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1 Update Community Wildfire Protection Plan <br />(CWPP). <br />3 Work with the small municipalities to better <br />d~lop Emergency Management plans <br />The most recent CWPP is dated 2009 and needs to, fTh is plan will identify prioritized areas for <br />be updated. The CWPP for Kittitas County, is the h~rdous fuel reduction treatments on Federal, <br />result of a collaborative effort by numerous . state, and private land, and will build on existing <br />concerned agencies and citizens in Kittitas County efforts to restore healthy forest conditions within <br />assessing wildfire risks, collecting data for those the county. The plan will clarify County priorities <br />risks. and analyzing the data with the expressed for the protection of life. property, and critical <br />intent to reduce the potential for wildfires that are infrastructure, as well as, identify wildland-urban <br />a threat to people, structures, and infrastructure interface areas. <br />In Kittitas .County. The CWPP identifies wildfire <br />respo nse capability, educates homeowners to <br />reduce .the ignitability of structures, and evaluates <br />critical infrastructure throughout the county. <br />1'hesm;Jllmun icipalities do not have their own EM Byworklng through ·the planning process, the <br />departments and rely on the County for their ~ma ller communities will be "trained" in <br />Emergency Management needs. emergency ma nagement operations. They will be <br />better ablMo understand what is needed to more <br />effectlvely plan and prepare for and respond to <br />the e mergencies that impact their communities, <br />wh ich will lead to more community resilience and <br />less.reliance on the county staff. <br />p.r~gi;!rnA~1!'?> --- -~ _ -; - - - - -- -, <br />Exercises <br />WORK PLANNED <br />1 Co nduct yearly tabletop exercises on active <br />violence in Kittitas County Schools. <br />I <br />2 Conduct'the yearly Ma~Ciisuatty !ncfc;lent <br />exercise. <br />3 Con~uct IiA?MATtraining. <br />WHY THE WORK IS BEING DONE RESULT OF THE WORK <br />Yearly table top exerCises will help stave off gaps Tabletop exercises will showcase how prepared <br />in the school's response to active violence. The schools are in dealing with an active violence <br />active violence program is an ongoing program incident allowing for continual adjustment to the <br />designed to increase the effectiveness of school program to achieve the most optimal, flawless <br />employees in the response to an active violence response possible. <br />incident. <br />Th-I!! exercise is needed to bridge the gap between <br />Fire/EMS response and medical dispatch to <br />trauma centers to more efficiently triage and <br />tra-nspOrt' pa:t/ent$. <br />A gap identified in the County's THIRA indicates <br />that our local Fire/EMS/lE·are no prepared to <br />handle ,l'Iarge HAZMAT incident. Our local Fire <br />DJstrlcts are mainly volunteer stations. Training is <br />\imited, Specialized Hazmat training will enhance <br />the response :tothe-community. <br />Exercising the current plans wi ll help identify areas <br />of improvement; Continl,Jally exercising and <br />critiquing our response will lead to an effective <br />a-nd efficTellt response. <br />Training wHI help Fire/EMS and LE respondmore <br />effectively to a Hazmat incident. <br />Program Aiea#4 _ --_ - <br />Communications eq uipment <br />WORK PLANNED <br />1 Purchase base radIos and install in the mobile <br />cOm mand vehicle. <br />DHS-FEMA-EMPG-FY 17 <br />WHY THE WORK IS BEING DONE <br />Themoblle comrna,rid 1Jehl(Je r;I~i<;)S are <br />antiquated and need updating. These radio <br />updates are not in the county budget but are <br />e55cntial iforEM communications in the event of-a <br />disaster. <br />Page 22 of36 <br />RESULT OF THE WORK <br />The radio ba-sesiatfon will aUowthe occupants to <br />speaJ.::-with dispatch atld ot1\er dep'~yed assets. <br />Kittitas County, E18-131