EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTION 4

							EMERGENCY SUPPORT
    FUNCTION 4
    Firefighting
Joint Primary Agencies
                         ESF 4
                      Firefighting


•Per RCW 76.04, DNR has the authority
 to take charge of and direct the work of
 suppressing forest fires.
•DNR has the responsibility for wildland
 fire suppression on 12.7 million acres of
 state and privately owned forest land.
                      ESF 4
                   Firefighting


•The Chief of WSP has the responsibility
 to mobilize jurisdictions under Chapter
 38.54 RCW, State Fire Services
 Mobilization.
•The State Fire Marshall is the fire
 resources coordinator when fire
 mobilization is authorized.
                         ESF 4
                      Firefighting



• DNR coordinates the wildland firefighting
  efforts by providing:
Crews
Crews
Equipment
Equipment
Supplies
Aircraft
Aircraft
Contract Resources
Contract Resources
Overhead Personnel
Overhead - WIIMT #1
Incident Command System
                         ESF 4
                      Firefighting

• 9 Support Agencies:
  – Washington State Conservation Commission
  – Dept. of Corrections
  – Dept. of Ecology
  – Office of Financial Management
  – Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
                         ESF 4
                      Firefighting

• 9 Support Agencies:
  – Emergency Management Division
  – National Guard
  – Parks and Recreation Commission
  – Dept. of Transportation
Washington State
       Conservation Commission

  • ESF 4 Support Agency Expectations:
      – Conservation Commission
          • Provide outreach to the Agricultural Community
• ESF 4 Support Agency Expectations:
  – Department of Corrections
    • Provide 10 person crews for fireline and base
      camp assistance
    • Provide trained enforcement officers to accompany
      crews
• ESF 4 Support Agency Expectations:
  – Department of Ecology
    • Provide information regarding air monitoring
    • Provide 24 hour response to any oil or hazardous
      substance incident
  Office of Financial Management



• ESF 4 Support Agency Expectations:
  – Office of Financial Management
    • Coordinate requests for funding mitigation
      activities
    • Distribute FEMA funds, if made available
• ESF 4 Support Agency Expectations:
 -Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

  •Provide enforcement officers for traffic control
  and communications
  •Access to water sources
  •Provide flatbed trucks and 4-wheel drive
  vehicles
• ESF 4 Support Agency Expectations:
  – Emergency Management Division
    • Provide after hours phone coverage
    • May request EMAC assistance if needed
    • Provide liaison officers to DNR ECC, if needed
• ESF 4 Support Agency Expectations:
  – National Guard
    • Provide fireline suppression crews and
      helicopters, if available
• ESF 4 Support Agency Expectations:
    -Parks and Recreation Commission
             •Equipment and personnel, if
             available
          •Facilities to support suppression
          resources
• ESF 4 Support Agency Expectations:
  – Department of Transportation
     • Close state highways if hazardous
       conditions exist
     • Provide traffic warning signs
• If the Governor declares an emergency
  DNR may be able to provide:
  – Overhead resources, i.e. Incident
    Management Teams
  – Equipment, i.e. engine with crew, generators
  – Crews
QUESTIONS?

Jennifer C. Bammert
Emergency Response Coordinator
Dept. of Natural Resources
360-902-1746