Governor Inslee issued an Executive Order directing all residents immediately to heed current State public health directives to stay home, except as needed to maintain continuity of operations of essential critical infrastructure sectors and new sectors as the State Public Health Officer may designate as critical to protect health and well-being of all Washingtonians.

Per this order, the Governor has designated the following list of "Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers.”  Functioning critical infrastructure is imperative during the response to the COVID-19 emergency for both public health and safety as well as community well-being. Specific critical infrastructure industries have an individual responsibility in these times to continue operations.

The State, local, tribal, and territorial governments are ultimately in charge of implementing and executing response activities in communities under their jurisdiction, while the Federal Government is in a supporting role. Promoting the ability of such workers to continue to work during periods of community restriction, access management, social distancing, or closure orders/directives is crucial to community resilience and continuity of essential functions.

The attached list identifies workers who conduct a range of operations and services that are essential to continued critical infrastructure viability, including staffing operations centers, maintaining and repairing critical infrastructure,  operating call centers,  working construction,  and performing management functions, among others. The industries they support represent but are not necessarily limited to, medical and healthcare, telecommunications, information technology systems, defense, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, energy, water and wastewater, law enforcement, and public works.

If a company needs to clarify status or wants to petition to be added to this list, they can email: business@mil.wa.gov

Download Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers List