Kudos to the Seattle Office of Emergency Management for offering disaster preparedness training classes in multiple languages. In March, they taught a Disaster Skills class in Cantonese and in April … Read more
We had a great Hub Leadership Retreat in early Feb and have confirmed what our plans are for 2018. We will be holding our Hub Captain Meetings every other … Read more
We’re so sorry that the blog posting slowed down this fall, but there’s a good reason. After the semi-official “take August off for vacations” we got busy on projects and … Read more
KING 5 has been interviewing people throughout Seattle on the topic of how well people and government agencies are prepared for a major disaster. Advertising has been that they will … Read more
Mark your calendars! Sharpen your pencils! Spiff up your acting skills! We are taking to the field again in July to practice our response skills – this time it will … Read more
The June 2017 Hub Captains meeting became a hands on, joint training session with our Auxiliary Communications Services (ACS) partners. Experienced HAM and GMRS radio operators, newly licensed HAMs and … Read more
The May 2017 swarm of small earthquakes in the west Puget Sound region got quite a bit of coverage from the local media. Reporters from all 3 stations visited different hubs, … Read more
In our first “professional” table top exercise, hub volunteers gathered to test out a Universal Communications Graphic Card. This is a tool being designed to help hub volunteers with communication … Read more
Lots of people learning about the hubs We attended quite a few outreach events, hosted some training, held an Open House and met a lot of new people along the … Read more
As is the tradition, each week of National Preparedness Month has a designated theme: • Week 1 (August 28-September 3): Promote National Preparedness Month • Week 2 (September 4-10): Preparing … Read more