Trusted Partner Network

The Trusted Partner Network (TPN) is an effort to ensure that every resident of King County receives critical lifesaving emergency alerts, regardless of whether they speak English or where they live. By partnering with trusted leaders within every major language group in King County, the TPN will create a link between King County’s emergency alert system, the non-English speaking populations, and other communities that it currently does not serve.

Community members trained in the TPN will convey urgent public messages regarding natural and man-made disasters or other emergencies that residents need immediate information about. This network will help ensure that no group is unfairly impacted in an emergency. The TPN is one part of King County’s Inclusive Emergency Communications Plan to fulfill requirements under new Washington State law making emergency messaging inclusive to all major language groups in the county. 

To sign up for a one-hour Trusted Partner Network (TPN) Member Orientations (you only need to attend one):

• Friday, June 2 at 12 p.m., register here

To assist in recruiting volunteers for the Trusted Partner Network, go to this page for resources.

How do Trusted Partners help?

1. Receive emergency response notification, life, health and safety action information.
2. Activate community information-sharing networks: distribute emergency messaging as quickly as possible to faith-based organizations, businesses, and individual residents through social media, phone trees, email, and face-to-face communication.
3. Report, as requested, essential information about your community's situation to King County during emergency incidents and drills, including requests for needed resources. You help with emergency response and recovery by being the “eyes and ears” for your community.  

What makes a Trusted Partner?

How do I get involved?

DATA DISCLAIMER: As community members, the contact information you provide, such as personal emails, cell phone numbers, etc. is not subject to release. Responding to an official TPN alert remains a private communication system; receiving alerts and/or responding to them will not compromise the privacy of your contact information or address.