Amber Washington

Background

About Amber Washington

I have been with the City of Keller for 2.5 years as a Planner, and recently moved to Fire Admin as a Fire Analyst. In my spare time, I run a small jewelry business from home. From October 2015-December 2021 I was an emergency management planner with the Johnson County, Texas Emergency Management Office. I served as the Cities Readiness Initiative contact. I ran much of our social media, the office's app, and handled general public information. During severe weather I was tasked with supplying residents and local officials the latest life-saving data via our social media and emergency communications program. I have studied radar data and attended programs run by the National Weather Service to ensure I gave people enough time to protect themselves and others. From December 2020 to May 2021, I assisted in running the county's COVID-19 vaccine clinic, doing everything from setting appointments to administering the vaccine. My earlier professional background is in news writing for daily and weekly papers. I have covered Johnson County schools, the Texas Education Agency, national education, police, fire, city government, breaking news and more. I spent 2 1/2 years at the daily newspaper, the Cleburne Times-Review, covering the education beat and providing my own photography. We put out special sections for various events such as the county stock show and graduation. The staff also worked together on a magazine every other month full of feature stories about area residents. I covered the cities of Burleson and Joshua for two years at the twice-weekly paper, the Burleson Star. Primarily covering city government, I also reported on breaking news and was responsible for my own photography. We provided a variety of special sections, including newsletters for the local school districts. As an intern news reporter for the Dallas Morning News, I covered primarily breaking news. Given the police beat for the DFW area, I received priceless hands-on experience working alongside police, fire and other emergency personnel.