Archive for 'Emergency preparedness'
Seattle continues response to winter storm
With temperatures below freezing and more winter weather in the forecast, Mayor Mike McGinn activated Seattle’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) this morning. The EOC will remain open as needed to monitor weather conditions and provide support and coordination with city departments. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has 18 trucks out to[More]
Posted: January 16th, 2012 under Emergency preparedness.
City and County work together to prepare for emergencies
Last week the City entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with King County and other local governments that lays out a framework for inter-agency collaboration during an emergency. The MOU will help us make sure people know exactly what to do to remain safe in an emergency, with no mixed messages.[More]
Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Emergency preparedness, Mayor McGinn, Public Safety.
Tags: emergency preparedness, public safety
Winter is coming, Seattle is preparing
With winter storm plans readied, salt stockpiled and equipment prepped, Mayor Mike McGinn today announced the City of Seattle is preparing for another season of La Nina winter weather. Today we unveiled the City’s new Winter Weather Response webpage, which allows residents to track where plows have been and check current street[More]
Posted: November 9th, 2011 under Emergency preparedness, Mayor McGinn.
Seattle City Light is preparing for La Nina
With weather experts predicting another colder, wetter, La Nina winter, Mayor Mike McGinn encouraged people today to prepare for weather-related emergencies, outlined how residents can help the City respond to power outages and updated the public on how Seattle City Light is preparing for winter storms. [caption id="attachment_6192" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Mayor McGinn[More]
Posted: November 2nd, 2011 under Emergency preparedness, Mayor McGinn.
Tags: emergency, wind, winter storms
New weather tool developed with Cliff Mass will help Seattle prepare for storms
Today Mayor McGinn announced a new tool called Seattle RainWatch to track storms and forecast rain and snow at the neighborhood level. The new online tool — http://www.atmos.washington.edu/SPU — was developed with the University of Washington. A similar online tool, SnowWatch, will be used and refined this winter, with the goal of[More]
Posted: October 24th, 2011 under Emergency preparedness, Mayor McGinn.
Making emergency plans for you and your family
The devastation caused by recent earthquakes in New Zealand and in Japan remind us of the need to be prepared for emergencies here in Seattle. While we have not seen any health risk here from the nuclear event in Japan, we know that the Pacific Northwest region faces several threats, particularly from[More]
Posted: March 16th, 2011 under Emergency preparedness, Mayor McGinn.
Statement on tragedy in Japan
Our hearts go out to the Japanese people dealing with this tremendous disaster. Seattle has strong historic ties with Japan, through our sister city relationship with Kobe, our local Japan America Society of the State of Washington, many Japanese-affiliated organizations, and our own Seattle residents with family and friends in Japan. In[More]
Posted: March 11th, 2011 under Emergency preparedness, Mayor McGinn.
Emergency Operations Center to de-activate 8:00 a.m. Thursday morning
The City of Seattle Emergency Operations Center is de-activating at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will continue to provide snow and ice removal operations where necessary. Snow is predicted to taper off by late afternoon with temperatures dropping overnight. Seattle Parks and Recreation is following[More]
Posted: February 24th, 2011 under Emergency preparedness, Mayor McGinn.
Emergency Operations Center Opens at 5 a.m. Thursday morning
The City of Seattle Emergency Operations Center is activated this morning to coordinate the City’s snow response and monitor the impact of overnight snowfall on this morning’s commute. The National Weather Service is predicting an accumulation of one to two more inches of snow in Seattle up until 4 p.m. today. As[More]
Posted: February 24th, 2011 under Emergency preparedness, Mayor McGinn.
Emergency Operations Center to activate 5 a.m. Thursday morning
The City of Seattle Emergency Operations Center has released information on the snow event response and is de-activating at 7:15 p.m. The Emergency Operations Center will re-activate 5 a.m to monitor the morning commute and coordinate the City’s response to the snow event. The Seattle Department of Transportation will continue to operate[More]
Posted: February 23rd, 2011 under Emergency preparedness, Mayor McGinn.