Tryon Creek-Riverdale Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET)

The Tryon Creek-Riverdale NET serves Arnold Creek, Collins View, Marshall Park and South Burlingame neighborhoods.

Emergency staging area for Arnold Creek: Stephenson Elementary School

Meetings

Monthly meetings are held to review training, discuss current events and plan for emergencies.
Contact: Team Lead Marcel Rodriguez, marcel.rodriquez@comcast.net
When: The second Wednesday of each month, 6:30pm
Where: Capitol Hill Library, 10723 S.W. Capitol Highway (MAP)

No May 2013 meeting. Instead, the team will participate in an exercise with the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) at the Arnold Creek staging area, Stephenson Elementary School. In the month of May, the City of Portland is participating in a series of federally-sponsored regional disaster exercises called PACE Setter. PACE Setter will be the largest regional disaster exercise Portland has participated in since TOPOFF 4 in 2007. As part of PACE Setter, PBEM is conducting a full-scale test of the Basic Earthquake Emergency Communication Nodes (BEECN). The BEECN test will take place over the course of two shifts on Wednesday, May 22nd. Volunteers will: a.) deploy to the location of the BEECN equipment cache; b.) bring the cache to the BEECN site and set up the tent and communications equipment; c.) establish communication with the nearest fire station via UHF radio provided by PBEM.

Basic Earthquake Emergency Communication Node (BEECN)

A BEECN is a place to go in Portland after a major earthquake to ask for emergency assistance if phone service is down, or report severe damage or injury. Stephenson Elementary School field is a BEECN. View map: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/article/423717.

Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. neighborhood coalition hazards map

http://www.portlandonline.com/oem/index.cfm?c=58572&a=394659

More Information - Join Your Neighborhood Emergency Team

The Arnold Creek Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) is a volunteer neighborhood group and we need you! The basic training will give you the skills to work with your neighbors to save lives and property during the first 72 hours of any citywide emergency. The skills you'll learn in the free NET training will also help you manage emergencies that you may encounter in daily life. NET volunteers often have opportunities to support neighborhood events and provide disaster assistance. Training and certification are provided by the Portland Brueau of Emergency Management.

Read more and enroll:

Portland Bureau of Emergency Management

NET forum: pdxprepared.net

Include your pet in emergency plans

• Add pet food that doesn't require power to prepare to your emergency kit
• Treats help calm you pet in stressful times
• Stock enough water for you and your pet
• Arrange for a safe place for you and your pet to go - don't leave your pet behind
• Keep a leash close by - pets get disoriented in an emergency and can wander away
• Put a "rescue my pet(s)" sticker on your doors so police or fire personnel know to rescue your pets