The Washington Military Department is a branch of the

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, United States. The Washington State Military Department has several major operational divisions: * Washington Emergency Management Division *

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* Washington State Guard * Washington Youth Academy * State & Federal Support Services These divisions use state and federal resources to perform homeland defense, homeland security, and emergency mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities.

Washington State Emergency Operations Center

The Washington State Emergency Operations Center is located at

Camp Murray Camp Murray is located adjacent to Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington. It is home to the Washington Army National Guard, Washington State Guard and the Washington Air National Guard. See also * Washington National Guard Museum * Washingto ...

, under the Military Department's Emergency Management Division. The 28,000 square foot facility, occupied since mid 1998, is built on rollers to withstand earthquakes. The Emergency Operations Center was activated for the

2012 Washington wildfires The 2012 Washington wildfires were a series of 1,342 wildfires that burned over the course of 2012. The fires primarily occurred in the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests during September and October 2012. A severe lightning storm on Septem ...

2015 Washington wildfires The 2015 wildfire season was the largest in Washington state history, with more than burning across the state from June to September. As many as 3,000 firefighters including 800 Washington National Guard members were deployed to fight the fires. ...

2016 Washington wildfires The 2016 Washington wildfires season were a series of wildfires in the U.S. state of Washington, notable because of brush fires near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and because of brush fires near Spokane, Washington. During the summer of 2016 (i ...

2018 Washington wildfires The 2018 Washington wildfire season officially began June 1, 2018. A statewide state of emergency was declared by Governor Jay Inslee on July 31. Training and preparedness State level planning for the fire season began at least as early as Januar ...

, and for the

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* Military in Washington (state)

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