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WSDOT Office of Emergency Management

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

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WSDOT Office of Emergency Management

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  1. 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 2011 Conference Aug 31, 2011

  2. 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

  3. WSDOT HQ Emergency Operations Center

  4. 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

  5. Resources Who has what is needed?

  6. Sharing of Resources • Types of equipment • Coordination needs • Communications • Who PAYS? WA State National Guard Blower on US 2

  7. 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

  8. Working with Others Relationships are the critical piece

  9. Exercises

  10. Communication Resiliency • WSDOT Web Site • Flickr • WSDOT Media Alerts • WSDOT Freight Alerts • Twitter • WSDOT Blog

  11. Our focus is on communicating road conditions Real time info/updates on website: www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic Public Messaging TMC is our main source of information

  12. Public Messaging One Voice One Message King Co.’s road alert website: www.gismaps.kingcounty.gov/roadalert/

  13. Lessons Learned 140 + sites 70 + sites

  14. Hanging over I-5 in Seattle

  15. Rockslide SR-112 Neah Bay vicinity

  16. Dec 25: WSDOT Wandermere Spokane Facility

  17. 2 South bound lanes 1 North bound lane are underwater I-5 - Fife Curve

  18. SR 97 - Blewett Pass

  19. SR 112 - Clallam County

  20. SR 410 – Nile Valley Landslide

  21. Disaster PlanningChehalis River Basin and I-5

  22. Questions John Himmel (360) 705-7973 himmelj@wsdot.wa.gov

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