King County Office of Emergency Management 3511 NE 2nd Street Renton, WA 98056 Main Phone: 206-296-3830 Toll Free: 800-523-5044 Fax: 206-205-4056 ecc.kc@kingcounty.gov
In recent years, surveys have been conducted that examine local emergency and disaster preparedness attitudes, motivations and perceptions in our region. The surveys were performed by two national survey research organizations and funded by a homeland security grant. Results have provided King County with data to assess what motivates individuals in the Puget Sound region to prepare for disasters and new insights to guide our public education programs.
These surveys were accomplished in three phases: the first utilizing three locally held focus groups, the second using a telephone survey of 500 randomly selected King County residents, and the third utilizing a second telephone survey of 500 randomly selected adults from King, Pierce and Snohomish counties.
The King County Office of Emergency Management has used survey findings to measure the effectiveness of regional emergency and disaster preparedness public education programs, as well as to guide the direction of future survey efforts.
