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Assistant police chief urges approval of coalition emergency plan to preserve FEMA aid eligibility
Summary
Assistant Police Chief presented the West Pierce Emergency Management Coalition’s planning work and warned that without the state- and FEMA-approved comprehensive emergency plan the city could lose eligibility for FEMA disaster assistance.
Assistant Police Chief (speaking to the Public Safety Advisory Committee) outlined the West Pierce Emergency Management Coalition’s five‑year emergency‑planning cycle and urged the committee to support completion and state/FEMA approval of the plans.
The coalition — a joint effort among Lakewood, University Place and West Pierce Fire — has created shared staffing and planning to cover about 100,000 residents, the chief said, and now provides full‑time personnel to write the required documents. “If we don’t have this approved, if a disaster…
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