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Emergency management seeks outside contractor to compile after-action report on recent hazardous-materials incident
Summary
County emergency-management staff proposed an RFP to create a local after-action report focused on dispatch-to-first-48-hours response actions and recommended corrective steps; the board asked staff to estimate costs and funding sources before approving contracting.
Scott Nees, emergency-management director, told commissioners the county will solicit proposals to develop an after-action report that focuses on local responders’ actions from dispatch through the first 24–48 hours following a recent large hazardous-materials release.
Nees said outside federal and state reviews (L&I and the Chemical Safety Board) will examine causes and worker injuries, but county leaders need an integrated examination of multi‑agency local response, gaps in coordination and actionable corrective items. ‘‘What we’re specifically looking for is the actions of the local responders. How can that be improved? What did we do right? What did we do wrong?’’ he said.
Commissioners agreed to seek a cost estimate and identify funding streams before authorizing contract awards; Nees said the scope includes multiple fire departments, hospitals, EMS providers, the sheriff’s office, ecology and state emergency-management partners, which makes the work too large for an internal-only effort.
Nees said a goal of the consultant-led review is to produce corrective-action recommendations the county can implement to improve response to mass-casualty hazardous-materials events.
