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Disaster Skills Training – in Vietnamese
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 one will be offered in Vietnamese at the High Point Library. FEMA has advocated for a “whole community” approach to disaster preparedness and engaging the…
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2018 Plans
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 month (March, May, July, Sept, Nov), so that Hub Captains have more time to arrange for local meetings, trainings or work planning. We shifted…
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The story behind the gap
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 so there was more “doing” than there was “telling”. During the fall we worked on a budget proposal for another round of funding the Hub…
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KING 5 focus on disaster preparedness
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 focus messaging on Monday, July 21 “all day, all screens”. They have also started releasing some background information early, please visit this link for 8…
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Hub and ACS drill – July 29, 2017 – Cascadia Rising II – Hubs and Spokes
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 be a continuation of the Cascadia Rising Subduction Zone earthquake, on day six after “the big one”. 11 Hubs across the city will be participating.…
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Report from Radio Practice Joint Session – Hubs and ACS
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 Hub members from across the experience spectrum first heard a presentation from Carl Leon, N7KUW. Carl described how the Hubs and ACS work together in…
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Earthquake Swarms = Media Coverage for Hubs
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, including Rainier Beach and a Beacon Hill organizing event, to talk about community preparedness. KING 5 is promoting coverage all this week on preparing for…
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Universal Communications Card Tabletop
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 barriers, such as another language, deafness or inability to speak due to shock. Deborah Witmer, the Vulnerable Populations Coordinator with Seattle’s Human Services Office, is…
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Hubs and outreach
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 way. Here’s a photo gallery of our fall activities.
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National Preparedness Month in Seattle
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 Family and Friends • Week 3 (September 11-17): Preparing Through Service • Week 4 (September 18-24): Individual Preparedness • Week 5 (September 25-30): Lead-up to…