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2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Kittitas County, Washington <br /> <br /> <br />Chapter 3: Community Profile 44 <br />Capability <br />Category <br />Local <br />Authority <br />Other <br />Jurisdictional <br />Authority <br />State <br />Mandated Comments <br />Threat and Hazard <br />Identification and Risk <br />Assessment <br />No No No <br />Kittitas County Hazard <br />Inventory Vulnerability Analysis <br />(2018) <br /> <br />In 2024, the State of <br />Washington is in the process of <br />replacing THIRA/SPR with a <br />new program called the County <br />Emergency Preparedness <br />Assessment (CEPA). Kittitas <br />County will officially participate <br />in this assessment with the <br />State beginning February <br />2025. <br />Terrorism Plan No No No <br />Post-Disaster <br />Recovery Plan No No No <br />Debris Removal Plan <br />(approved by FEMA in 2016, <br />updated in 2018, but not <br />approved). <br />Continuity of <br />Operations Plan No No No Included in the CEMP <br />(Appendix 1). <br />Public Health Plans Yes No No <br />Kittitas County Public Health <br />Department (KCPHD) 2020 – <br /> 2024 Strategic Plan <br /> <br />Kittitas County Community <br />Health Improvement Plan <br /> <br />KCPHD Emergency <br />Operations Plans <br />Economic Development <br />Plan Yes No No <br />The Economic Development <br />Plan is a part of the <br />Comprehensive Plan, and the <br />Economic Development <br />Strategic Plan prepared by the <br />Economic Development Group <br />of Kittitas County has been <br />adopted by reference into the <br />2016 Kittitas County <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />Kittitas County and the City of <br />Ellensburg adopted an updated <br />Kittitas County Economic <br />Development Strategic Plan in <br />2023. <br />3.9.2. Administrative and Technical Capabilities <br />The administrative and technical capabilities include community (i.e., public and private) staff and their <br />skills and tools, which can be used for mitigation planning and implementation. This capability includes <br />engineers, planners, emergency managers, GIS analysts, building inspectors, grant writers, and <br />floodplain managers. Small communities may rely on other government entities, such as counties or <br />special districts, for resources. These capabilities may be used to support mitigation activities. Table 3- <br />19 lists administrative and technical capabilities.