Pierce County All-Hazards
Incident Management
Team (PCAHIMT)
PCAHIMT- History
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Formed in 2003
By-laws formerly adopted in 2005
Cooperative effort of numerous
organizations in Pierce County
PCAHIMT is a Type 3 Team
Formal Adoption of a Team
Guide/Handbook in 2012
Current AHIMT Agency
Members
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PC DEM (7)
Tacoma Police (3)
Tacoma Fire (3)
Puyallup Police (3)
CPF&R (2)
Gig Harbor Fire (2)
PCSD (4)
Fife Police (1)
Port of Tacoma (1)
Lakewood Police (1)
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Steilacoom Dept. of
Public Safety (1)
EPF&R (1)
Key Peninsula Fire (1)
Buckley Fire (1)
Browns PT/Dash PT
Fire (1)
WA DOL (1)
WPF&R (1)
Pierce Transit (1)
Retired Citizens (2)
State-Wide Look At IMT
Teams
PC AHIMT Oversight
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Currently governed
by an oversight
board.
The oversight board
is comprised of
both voting and
non-voting
members.
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The oversight board
is: Incident
Commanders (4),
PCSD Rep (1),
PCPCA (1), PCFCA
(1), and PC DEM
(1)
PC AHIMT Current Team
Incident Commanders
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Tom Miner, Retired PCSD & PC DEM
Lt. Mark Feddersen, Tacoma PD
Capt. Scott Engle, Puyallup PD
BC Wayne Garden, CPF&R
PC AHIMT Current
Oversight Board Members
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Tom Miner, IC
Mark Feddersen, IC
Scott Engle, IC
Wayne Garden, IC
Jerry Lawrence,
PCSD Rep.
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Gary McVay, PCFCA
Rep.
Ken Parrish, PC
DEM Rep.
VACANT, PCPCA
Rep.
Where or When Could A
Type 3 AHIMT Be Used:
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Natural Disasters
Special Events
Terrorism Incidents
Mass Casualty
Incidents
Large Multiple
Operational Period
Incidents
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Examples:
Earthquakes
Floods
Wildland Fires
Train Derailments
Hostage Incident
Hazmat Incident
Health Epidemic
Where Has the PCAHIMT
Been Used So Far
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Flood events of 2009
Officer Down Services- Lakewood &
PCSD
Snohomish County EOC for Jayme
Biendl funeral services
Position specific expertise (Planning
Section Chief, Etc)
How to Activate the
PCAHIMT
Call the Pierce
County DEM Duty
Officer at
253-798-7470
The Design of the
PCAHIMT
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PCAHIMT is not intended to come in
and take over!
PCAHIMT is not intended to subvert
local knowledge and expertise!
PCAHIMT is a RESOURCE for you!
The Design of the
PCAHIMT
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PCAHIMT is a team comprised of many
jurisdictions from throughout the
county which = COOPERATION
PCAHIMT is a vehicle for all agencies
in the county to work together during
a significant critical event
The Design of the
PCAHIMT
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In a day of budget tightening and ever
scarce resources, PCAHIMT is a HELP
to you and your organization
The Benefits of the
PCAHIMT for ALL OF US
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Build respect and
understanding between
agencies and
disciplines
Improve
communications and
relationships countywide across all
disciplines
Allows your agency to
“recover” from an
incident
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Systematic
management of large
scale incidents
Systematic
management of high
risk/low frequency
incidents
Reduce incident
impacts on community
and departments
The Benefits of the
PCAHIMT for ALL OF US
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Provide depth of expertise for multioperational period incidents
Better preparedness in a disaster
Team members receive training
throughout the year better enhancing
their skill set in your organization
Enhanced response to critical incidents
for all citizens in Pierce County
Some of the Nuts & Bolts
of the PCAHIMT
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Team members are
expected to be able to
deploy for 72-hours if
needed.
Team members agency
covers the cost of the
team member
deployment for the
initial 72-hour period.
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Team members come
from all ranks,
disciplines, and
backgrounds.
Team member
cooperation is a key to
success on the team
Some of the Nuts & Bolts
of the PCAHIMT
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PCAHIMT is a well balanced team with
36% of the team from fire based
departments
36% of the team from police based
departments
28% of the team from “other”
departments (DEM, DOL, Pierce
Transit, Retired)
Parting Thoughts on
PCAHIMT
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A tremendous
resource for all of
Pierce County
Consider having
someone(s) from
your agency on the
team
PCAHIMT is there
to help you
Pierce County All-Hazards
Incident Management Team
Questions
Team Contacts
IC Tom Miner 253-225-0125
skipatroltom@yahoo.com
 IC Mark Feddersen 253-820-6357
mfedders@cityoftacoma.org
 IC Scott Engle 253-377-0101
scotte@ci.puyallup.wa.us
 IC Wayne Garden 253-377-7741
wgarden@centralpiercefire.org
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