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Washington State Emergency Management Division

2010/11 Winter Season ?. September 2010Okanogan County - Flash Flooding - $575,000October 2010Olympics and the North and Central Cascades ? Winter Storm , Flooding, High Winds, Tornado - $1.75 millionNovember 2010 Coast, Puget Sound and Hood Canal ? High Winds, High Surf - $625,000 Statewid

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Washington State Emergency Management Division

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    1. 2010/11 Winter Storms AAR Washington State Emergency Management Division

    2. 2010/11 Winter Season … September 2010 Okanogan County - Flash Flooding - $575,000 October 2010 Olympics and the North and Central Cascades – Winter Storm , Flooding, High Winds, Tornado - $1.75 million November 2010 Coast, Puget Sound and Hood Canal – High Winds, High Surf - $625,000 Statewide - High winds, Blizzard Conditions, Heavy Snow, Ice - $5.2 million December 2010 Western and South Western Washington - Heavy Rainfall, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, High Winds - $10.3 million January 2011 Statewide – Severe Winter Storm, High Winds, Landslides, Mudslides, Rain, Snow - $9.3 million February 2011 Yakama Tribal Reservation – High Winds, Wildland Fire – $2.1 million

    3. Emergency Response EOC Activates State Agencies respond Emergency Protective Measures Search & Rescue Logistics Mass Care Certify Safe Water Vaccinations Support to Agriculture Situational Awareness Traffic Control Public Information Damage Assessment Debris Removal

    4. Changes this season … State EOC Liaisons worked remotely How did this work?

    5. Unanticipated Consequences Lack of information flow Difficult to document state agency actions Needed for Disaster Declaration Justification that state resources were exhausted

    6. Activity Reporting Situational Reports (Sit Reps) Web EOC Regular Briefings Recovery Coordinator Other?

    7. What EMD does with the information Presidential Disaster Declaration Process Damages are Reported to EMD FEMA/State Preliminary Damage Assessment to validate damages County Justifications are written (include state agency damage within a county) List State actions to ‘alleviate the conditions of the disaster’ Submitted to FEMA from Governor’s Office

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