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National Response Framework

Recognizes the importance of mutual aidEncourages the development of mutual aid agreements :

At State Level; At intrastate level; International; and, Even among NGO’s and private entities.

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2001: EMAC Passed by the Legislature First deployment of EMD staff under EMAC to NYC post 9/11.

2003: Washington Becomes the National Coordination Group (NCG) for EMAC Dispatches resources to the East Coast in response to Hurricane

Isabel. Dispatches resources to Florida for Hurricanes Charlie, Francis, and

Ivan. EMD establishes a record as the NCG to work the most hurricanes in

a year.

Washington’s Experience with Mutual Aid (EMAC)

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2007 EMD’s first and only EMAC resource request is for a DC-10 retardant

bomber from California Department of Forestry to fight an eastern Washington wildfire.

EMD dispatches 12 Type I and Type III engine strike teams to fight a fire storm in Southern California.

Washington’s Experience with Mutual Aid (EMAC)

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The brain child of an EMD Director (Hugh Fowler)Passed by Congress as PL105-381 in 1998Governance structure operates under WREMAC.Annex B introduced in 2003 to provide an operating

system for PNEMAAnnex B = the language of EMAC slightly changed for an

international application

Washington’s Experience with Mutual Aid (PNEMA)

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Annex B signed by Premiers and Governors in 2006-2007.

“EMAC Lite” – Uses EMAC procedures.

Members include AK, BC, ID, OR, WA, YK.

First used in Evergreen Quake 2012

Washington’s Experience with Mutual Aid (PNEMA)

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2004 NEMA adopted model intrastate mutual aid

legislation.2006-2010

WSEMA leadership alternately supported then opposed model legislation.

2010 Washington Association of Building Officials

(WABO) used NEMA model to craft mutual aid legislation applying only to the building industry.

WABO introduced legislation to the 2011 session.

Intrastate Mutual Aid

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Intrastate Mutual Aid

2010 A group of Puget Sound EM Directors decided that intrastate mutual

aid was an idea whose time had come 2011

The Directors had no lobbyist The Directors had no public safety association support Representative Deb Eddy introduced the model legislation into the

House The legislation passed both houses unanimously The WABO bill also passed both houses unanimously, but the

Governor vetoed only the committee language in the bill

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Implementing Intrastate Mutual Aid

Then we… Wrote the WAMAC (Washington Mutual Aid Compact) Operations

Manual Wrote the Governance Protocols Appointed the Governance Committee

EMD Director Four Members from the State’s Emergency Management Council

Now we need to train and exercise… Create Mutual Aid Systems Course? Train local jurisdictions? Develop exercises with WAMAC scenarios?

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While EMD generally does not have any agreements with non-governmental organizations, it does work cooperatively with them.

EMD has an MOU with Puget Sound Energy that came about as a result of the 2006 Wind Storm Event.

The Association of Washington Business has 3 representatives assigned to the State EOC.

NGO’s And Private Entities

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