Tag: emergency drills
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Why we do field exercises
Hub Practice Sessions It’s a lot of work to do a hub practice session, getting out the field and practicing for a disaster. There’s time spent creating the scenario and exercise design itself, and there’s a huge investment of people time and energy on the day of the exercise. Why do we bother? Well, because…
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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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Huge Press Coverage Cascadia Rising Drill
Cascadia Rising Exercise There was a huge amount of press coverage about the Cascadia Rising exercise – the practice for a catastrophic Cascadia subduction zone rip should get some attention! We collected links and are still adding to the list as the after action reports come in and agencies and communities put improved practices in…
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2016 Cascadia Rising Seattle Emergency Hub Drills
Cascadia Rising – Community Drills for Safety As part of the Cascadia Rising exercise Saturday, June 11, the Seattle Emergency Hubs held drills across the city at various locations, with volunteers acting as injured and those in search of help and assistance. It’s easy to forget that we live in an area that is predicted…
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West Seattle – Prepared in the event of a major disaster?
On the weekend of June 6 and June 7, West Seattle Hubs got together and had a simulated earthquake neighborhood response drill to prepare and practice their survival and emergency skills as a community. There were two participating Hub locations: Neighborhood House High Point Center 6400 Sylvan Way SW from 9:30 am –…
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Speaking of Sheltering
King County offers Faith Based Emergency Preparedness Planning As Hub Captains, we’ve been talking about how to engage our local churches, temples, and mosques in thinking about community sheltering needs in the event of a major disaster. This is for the short term, while the official government response is being put into place. One step…
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ACS – Behind the Scenes
Auxiliary Communication Service Hams operate 2nd location in north Seattle ACS, the Ham radio volunteer response team of the city’s Emergency Response Center (EOC) used their newest location in the January “Fifth Saturday” drill. The drill is an event when cities and other emergency response organizations practice sending messages to the Washington State EOC. The drill…
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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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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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Joint Dark and Stormy Drill 2015
Emergency Drill A Success! The joint Seattle Emergency Communication Hubs and the Seattle Auxiliary Communication Service (ACS) had a full city drill on May 9, 2015. The groups are completing their debrief activities and are setting new goals for improvement in the coming months. The West Magnolia Playfield Hub shows how the drill started…