STATE AGENCY LIAISONS (SALs)

(Including AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS, OFFICES and OTHERS)


Purpose

State Agency Liaisons (SALs) act as an intermediary for their agency and the WA State Military Department, Emergency Management Division (EMD). SALs provide EMD a state agency point of contact during disasters, emergency events, and other emergency issues.

Expectations

A critical task for each state agency director is to designate a primary and alternate SAL. During a state emergency or disaster, an EMD State Emergency Operations Officer will contact the primary or alternate SAL when needed in the State Emergency Operations Center.

Each SAL should:

  • Know their agency’s mission.
  • Know their agency’s capabilities.
  • Have a detailed knowledge of their agency’s emergency management program.
  • Know their agency’s policies and procedures.
  • Know what resources their agency has and how to access them.
  • Have the authority to act on their agency’s behalf.

SAL Duties and Responsibilities (Word)
Example of an Appointment Letter for SALs (Word)

SALs meet every other month beginning in January. Current SALs may refer to the page for past meeting agendas and meeting materials. These materials will be available online for one year after the meeting date.

Washington State Agencies Represented

  • Administrative Office of the Courts
  • American Red Cross (Volunteer Agency)
  • Attorney General's Office
  • Consolidated Technology Services
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Corrections
  • Department of Ecology
  • Department of Employment Security
  • Department of Enterprise Services
  • Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Department of Health
  • Department of Information Services
  • Department of Labor & Industries
  • Department of Licensing
  • Department of Natural Resources
  • Department of Retirement Services
  • Department of Revenue
  • Department of Social & Health Services
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Emergency Management Division
  • FEMA Region X (Federal Agency)
  • Governor's Office of Indian Affairs
  • Health Care Authority
  • Liquor Control Board
  • Lt. Governor's Office
  • Office of Financial Management
  • Office of Insurance Commissioners
  • Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
  • Secretary of State's Office
  • State Auditor's Office
  • State Gambling Commission
  • Utility Transportation Commission
  • Washington Information Network (WIN 2-1-1)
  • Washington Military Department
  • Washington State Conservation Commission
  • Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
  • Washington State Patrol
  • Washington Citizen Corps
  • US Army Corps of Engineers (Federal Agency)

For additional information contact:

Jim Hutchinson or Sandy Bigelow, State Agency Liaison Coordinators
WA State Military Dept., Emergency Management Division
Phone:  253.512.7120 or 253.512.7053  
Email: j.hutchinson@emd.wa.gov or s.bigelow@emd.wa.gov

Past Meeting Documents

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