Business Emergency Operations Center — Washington Military Department (December 10, 2024)
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Slides from the Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division on the Business Emergency Operations Center (BEOC), for the House Innovation, Community & Economic Development, and Veterans Committee, December 10, 2024, listing Robert Ezelle, Director, and Tristan Allen, Cybersecurity, Private Sector, and Infrastructure Section Manager. The slides describe the BEOC as sharing information and coordinating resources with private sector partners during disaster response operations. Listed use cases include providing trucking companies with waivers, coordinating housing aid to residents displaced from short-term rental marketplaces, and facilitating access to wildfire impacted areas for telecommunication providers.
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
Business Emergency Operations Center
(BEOC)
Presentation to the House Innovation, Community & Economic
Development, and Veterans Committee
December 10, 2024
Robert Ezelle
Director, Emergency Management Division
Washington Military Department
Tristan Allen
Cybersecurity, Private Sector, and Infrastructure Section Manager
Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
Business Emergency Operations
Center (BEOC)
Sharing information and coordinating resources with
private sector partners during disaster response
operations
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
WA EMD - Infrastructure & Industry Section
Cybersecurity Critical Infrastructure Public-Private Collaboration
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
The Partnership Imperative
Government Functions
and Services
Businesses
Whole of
Community
Response and
Critical Infrastructure Recovery
Community and Faith-
Based Organizations
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
Opportunities to Collaborate
Focus Area Small Businesses Large Corporations
Preparedness • Business continuity training • Joint exercises with government
emergency management
entities
• Information sharing • Information sharing
• Access and Re-Entry • Access and Re-Entry
Response coordination coordination
• Resource coordination
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
Information Sharing and
Resource Coordination
Multiple levels of private sector coordination
by jurisdiction:
• FEMA’s National Business Emergency
Operations Center (NBEOC)
• WA State Business Emergency Operations
Center (BEOC)
• County or city coordination with
businesses
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
WA State Business Emergency Operations Center
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
BEOC Use Cases
• Provide trucking companies with waivers (weigh limits, delivery curfews)
• Coordinate housing aid to displaced residents from short-term rental
marketplaces
• Facilitate access to wildfire impacted areas for telecommunication
providers
• COVID-19: Coordinate re-tooling of manufacturing equipment to create
critical medical supplies
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
Business
Requests
Registration
Business Business Re-Entry (BRE)
Registration System
Emergency
EMD
Management
Approves
Division
Registration
(EMD)
BRE Registration EMD Business
Database (EMD Distributes Responders with
Maintains) BRE Cards BRE Cards
Local Disaster
Government Local IC Area
Incident Decides
Command Access
(IC)
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
Supply Chain Resilience for Critical Commodities
Groceries
Manufacturing Fuel
Raw resources Distribution Retail
and processing
Pharmaceuticals
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
Summary
Washington Business Emergency Operations Center facilitates
public/private collaboration during disasters to:
• Restore critical infrastructure
• Coordinate response priorities and actions
• Share critical response information
• Facilitate access and re-entry for business responders
• Stabilize critical supply chains
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division
Questions?
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