Goals of the Emergency Preparedness Group

The SW Emergency Preparedness group has identified a number of goals:

• Public Education
• Educate the public about Portland’s greatest earthquake hazard: Cascadia
• Conduct informational classes and lectures on various preparedness topics
• Bring more NET training classes to the SW
• Bring other classes to SW Portland (e.g. amateur radio operator’s (HAM) licensing)
• Prepare the public to survive earthquakes
• Work to increase public awareness of the NET program

 

• Fundraising
• Grant writing
• Soliciting donations
• Raising money through sales

 

• Creating Disaster-Resistant Communities
• Advocate disaster-resistant building design & technology
• Develop an emergency communication & IT plan
• Work toward fully staffing every neighborhood's NET
• Work to increase long-term funding for the NET program
• Reach out to our neighboring communities to learn from their experiences and coordinate our efforts

 
 
Please note that this list always evolving; we may be working on projects not identified above.