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Emergency manager outlines EOC planning, FEMA training and school reunification concerns
Summary
Emergency management staff described a draft Emergency Coordination Group, plans to require basic FEMA ICS training for city staff, outreach materials for earthquake/tsunami preparedness, volunteer credentialing needs, South Station occupancy targeted for April, and school reunification/evacuation problems that prompted a move of the assembly site to the municipal airport.
Mike Mandela, the city—s emergency management lead, gave a wide-ranging briefing to the Public Safety Committee on Jan. 20 covering emergency operations planning, training and school safety.
Mandela said he drafted an 'Ocean Shores Emergency Coordination Group' as an interim structure until a formal Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is established; the draft sets out who should be involved in decisions and how the mayor and senior staff would be briefed during a significant emergency.
He described local work following December storms, including twice-daily patrols of approaches to the beach, daily conference calls with Grays Harbor County Office of Emergency Management and meteorologists, and the city—s 'very, very, very lucky' outcome in avoiding major damage.
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