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The Disaster Management Committee was made up of representatives from multiple city departments, including Engineering, City Light, Parks, Law, Police, and Fire. The committee worked on various issues related to the city's disaster preparedness, including equipment, preparedness exercises, communications, supplies, and training. These records document the committee's discussions and recommendations.

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Evaluation reports, correspondence, administrative documents and 1.44 MB hard disks recording the exercises. The files date from 1991 to 2000. Subjects include Soundshake 95 (a county-wide earthquake drill), Seattle Disaster Aid and Response Teams neighborhood drills from 1996, and 1998 and 2000 Weapons of Mass Destruction response drills.

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Records related to programs, projects, and events of the Office of Emergency Management.

Scope and Contents note Correspondence, newspaper articles, reports and proclamations relating to different situations in which the EOC took action. The files date from 1993-1996 and are organized by date. Subjects include: Denny Regrade vault fire and resulting power outage; the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit, attended by many foreign heads of state, along with U.S. President Bill Clinton; major wind storms; the 1996 earthquake and the 1996 heavy snowstorm. Also included are notes and reports from a...

Abstract

Administrative records from Seattle's Emergency Operations Center.