Emergency Preparedness Grant Program

Emergency Preparedness Grant Program is sponsored by Washington State Department of Commerce. Supports small businesses in Washington State in developing and implementing emergency preparedness plans.

Emergency Rapid Response Grants Program – Washington State Department of Commerce Shared Standards Initiative 简体中文 ( Chinese (Simplified) ) 繁體中文 ( Chinese (Traditional) ) Tiếng Việt ( Vietnamese ) Emergency Rapid Response Grants Program The Emergency Rapid Response (ERR) Program awards state grants to local and tribal governments to restore essential community services following declared disasters or emergencies.

An emergency or disaster is an event or set of circumstances that demands immediate action to preserve public health, protect life, and protect public property or to provide relief to a community overtaken by such circumstances. This program was created by the Legislature in 2022 to support the immediate local response to emergencies and disasters.

ERR funds the continuity of essential lifelines that become diminished during an emergency, such as food, water, sewer, power, transportation, communication, and shelter. $3 million per state fiscal year (July 1 to June 30). Funding requests are considered on an ongoing basis until funds have been exhausted.

At this time, all $3 million in FY2027 grant funds have been awarded. Funding requests remain open for application, subject to available funding. To begin requesting emergency response funding, complete the Emergency Response Funding Request.

Your application will be kept, and the program will be in contact should any additional funds be made available this year. Emergency Response Funding Request Who can declare a disaster or emergency?

Safety and Security – Law enforcement/security, fire service, search and rescue, government service, community safety Food, hydration, shelter – Food, hydration, shelter, agriculture Health and medical – Medical care, public health, patient movement, medical supply chain, fatality management Energy – Power grid, fuel Communications – Infrastructure, responder communications, alerts, warnings, and messages, finance, 911, and dispatch Transportation – Highway/roadway/motor vehicle, mass transit, railway, aviation, maritime Hazardous materials – Facilities, HAZMAT, pollutants, contaminants Water systems – Potable water infrastructure, wastewater management Disaster types eligible for assistance The ERR grants program can fund a wide range of cases to address gaps in state and federal funding.

No two emergencies are the same. Disaster types eligible for assistance are identified in the Washington State Enhanced Hazard Mitigation Plan (2018). The types include, but are not limited to, the top seventeen most common natural and human-caused hazards in Washington State.

Severe Weather (Hail, Lightning, Severe Wind, Tornado, and Winter Weather) Agriculture Disease Outbreak Public Health Incident/Pandemic Hazardous Materials Incident (Oil Trains, Pipelines, HAZMAT) Cyber Incident (Incorporated into Terrorism profile) Financial need: Prioritizing applicants who do not have viable and timely access to other funds/resources (reserves, insurance, other emergency funds).

Readiness: Resources are in place to expend the award within the fiscal year. Equity: Prioritizing distressed communities with vulnerable populations. Funding efforts: Prioritizing applicants who have pursued other funding or for which federal funding is not available.

Response and mitigation of floods in Whatcom County Funding trucked water in San Juan County to mitigate a water quality issue with PFAS/PFOA, where levels were found so high that a do not drink advisory has been issued Spokane County Fires funding debris removal through an interagency agreement with Emergency Management Division Snohomish County Culvert failure – providing funding to reestablish access for essential services to homeowners left stranded after their road was washed out Whitman County sewage lift station repair where the Albion town Clerk was having to sleep in the electrical room to manually operate the pump switch system to prevent sewage from backing up in houses and businesses.

Grays Harbor County where the program co-funded with the Public Works Board, the emergency repair for the Aberdeen wastewater line running under the Wishkah River Benton County – providing funding for emergency sheltering, water, and air testing and remediation for houses impacted by the food storage facility fire. The largest in Tri-Cities history.

Map of awards (PowerPoint) Nicole Patrick, Emergency Rapid Response Grant Program Manager Nicole. Patrick@Commerce. wa.

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