Title
Approval of Ordinance Adopting the City of Olympia Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve on second reading the ordinance adopting the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan and authorize the City Attorney to sign the letter of promulgation.
Report
Issue:
Emergency management in Olympia is defined and described in the City of Olympia, Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP). The CEMP was updated, portions re-written and the format changed to better match State and federal guidelines. The final step in the process is for the City Council to approve and the Mayor to sign the new plan.
Staff Contact:
Greg Wright, Deputy Fire Chief, 360.753.8466
Presenter(s):
Greg Wright, Deputy Fire Chief
Patrick Knouff, Public Works
Background and Analysis:
The background and analysis have not changed from first to second reading.
The current CEMP was outdated and due for an update. The material was largely accurate, but its ability to interoperate with State and Federal emergency plans due to differences in formatting needed to be addressed. Patrick Knouff, currently with the City's Public Works Department, researched, re-wrote, re-formatted, and completed a new version of the CEMP.
As per State guidance, the draft plan was reviewed first by subject matter experts in the City's Emergency Management work group (EMCommittee).The CEMP is a very operational document, so experts from each department were used to ensure that the details recorded would be an accurate representation of the response taken in large, complex events.
After review by the EMCommittee, the CEMP was sent to the State for review. The State's review considers a CEMP's "consistency with the National Response Framework, the National Incident Management System, and the Washington State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, while c...
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