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Practicum Methods And Research: East County Fire & Rescue Eop Scope, Kyle Henderson Apr 2017

Practicum Methods And Research: East County Fire & Rescue Eop Scope, Kyle Henderson

CUP Undergraduate Research

East County Fire & Rescue (ECFR) operates in and around the city of Camas, Washington. This small fire and rescue entity is tasked with a plethora of daily responsibility ranging from medical emergencies to forested emergency issues. Because ECFR is tucked in with Vancouver Fire & Rescue as well as the Camas Fire Department, they are reliant upon each other in emergency situations to carry out mitigation, response, reaction and recovery strategies. Having a detailed Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) that includes hazards analysis, capabilities assessments and other concepts of operations is essential to having every operating entity on the same …