Comprehensive Emergency
Management Plan
The Grant County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
or CEMP is the plan which addresses the functional
categories of managing emergencies or disasters in Grant
County. The Basic Plan and Emergency Support Functions (ESFs)
are currently being updated and revised to include
changes consistent with the National Response Plan, 2006
revision and to include the National Incident Management
System (NIMS) concepts.
The CEMP includes comprehensive guidance for what
the response agencies may provide and conduct before,
during and after an emergency or disaster in Grant
County. Among the Emergency Management field, an
emergency is an event involving shortages of time and
resources that require a response beyond routine
resources. A disaster is an event in which a community’s
available resources are expended and the community
undergoes danger including losses such that the social
or economic structure is disrupted and some or all of
the community’s essential functions are prevented. The
Grant County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan may
be initiated for both situations. The local
agencies/organizations will endeavor to make every
reasonable effort to respond in the event of an
emergency or disaster. However, local resources and
operations may be overwhelmed. The responsibilities and
tenets outlined in these plans will be fulfilled only if
the situation, information exchange, extent of actual
agency capabilities and resources are available. There
is no guarantee implied by this plan that a perfect
response to emergency or disaster incidents will be
practical or possible.
There are several ESFs
within the plan which guide, in general, the response
agencies, and a single function, or multiple functions
may be implemented for one disaster or emergency.
Click on the links below to view each
topic. PDF Files
The Emergency Support Functions and
other sections of the plan will be made available for
review as the drafts are prepared. As part of the public
review process, we invite you to review the drafts and
make comments and inquiries. Please send your comments
and questions to the Grant County Department of
Emergency Management at: sduffey@co.grant.wa.us
and we will be available to respond to you.
Thank you for your interest in Emergency
Management planning!
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