PDX Quake Preparedness Resources Online
Water storage barrels, screw top, for sale in Portland:
http://www.waterbarrelspdx.com/Home_Page.html
OPB special on the Cascadia earthquake: Unprepared
http://www.opb.org/news/series/unprepared/
PBEM (Portland Bureau of Emergency Management)
has posted 17 videos about preparedness, accessible here:
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/article/400345
These videos are required viewing for NET volunteers.
The NET training video on UTILITIES is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXA_-P1rHdU&feature=youtu.be
On utilities from Unprepared:
http://www.opb.org/news/series/unprepared/how-to-safely-turn-off-utilities-after-a-disaster/
Gabriel Park is a BEECN (Communication Node) location:
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/59630
Sign up for Portland Emergency Alerts here:
http://www.publicalerts.org
Join a Portland Neighhood Emergency Team (NET) and get free training:
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/31667
The CERT program overlaps with the NET program:
https://www.publicalerts.org/community-emergency-response-teams-cert-neighborhood-emergency-teams-net
On Forming a CERT (community emergency response team).
http://www.fema.gov/community-emergency-response-teams
Living on Shaky Ground, a print publication on inform preparedness
On seismic retrofitting houses, creating a preparedness kit
http://www.oregon.gov/omd/oem/plans_train/earthquake/shakygroundmagazine_final.pdf
Cascadia Subduction Zone plan
State level document for perspective
http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/OEM/Pages/plans_train/CSZ.aspx
Oregon OEM earthquake awareness page
http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/OEM/Pages/plans_train/earthquake.aspx
For Teens: Without Warning comic book ; Go-Kit Passport
Portland’s Earthquake Response Appendix
for info on local community response
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/article/382005
Portland Bureau of Emergency Management’s
webpage called “Preparedness Resources”
Click here or visit https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/46475?
Pet Owners: Portland has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the nation.
Prepare your family and pets!
Click here or visit https://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/63348
Annual quake drills: Shakeout
http://www.shakeout.org
PBEM (Portland Bureau of Emergency Management)
(5o3) 823-4375
Prep Oregon
A volunteer organization with many good resources for helping people get ready for anything.
http://www.preporegon.org
State level Questions: call Zachary Swick
Emergency Preparedness Planner, NIMS Program Coordinator
Operations and Preparedness Section, Oregon Military Department
Office of Emergency Management
Tel: (5o3) 378-2911 Ext. 22233, Fax: (5o3) 373-7833
zach dot swick at state.or.us
EARTHQUAKE WAKEUP ARTICLE: THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES
About what you might expect immediately after a quake
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/first-five-minutes-big-one-earthquake
About the rest of that same day, with a little bit about the NET system
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/neighborhood-emergency