Tag: Disaster Awareness
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Great work by Lake City Hub!
Mayor Murray stops by Lake City Hub Table Lake City community groups held a big open house on Jan. 27 to showcase the work of the neighborhood groups and associations. Sandy Motzer and Susanna Cunningham were there to talk to people about emergency preparedness and the Lake City Hub at the Fred Meyer parking lot. …
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Community Disaster Skills Workshop
Key Training Skills This workshop provides training on key skills needed after a disaster and more in depth instruction on key preparedness actions. Participants will rotate through four stations, with each lasting 30 minutes. This Workshop covers the following topics: -Fire Extinguisher Use -Utility Control -Building a Kit -Water Storage and Purification Date: …
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City of Seattle 2015 Activities
Important Emergency Planning documents The end of 2015 was a busy time for the City of Seattle Office of Emergency Management. The OEM Director, Barb Graff, gave a briefing to the City Council on Oct 26, several pieces of important Emergency Planning documents were updated by legislative action and they produced their year end report.…
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Seattle Dept of Transportation Disaster Planning
Winter Weather is Coming! If you were unable to attend the SDOT presentation in October 2015, please take a look at this detailed presentation to view how the Seattle Department of Transportation will respond in the event of bad weather affecting road conditions. For those of you unable to attend the below session,…
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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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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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Natural Disasters – PNW Hail Storms
Be Prepared for a PNW Region Hail Storm What does that mean in Seattle?
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Taking Action Now!
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Seattle? The recent New Yorker article The Really Big One, about a magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Seattle has sparked a lot of interest in emergency preparedness. You should take time now to build a kit, make a plan and take one more important step of meeting your neighbors in advance…
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Meet your Hub Captains this summer
Seattle Emergency Hub Outreach Events The Hub Captains from all the neighborhoods are out and about this summer doing outreach. We’ve been at the Morgan Community Festival, the West Seattle Summer Fest, the Ballard Seafood Fest and the Celebrate North Seattle Event. Coming up we will at Delridge Days, Lake City Salmon Fest and…