This document is a local administrator's guide to floodplain management and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Stay informed of Region X and FEMA's activities online: Follow Region X at Follow FEMA on Twitter and on FaceBook at FEMA videos and podcasts available at and Archivesįloodplain Management Guidebook, 5th Edition The building itself is a subterranean office structure designed to be reasonably survivable in the event of foreseeable natural or man-made disasters. was $1,860,000 (estimated cost of constructing a similar building in 1983 was over $25 million, and the cost today would easily exceed $40 million). To help accomplish FEMA’s mission Region X maintains strong partnerships through its Regional Advisory Council and Regional Interagency Steering Committee.Ĭonstructed on the site of a decommissioned Nike missile site, the Bothell Federal Regional Center (FRC) is one of six similar operations centers built during the late 1960s.

The states served by FEMA Region X can experience a variety of hazards including earthquakes, wild fires, volcanic eruptions, landslides and tornados as well as weather emergencies like snow, ice, wind and heavy rain. Support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards. Stay informed of Region X and FEMA's activities online: Follow Region X at Follow FEMA on Twitter on FaceBook at FEMA videos and podcasts available at the citizens and first responders of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington What We Doįrom our offices in Bothell, Washington, FEMA Region X (Ten) works with the emergency management agencies of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington to accomplish FEMA’s mission to:

The bunker now serves as permanent headquarters for Region 10’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a division of the Department of Homeland Security. The states served by FEMA Region X can experience a variety of hazards including earthquakes, wild fires, volcanic eruptions, landslides and tornados as well as weather emergencies like snow, ice, wind and heavy rain. Bothell has an underground bunker, built in the cold-war era of the 1960s that measures 120 by 140 feet, contains 450 tons of steel reinforcement and the walls and roof range from 12 to 36 inches thick. Supporting the citizens and first responders of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washingtonįrom our offices in Bothell, Washington, FEMA Region X (Ten) works with the emergency management agencies of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington to accomplish FEMA’s mission to: FEMA Region 10 office, located in Bothell, Washington oversees federal emergency management for 271 Tribal Nations and the following states: Alaska Idaho.

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