Chelan County Emergency Management

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The following are examples of the projects Chelan County Emergency Management is involved in:

First Responder Training Courses

Chelan County is actively immersed in providing a variety of training courses to the responders in Chelan County. We are striving to provide a variety of use full and well presented courses hosted here in Chelan County. Our goal is to provide the opportunity for responders to attend local training that meets national criteria and is worth their valuable time to attend.

Regional Resource Directory

We are in the process of trying to compile a comprehensive list of contacts and resources in a single place. Currently most lists are function specific, but not combined and updated at different intervals. The goal is to have one list that is maintained on a specified schedule.

Upgrade of Chelan County HydroMet System

Chelan County Emergency Management owns and operates approximately a dozen weather data sites throughout Chelan County. As this equipment is now beginning to show its age, we are in the process of upgrading the equipment. In a joint effort between Chelan County, the US Forest Service, and the National Weather Service we have installed two new weather stations and acquired new data logging software. We are in the process of implementing the new software and integrating this on our website for real time weather.

Upgrade of responder two way radios

The largest focus of Homeland Security Money on Chelan County has been towards interoperability. Interoperability is the insurance that all responders can communicate with each other. Chelan County has made major strides towards this with the acquisition of portable and mobile radios for the county's responders.

Citizen Corps Program

With the events of September 11, 2001 President George W. Bush called for the citizens of the United States to become involved. The mechanism that was created to handle these volunteers is referred to as Citizen Corps. The Chelan County Sheriff's Citizen Corps, incorporating existing volunteers, was created in 2004.

Grant Management

Everyone has heard of the infamous Homeland Security Grants. Regardless of what your knowledge may be of these, they are very complex and specific on how they can be utilized. To remain in complete compliance it requires a large amount of time and paperwork. Well, lucky us, we are the agency that administers all Homeland Security Grants in Chelan County.

Local Emergency Planning Committees

This is a primary function that provides a connection between responders, industry, and the community. Chelan County is proud to be the site of the 2004 and 2005 State LEPC Workshop. For more information, please see of LEPC information page.

WebEOC

WebEOC is an electronic Resource Management system for tracking resources and sharing information instantly across a large geographic area. Chelan County, along with Homeland Security Region 7, has implemented this system to share information with participating agencies and our neighbor jurisdictions.

Tactical Communications

12/28/2010