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- Protecting Your Businesses
- How to apply for and manage FEMA grants
- Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
- Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program
- Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program
- National Flood Insurance Program
- ShakeAlert (Earthquake Early Warning System for the West Coast)
- SBA Disaster Loan Assistance
- SBA Disaster Preparedness Factsheets
- SBA Disaster Loan - Application forms
- Ready.gov Preparedness Planning for Your Business
- Ready.gov Preparedness Testing & Exercises
- CDC Business Preparedness Pandemic Checklist
- CDC Business with Overseas Operations Preparedness Pandemic Checklist
Resources
- Business Re-Entry Registration
- Business Preparedness
- Business Recovery
- Online trainings for continuity planning
- Additional resources via WA EMD partners
- Washington State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Washington State Additional Grant Resources (excel file)
Resources
- Whatcom County Volunteer Mobilization Center
- Preparedness resources
- Whatcom County Approved Emergency Management Plans
- Whatcom County Incident Hotline
- Whatcom County Emergency Management Blog
- Whatcom County CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Training Program
- Whatcom County Hazards Analysis 2010
- Whatcom County Department of Public Health: COVID-19 Updates
- Whatcom County: How we are preparing for COVID-19
Resources
Resources
- Western Washington University Resiliency Institute
- Western Washington University Resiliency Institute - Small Farm Resiliency Grant
- Western Washington University Resiliency Institute - Publications
- Western Washington University Small Business Development Center
- Whatcom Community Foundation Nonprofit Network
Resources
March 5, 2020
The Port of Bellingham’s Regional Economic Partnership is working closely with Whatcom County Emergency Management and monitoring the public health situation in Whatcom County re: the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). The resources in the tabs above, and the preparedness principles used continuity planning, can be applied not only to natural disasters, but also man-made disasters and epidemic/pandemic situations.
November 4, 2019
The Port of Bellingham, the Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce, the WWU Small Business Development Center, and the Whatcom Community Foundation co-hosted a Disaster Preparedness & Business Continuity Planning Workshop at the Squalicum Boathouse.
Presentations were given by myriad experts, including FEMA Region 10, Washington State Emergency Management, and Debbie Ahl, of Edgewater Advising. Local organizations also discussed locally available resources. Many are linked in the tabs above with the original presentations linked below.
- FEMA & Washington State Emergency Management presentation
- Debbie Ahl’s presentation
- SBDC presentation
- Whatcom Community Foundation presentation
If you have questions or resources to add, please contact Jennifer Noveck (jennifern at port of bellingham dot com).