The Washington Military Department is a branch of the state government of Washington, United States.
The Washington State Military Department has several major operational divisions:[1]
These divisions use state and federal resources to perform homeland defense, homeland security, and emergency mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities.[1]
The Washington State Emergency Operations Center is located at Camp Murray, under the Military Department's Emergency Management Division.[6] The 28,000 square foot facility, occupied since mid 1998, is built on rollers to withstand earthquakes.[7][8] The Emergency Operations Center was activated for the 2012 Washington wildfires,[9] 2015 Washington wildfires,[8] 2016 Washington wildfires,[10] 2018 Washington wildfires, and for the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[11]