT Blog
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Public Messaging• Our focus is on communicating road conditions• Real time info/updates on website: www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic
TMC is our main source of information
Public Messaging
King Co.’s road alert website: www.gismaps.kingcounty.gov/roadalert/
One Voice
One Message
Lessons Learned
140 + sites
70 + sites
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Hanging over I-5 in Seattle
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Rockslide SR-112 Neah Bay vicinity
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Dec 25: WSDOT Wandermere Spokane Facility
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I-5 - Fife Curve
2 South bound lanes
1 North bound lane
are underwater
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SR 97 - Blewett Pass
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SR 112 - Clallam County
SR 410 – Nile Valley Landslide
Disaster PlanningChehalis River Basin and I-5
