Seattle Emergency Hubs

Tag: Disaster Skills

  • Upcoming volunteer/learning opportunities!

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    (See calendar for full details of each event. ALL upcoming events can be found HERE!) North Capitol Hill – Hub Drill – Sunday, August 27th Volunteers needed to staff Hub positions, set up and tear down and to be actors.  2:15pm station set up; 3-5pm public portion; 5-6pm strike and debrief.  Sign up HERE  .…

  • Camping Hacks Version 2

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    If you’ve been a camper, you know that sometimes things don’t go as planned.  You’re always having to invent or make do in a situation where a critical piece of gear was left at home, or the weather didn’t cooperate or ….  Turns out camping is the perfect training ground for disasters, figuring out how…

  • 2019 off with a burst

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    A burst of energy that is – events for you to visit and learn more about preparedness.  We had our first Hub Captains Network meeting of 2019 this week, and when all the hubs had shared their plans, it was clear that this will be a year you can really engage about preparedness.  Here’s what’s…

  • Disaster Skills Training – in Vietnamese

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    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…

  • March training events

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    There is a LOT of interest in emergency preparedness now!  In March, the hubs will be involved with 7 local organizing and training sessions.  Many thanks to those Hub Captains and neighborhood groups who are sponsoring these sessions and to the city’s Office of Emergency Management for coordinating the instructors for training. In the Central…

  • Universal Communications Card Tabletop

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    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…

  • New Training Videos on Utilities Control & Fire Extinguisher Use

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    The Seattle Office of Emergency Management has posted 3 new videos designed to help residents learn how to be prepared to shut off utilities or to use a fire extinguisher.  Remember that you should only shut off your gas if you smell the “rotten eggs” odor of a gas leak.  Once you shut off the…