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The
Department of Emergency Management (DEM)
is the emergency management
office for Island County. DEM works directly with the Washington
State Emergency Management Division (EMD) and the State Homeland
Security Region 1 which includes Island, San Juan, Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish Counties.
OUR
MISSION:
The DEM
is responsible for emergency management within Island County to
include planning and coordinating actions for the preparedness, mitigation,
response, and recovery from natural and man-caused emergencies
and disasters. DEM provides hazard information, coordinates
and provides emergency training for county residents and first
responders. DEM also operates the county Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) when it is activated.
Click here to learn how you can receive weather and emergency alerts through your cell phone, email, or landline from mystateusa.com.
Click here for more information on Emergency Management.
ISLAND COUNTY DEM CONTACT INFORMATION:
ALL
LIFE, ENVIRONMENT, AND PROPERTY EMERGENCIES SHOULD BE FIRST REPORTED TO 911.
DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE NOTIFIED OF INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES.
You
may contact DEM through any of the following numbers or media.
Voice mail is available if we are out of the office.
Normal office hours: Mon-Fri 8:00-4:30pm, call before you come to make sure someone is available.
Telephone
(South Whidbey and Camano, toll free):
From North Whidbey Island:
(360) 679-7370
From South Whidbey Island:
(360) 321-5112...x 7370
From Camano ISland:
(360) 629-4523...x 7370
FAX:
(360) 679-7376
Postal
Address:
P.O. Box 5000
Coupeville,
WA 98239-5000
Electronic
Mail:
dem@co.island.wa.us
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