Thurston County is two counties south of Seattle and King County. The Thurston County Emergency Management organization is well led, they have a new modern facility and you don't have all the traffic and other woes that come with being in the greater Seattle Metro area. Olympia is the major city and the state's capitol.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.