MAKAH TRIBAL DISASTER RESILIENCE: A FIRST NATION EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE

Makah Tribal emergency management planning, exercise and experience has been built on a history of seasonal power outages at the end of power lines that reach into the stormy northwest corner of the Olympic peninsula where frequent mudslides have isolated Neah Bay for extended periods during winter. Neah Bay's remote location for and proximity to the fault lines that have a altered the landscape of Cape Flattery, Makah leadership have used other emergency management events to develop an all hazards response system that has prepared tribal officials with incident command experience that has been cross trained for earthquake, tsunami, oil spill, drought, severe weather and mudslides to build on major factors of community preparedness.