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WABO Emergency Management
___________________________________________________________________ WABO’s Emergency Management committee has been working since 2011 to help establish Washington State’s building safety responder program. Through their efforts WAsafe (WAshington Safety Assessment of Facilities Evaluators) was formed. WAsafe is a coalition comprised of WABO, SEAW, AIA Washington, and ASCE - Seattle Section whose mission is to train, enroll, and aid in the dispatch of volunteer building safety evaluators to help local building officials in Washington respond to disasters.
Through a historic cooperative effort between WA State Emergency Management Division (EMD) and WAsafe a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been established. The MOU formally recognizes WAsafe as a resource the State can (and presumably, will) call upon to send volunteers to areas /jurisdictions affected by disasters. The MOU also establishes EMD’s central role in coordination of distribution of resources (volunteers) and WAsafe’s responsibility to maintain emergency response coordinators and continued training for agencies and WAsafe volunteers. WAsafe - EMD Memorandum of Understanding
Interested in joining the network of professionals trained as WAsafe volunteers, ready to respond to communities in need across the state? For details on how to enroll as a WAsafe volunteer and to see minimum qualifications, please click here. WAsafe Deployment ProceduresWAsafe Operations Manual
___________________________________________________________________ Emergency Management Committee Presentation ______________________________________ 2016 WASafe Presentation "Safety Assessment Facility Evaluators"
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Washington Association of Building Officials
PO Box 7310 Olympia, WA 98507
Phone: (360) 628-8669
Email: [email protected]
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