Washington State TERT
Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) is the concept of communications-specific mutual aid between PSAPs to provide trained PSAP personnel during emergency situations. Unlike most contingency plans prepared by individual PSAPs to address specific threats to their own PSAPs, TERT involves providing qualified communications personnel to work in another PSAP and requires coordination among PSAPs, mutual aid consortiums, and Emergency Management Agencies (EMA) from different municipalities, states, and regions. When possible, the TERT members’ skill sets should match those of the Requesting Agency. This coordination must take into account that while each agency is unique in its resources and operations, the basic duties and responsibilities remain the same.
State TERT Coordinator and Committee Chair, George Long, tert@waapconena.org
Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) committee manages the state TERT program and researches, documents, and provides tools to enhance TERT activities.
- Maintain contact list for the State and Regional Coordinators of deployable personnel
- Develop and review SOPs for TERT operations, training and deployments
- Develop and maintain TERT related trainings
- Serve as a conduit between WMD Logistics and the 9-1-1 community for MOUs and IGAs
WA-TERT Coordinators
NW & SW Regional Coordinator – Heather Cavanaugh, WSP
NE & SE Regional Coordinator – Todd Pouncey, Spokane PD
State Coordinator – George Long, KITTCOM
Other TERT Programs
