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Volunteer Management Table Top After Action Review
Volunteer Management Training This Table Top exercise, held Nov 14, 2015, was intended to simulate volunteers showing up at the hub and to see how the groups assigned the volunteers, thought about their safety and managed them over time, especially if they had a reusable resource to share. Each hub table had 10…
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Establishing Additional Neighborhood Hubs
Community Preparedness by Neighborhood Seattle has many active and engaged neighborhood groups that work together for outreach, common causes and community betterment. The Seattle Emergency Communication Hubs organization was created to assist in preparing neighbors and the community at large to deal with severe weather and situational emergencies that occur in our PNW region. …
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Prepare – The Power of Neighborhoods
Community Members Engaged and Prepared Seattle neighborhoods continue to explore ways to get their community members engaged and prepared for disaster. Recently, the Eastlake Community Council packed their meeting room to hear how to work together as a community and also in smaller teams, called Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare (SNAP). Q13 Fox News was…
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Emergency Hub Volunteer Management Tabletop Exercise
Tabletop Exercise Nov 14, 9:00 am – noon Practice makes perfect! Date: Saturday, Nov 14 Time: 9:00 am to noon Location: Verity Credit Union, 11027 Meridian Avenue North Join the Seattle Emergency Communications Hubs as they hold a tabletop exercise to practice their skills. For this indoor, slow motion exercise, we will practice deploying…
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Free Customized Alert Service
AlertSeattle The City of Seattle is providing a free service that allows online sign up to receive customized alerts via text message, email, voice message, as well as social media (Facebook and Twitter). This service is provided at no cost; however, message and data rates may apply. Users can opt to receive customized community…
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First Responder iPhone/iPad App
ChemAlert App By Risk Management Technologies (RMT), Australian software developer, the ChemAlert App provides Chemicals List in Buildings. ChemAlert for iPhone and iPad now brings ChemAlert to the world of mobiles. Key chemical safety management information including Hazards and GHS Classifications, Risk and Safety Phrases, First Aid information and recommended Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)…
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Disaster Planning Presentation in Seattle
Disaster Planning in Seattle Oct 22 On October 22, 7:00 pm, Eich Eichhorne, the Seattle Dept. of Transportation Emergency Manager, will give a presentation about SDOT’s preparedness and response plans. They have an All-Hazards approach to planning for a disaster, so you will learn about they plan to respond to everything from severe winter storms…
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Thoughts on the SR 530 Landslide Presentation by Tom Richardson.
We are so appreciative of Chief Richardson coming out to talk to us about the SR 530 landslide response. This was a personal recap of his time as a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Washington State Task Force working at the landslide. The presentation he gave contained much of the same material he presents to…
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Natural Disasters – PNW Region Fire Awareness & Containment
PNW Region Fire Zones & Safety Codes In a really serious emergency, a basic rule of thumb is for people to be able to take care of each other for 3 to 7 days before help arrives. At a minimum, that’s just three days—think of it as a long weekend—or nine meals. That would be…
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Natural Disasters – PNW Hail Storms
Be Prepared for a PNW Region Hail Storm What does that mean in Seattle?