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Employee Emergency Information

This emergency information is to be used by King County Solid Waste Division staff in the event of a regional disaster or major incident. Definitions and instructions for check-in, site evacuation and reporting are presented below.

In all cases protect life, then property.

Definitions

A regional disaster or major incident is defined as:

• Earthquake that can be felt (5.0 or higher)
• Snowfall greater than six inches
• Storm with winds in excess of 70 mph

Check-In

If you are at home and want to know the status of your work group or work site, call 206-296-6633 or 206-205-1188. You will get a recorded message with emergency information regarding your work reporting status.

If you are at work, check in with your work group. Individuals designated at the time of the emergency (see list that follows) should then contact the Cedar Hills front desk and inform them of each work group’s status using the numbers or systems identified below, as appropriate.

• 206-296-4490 (all personnel)
• 800-MHz radio (as applicable)
• Nextel radio (as applicable)

King Street Center Staff: Designate one person in each group to call the Cedar Hills front desk.

Transfer Station Staff: Designate one person from each site to call the Cedar Hills front desk.

Truck Drivers: Call in status and road conditions to the Transportation Lead.

Transportation Lead: Relay road information to the Cedar Hills front desk.

Cedar Hills Operations Staff: Designate one person from each work group to check in with the front desk.

Site Evacuation

If site evacuation is necessary, refer to the evacuation maps posted at every site. Report all facility closures to the Cedar Hills front desk.

Cedar Hills and Transfer Station Operations Staff

If you must leave the site, post the names of all staff, their destinations and time of departure in the scale house window. If the scale house is too damaged, post a note in a cone on the inbound scale or other obvious location near the gate.

King Street Center Staff

Evacuate the King Street Center according to the procedures provided in the King Street Evacuation Procedures (pdf, 182k).

Essential Personnel

All Solid Waste Division employees are essential. Staff may be assigned to work outside their normal duties in order to assist in response and/or recovery efforts. Refer to the list of essential personnel to find your emergency reporting designation.

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