Pierce County ALERT Receive emergency notifications via phone, e-mail, fax, or text message: www.piercecountywa.org
Pierce County
Emergency Operations Center Address: 930 Tacoma Avenue S
County-City Building (Room B-36), Tacoma, WA
Contact: (253) 798-7470
Bonney Lake Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) Address: East Pierce Fire & Rescue Public Safety Building
18421 Sumner-Buckley Hwy E
Bonney Lake, WA
Contact: (253) 863-1800
We live in a world that faces a variety of threats – both natural and man-made. Disasters are becoming a more frequent occurrence. Will we have to deal with the potential of floods, severe storms, wildfires, an eruption of Mount Rainier and resulting lahar, earthquake, biological agents, chemicals, suicide bombings, or cyberspace attacks? Not knowing the hows, whens and ifs can keep us on edge, even if it is not something we think about every day.
The City of Bonney Lake has a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan in place that aims to develop citizen self-sufficiency, develop first responder capabilities, have a plan to guide organizational behavior in an emergency or disaster, and creates an atmosphere of interagency cooperation.
Resources
Use the links and downloadable materials to help you get prepared.
Pierce County ALERT Sign up to receive emergency notifications and community alerts for your area from the County on your land line, cell phone, PDA, pager, e-mail or fax through the Pierce County ALERT system.
Emergency Shelters
When an emergency has been declared, the Bonney Lake Senior Center is designated as an emergency shelter (read about the Use of the Senior Center for Disaster) for those without other means of shelter.
Federal Emergency Management Agency The FEMA site offers useful information to assist in planning for all types of emergencies, including fires, floods, volcanos, pandemic flu, storms and more. www.ready.gov www.fema.gov/plan/index.shtm
Pierce County Emergency Management Find up-to-date emergency management information and resources for Pierce County, Washington. The Department of Emergency Management works to create sustainable communities and enhance public safety by empowering all who work, govern, live in and visit Pierce County to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all types of hazards, emergencies and disasters. www.piercecountywa.org/
American Red Cross – Make a Plan Disaster can strike quickly and without warning: Make a plan. Visit this site to get started on your family's preparedness plan. www.redcross.org/
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