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Emergency
Management at TVF&R
The
goal of Emergency Management is to prevent or lessen the impacts of
natural or human-caused disasters. Be it an earthquake,
flood, winter storm, or other major emergency, Emergency
Management is responsible for ensuring that District staff and firefighters
are trained and ready to respond. Emergency Management also helps coordinate training exercises
for the District's chief officers
and Incident Management Team members
and oversees the District's Fire
Operations Center which may be activated during a major
emergency. The Fire District's Emergency Manager is a member of
Washington County's Office of Consolidated
Emergency Management (OCEM), which TVF&R hosts at its
administrative headquarters. The
District also provides emergency management support to the cities it
protects in Clackamas
County. In both Counties, TVF&R Emergency Management works
closely with other emergency response and support agencies, including
law enforcement, public works, and amateur
radio.
Emergency management operates
through four phases:
In
addition to training our own personnel, Emergency Managers also work
closely with other local and state
public agencies in an effort coordinate response plans and
tactics. Recent major efforts have included
Metro Shake, a region-wide earthquake exercise in April 2001 which
tested the plans and procedures of over 60 public and private
organizations,
Quakex,
a statewide exercise in April 2003,
Red Rose 2, a regional terrorism exercise in May 2004, and Tipoff,
a regional terrorism exercises in June 2006. This year's
events include
joint training and an exercise with elements of the Oregon Army
National Guard's 141st Brigade Support Battalion in March, and a
large exercise at Maryville Nursing Home in May. In addition, TVF&R will be an active
participant in the large federal TOPOFF exercise in October 2007,
involving much of the Metro region.
Emergency Management also
lends expertise to local businesses,
hospitals,
schools, senior centers, and
other organizations that want to develop emergency plans and procedures.
Emergency Management personnel participate in community events,
safety fairs, and speaking presentations in an effort to inform our citizens about emergency preparedness issues.
Emergency management training and education
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