Seattle Emergency Hubs

Tag: Emergency Preparedness

  • 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  .…

  • Hub Pandemic Operations Guidelines Finalized

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    Guidance for Pandemic Operations in a disaster

  • Picture of how the Hubs work

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    During the COVID-19 stay at home period, multiple efforts got underway to clean up our hub files and make the Hub Captains book more organized.  We have created this graphic to illustrate how the hub works and how information is organized.  2020 Hub Areas and Roles

  • Self Help Posters now available!

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    Self Help Posters were created by Hub volunteers to be used at the Hubs as a tool to help people immediately after a major disaster.  In those first few days when information will be hard to get, these posters remind people of basic information so they can stay safe.  There are 5 posters for the…

  • Seattle Hub Captains meet with International Disaster Leaders

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    Leaders from international learning program speak with Hub Captains Seattle was a stop on a national tour made by a number of leaders from other countries studying preparedness planning in the United States.  The visit was coordinated through the World Affairs Council International Visitors Leadership Program and included participants from the following countries;  Bolivia, Grenada,…

  • Seattle Hubs on Seattle Growth Podcast

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    Cindi Barker, Hub Captain for the Morgan Junction Hub and one of the very early members of the Seattle Emergency Communications Hubs network, was interview by Jeffery Shulman for his Seattle Growth Podcast.  It’s at http://seattlegrowthpodcast.com/s6-ep-6-finding-community-in-emergency-prep-and-dance/ or S6 Ep. 6 on iTunes.  The Hubs segment is in the first half of the podcast “Today’s episode…

  • South Seattle Home Fair

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    The second Seattle Home Fair was just as successful as the north end version.  We met lots of people who were interested  taking steps to make their home prepared and safe and in personal preparedness.  Mel and Vilma Fernandez,  Susan Sanders and Ron Angeles were very busy!  

  • Engaging High School Students

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    Delores Kannas, Hub Captain for the Alaska Junction Hub at Hope Lutheran Church, volunteered to lead a month long teaching series for students at Hope Lutheran High School.  This was a class where the students selected the topic to participate in.  She coached them through what risks we face in Seattle, how to be prepared,…

  • Hubs at Multiple Community Events This Summer

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    Hubs at multiple community events this summer Want to connect with your local hub and hub captain? Watch our calendar for information about which community festivals and events we will be at with information tables.  We really want to meet people who are interested in community and personal preparedness; we learn best from each other…

  • Why we do field exercises

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    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…