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Washington County Emergency Response Workshop
August 29 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
A free interactive workshop about emergency response and serving the community during a disaster
Washington County is a hosting a free interactive workshop on August 29th from 9am-12pm focused on the County’s emergency response procedure and gathering community insight on ways the County can partner with CBOs to serve the community during a disaster. This workshop will discuss response, collaboration, and coordination following the Cascadia earthquake as well as in response to more frequent emergencies like heat domes, severe winter weather, and wildfires.
This training will contain:
· Educational presentations
· Discussion based mini exercises
· Collaborative brainstorming and problem solving
Simultaneous interpretation and group discussion will be available in Spanish.
This training is part of a larger exercise called IronOR 24. Organizations who participate in this workshop have the opportunity to simulate response coordination with the County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on October 29th. More information about this activity will be shared during the August workshop.
