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Thurston County presents 2025 Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan update and incident command training for elected officials
Summary
Emergency management staff briefed the Board on a 5-year update to the county's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP), a state-required plan, and led a condensed incident command system (ICS) briefing for commissioners; the plan scored well in the state's review and staff recommended adoption by resolution.
Thurston County emergency management staff presented a complete update to the county's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) and provided a condensed incident command system (ICS) briefing for commissioners during the June 11 Board of County Commissioners work session.
Brandon Sheeny, coordinator and project lead for the CEMP update, told the board the plan is both strategic and operational and is required by the Washington State Emergency Management Division to maintain eligibility for preparedness grants. Sheeny said the county sought to make the plan more actionable for departments and stakeholders and to incorporate an updated threat and hazard risk assessment. "It is a plan that we are required by state law to develop and maintain," Sheeny…
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