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I. PURPOSE: <br />The purpose of the Kittitas County Public Health Department's (KCPHD) Emergency Operation <br />Plan (EOP) is to provide guidelines for coordinated preparedness and response to emergency <br />incidents that may have public health implications in Kittitas County. <br />II. SCOPE: <br />The plan is specific to KCPHD employees. KCPHD emergency response works in conjunction <br />with the Kittitas County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) in coordination <br />with the Kittitas County Emergency Management Department as well as under the Regional lead <br />of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Region 7, including Chelan, Douglas, <br />Grant , Okanogan, and Kittitas County. <br />III. SITUATION OVERVIEW: <br />A. Population estimates by the Office of Financial management as of April 1, 2015 put Kittitas <br />County at 42,670. According to the US Census, approximately 7,400 residents are persons under <br />the age of eighteen. In addition, Central Washington University (CWU) has 10,750 enrolled <br />students. For People with Access and Functional Needs (PAFN), KCPHD has identified some <br />general numbers, which will be annually updated and expanded: <br />Population SUb5i1t Pcn;cnt:lga of Population· Numbilr of Peoplil <br />Disability Status <br />He.rin. diffiwlty <br />Villon difficulty <br />Co,nitive difficulty <br />ANulMory difficulty <br />Independent IIvlnc difficulty <br />Non-En •• rsh ..... ldn, ho'-Hho'. <br />Householdswithout. II hiel. <br />*U.S. Census 1014 estimates <br />HNumberof Ho u s eholds, not Indlllldvafs <br />4.6" <br />3.4% <br />3.6% <br />3.6it; <br />3.8% <br />3.9% <br />1.5" <br />6% <br />6 .7'J{, <br />1.956 <br />1.446 <br />1,530 <br />1,5 30 <br />1.616 <br />1,658 <br />255" <br />l,05S" <br />1,118 <br />B. According to the Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Assessment (HIVA) 2012, <br />completed by the Kittitas County Emergency Management, focus areas of potential emergency <br />incidences range from civil disturbance to wild land fire . <br />C. KCPHD does not have adequate staff to respond to a community wide epidemic. KCPHD <br />expects to receive assistance from local emergency management located within the Kittitas <br />County Sheriffs Office (KCSO), in addition to partners within Region 7. In the event of a <br />pandemic or large incident, local response will be quickly overwhelmed and require mutual aid, <br />state, and possibly federal assistance. If an incident results in the need for equipment or <br />9