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6402-00. Office of Emergency Management

 Record Group
Identifier: 6402-00
In the late 1980s, the Mayor’s Office began to emphasize the importance of emergency management, resulting in the establishment of the Office of Emergency Services. Created as part of the Seattle Fire Department, the renamed Office of Emergency Management (OEM) transferred to the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) in 1991. When DAS was absorbed into other city departments, OEM moved to the Seattle Police Department, where it remains today. OEM’s purpose is "to establish a disaster preparedness program for the City; to coordinate all city agencies and other jurisdictions in response to catastrophic events; and to recover from and mitigate loss of properties and lives of citizens."
Creator: Seattle (Wash.). Office of Emergency Management

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Emergency Operations Center Activation Records

 Series
Identifier: 6402-01
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...
Dates: 1993-1996

Emergency Management Exercises Records

 Series
Identifier: 6402-02
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1991-2000

Disaster Management Committee Records

 Series
Identifier: 6402-03
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1991-2001

Emergency Management Special Projects Records

 Series
Identifier: 6402-04
Abstract

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

Dates: 1997-2004

Placeholder text The Seattle Municipal Archives holdings document the history, development, and activities of the agencies and elected officials of the City of Seattle. Descriptions of selected records are also available through the Library of Congress National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections and through Archives West.

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