Keep yourself, your family, and your home safe.
Follow these 4 steps to prepare your family.
Sign up for emergency alerts.
Opt in to receive alerts at:
Make an emergency plan.
Check out these tools:
- Make a plan—ready.gov.
- Prepare in a year—Washington Emergency Management Division.
Have at least 2 weeks of supplies ready.
These lists can help:
- Build a kit—ready.gov.
- Bucket list—Pierce County.
Know the hazards where you live, work, and play.
Learn more at:
- Know your hazards—Pierce County.
- Geological map—Washington Department of Natural Resources.
These resources help you include the whole family in emergency planning.
Our role
- How we prepare for and respond to emergencies.
- Work with healthcare, government and community agencies to identify and plan for local hazards,
- Create response plans for our county.
- Help develop regional, state, and federal response plans.
- Regularly test emergency notification systems.
- Conduct readiness drills and exercises several times a year.
- Coordinate the response work of community partners and other agencies.
- Oversee public health and sanitation.
- Conduct food and water inspections.
- Control the spread of disease.
- Share information and keep partners up to date.
After-action reports
- COVID-19 after-action report. (March 2023)
- Heatwave Havoc Tabletop Exercise. (July 2025)
Local emergency management agencies and partners
- Washington State Department of Health.
- Pierce County.
- West Pierce Emergency Management Coalition
- East Pierce Interlocal Coalition for Emergency Management (EPIC).
- Bonney Lake.
- Puyallup.
- Tacoma.
- Northwest Healthcare Response Network.
- Pierce County Medical Reserve Corps.
Questions?
Contact:
- Chelsey Bell.
- Frank Foresman.
- Jessica Price.
- Diane Evans—Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator (253) 649-1415.