Washington Emergency Management Division spearheads the efforts for the Great Washington ShakeOut, hosted this year at 10:17 a.m., Oct. Washington Emergency Management Division officials have spent the summer working with local emergency management officials and the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to make them aware of the changes in state law. A previous law, first passed in 2017, still requires schools within mapped tsunami inundation zones to also practice at least one evacuation drill per year. That same law also now requires schools located near mapped volcanic lahar hazard zones to practice evacuation drills, as well. It’s a measure that’s been pushed for several years, but finally became law when school safety legislation House Bill 1216 became law at the end of July. It’s now mandatory for all schools in Washington state to drop, cover and hold on for earthquake safety. Mandatory earthquake, lahar, tsunami drills for schools are now law
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