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Lynnwood reviews update to emergency-management annex tied to county CEMP; emphasizes community lifelines and volunteer training
Summary
Emergency Management Director DC Steichen briefed the City Council on a revised annex to Snohomish County's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP). The annex updates community lifeline reporting, clarifies departmental roles, and emphasizes hazard mitigation, volunteer CERT training and partnerships with NGOs such as American Red Cross and
Lynnwood presented a revised city annex to Snohomish County's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) on Oct. 20, clarifying how the city will prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters and updating the metrics and reporting the county will use to assess community impacts.
DC Steichen, Lynnwood's Emergency Management Director, said the annex is a required five-year submission to the state and a part of the county's overall plan that will be forwarded to FEMA for approval. He told council that the annex sets out departmental responsibilities, succession and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activation levels and new reporting templates for community lifelines used by state and county emergency management.
"This annex is significantly different than the annexes we've been putting together for the last 20 or 30 years," Steichen said, citing new FEMA…
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