Free ONLINE Technician Ham Radio License Class!
2024-08-31 - 2024-09-01
Event Date: August 31 – September 1, 2024 (Saturday – Sunday)
Event Time:

Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. PDT
Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDT

Event Location: Online (via Zoom)
Event Description: Free online Technician Ham Radio License class! This is a fantastic opportunity to learn new skills, serve your community, and have fun, all from the comfort of your home. The class and materials are free, but you must register in advance.
Highlights:

Pre-study: It’s really, really helpful!
For Students: A great way to stay sharp!
Open to All Ages: Everyone is welcome to join.
Learn New Skills: Serve your community and have fun.
Scholarships Available: Earn radio-based scholarships.

Additional Information:

The class will be taught via Zoom.
License exams will be scheduled at a later date (TBD).

Registration: To register, please provide your name, email, and phone number to the contact below.
Contact Information:

Scott Rosenfeld, N7JI, ARRL Registered Instructor
Phone: 541-221-2475
Email: ars.n7ji@gmail.com

Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to get your Ham Radio License! Register today!

Portland COAD Partner Meeting
2024-09-03 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Please join us online for the September COAD partner meeting.
Tuesday, September 3
3-4 PM
On Zoom
Agenda
Partner updates and announcements.

Supporting Healthy and Thriving Rural Communities: Virtual Bilingual Webinar
2024-09-04 11:00 - 12:30
Rural communities are not just part of our nation’s backbone—they are key to its strength and prosperity. Supporting their well-being is crucial for our country’s continued success. In this important session, experts from the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) will share valuable resources and strategies to help rural communities grow and stay healthy. You’ll learn about USDA grants and loans, nutrition programs, and mental health resources tailored to the specific challenges these communities face, and other critical topics that will empower and strengthen our communities.
This session is the first in a series of webinars designed to empower communities with the knowledge and tools needed to thrive. Co-hosted by the HHS and USDA Centers for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and the Hispanic Access Foundation, this series aims to bring valuable insights and resources to the forefront. Spanish language translation will be available to ensure broad accessibility.

Lake Oswego Emergency Preparedness Fair 2024
2024-09-05 17:00 - 19:00
September is National Preparedness Month. To celebrate and to learn how to care for yourself and your family in the event of an earthquake, flood, winter storm, or other disaster, join us at the Emergency Preparedness Fair on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Stop by this family-friendly fair to visit approximately 20 informational booths.
Location: Lake Oswego City Hall, 380 A Avenue
(event will take place throughout City Hall and in the upper parking lot)
Stop by any time between 5-7 p.m.!
Special programs and activities:

Safely experience a realistic 8.0 earthquake in the Big Shaker Earthquake Simulator! The Big Shaker is the world’s biggest mobile earthquake simulator and can recreate the intense shaking of an earthquake up to a magnitude of 8.0.
Learn about water storage and emergency food options, emergency supply kits, pet preparedness, portable sanitation, and seismically retrofitting your home.
TRUCKS! At this event kids get an up-close look at vehicles they see every day in the community – a fire truck, police vehicles, and more!
Sand bag demonstration. Learn how to properly and efficiently fill a sand bag and how to stack them to get the most protection against flood waters.
Learn how to save a life! Join the Lake Oswego Fire and Police Departments for special hands-only CPR training. Public Safety officials will teach the core skills of CPR and participants will have the opportunity to practice with mannequin Mini Anne.
Water Container and Bag Giveaway. To prepare for an emergency, it is recommended that people store one gallon of water per person (and pet) per day for a minimum of 14 days. To help residents meet this goal, the City will be giving away approximately 280 BPA-free 3-gallon water containers (limit of one per Lake Oswego household, while supplies last). In addition, we are giving away 100 one-gallon soft-sided water bags. Add this one-gallon bag to your emergency kit, and use it to get water from a distribution center in an emergency.
Water shut-off demonstration.
Portable Emergency Water Distribution Station demonstration.
Tackle our Fire Obstacle Course to practice how to safely exit your home during a fire.
Learn about LOFD’s free Home Assessment program and what you can do to protect your home from wildfires.
Learn how to build and set up a water filtration system.
Learn how to communicate with others across the city or beyond with radio! Get a hands-on tutorial on using two-way radios for emergency communications. Lake Oswego Amateur Radio Emergency Service (LO ARES) members will join Lake Oswego Fire to share license-free radio options used in neighborhoods in addition to information on how you can become a licensed operator, if desired.
Meet LOPD’s K9 Team(s).

Wilsonville Emergency Preparedness Fair
2024-09-07 10:00 - 12:00
The City’s third annual Emergency Preparedness Fair is an opportunity to learn a few basics about preparedness — including how to build a ‘go kit’, how to prepare for wildfire season, and what supplies you might need to have on hand, extra preparation for kids, pets, and older adults, and more — from preparedness experts at the City and several partner organizations. By connecting residents and businesses with emergency response resources and educational materials, we hope to yield a more resilient community.
The event features demonstrations, giveaway items, and preparation resources.
Motivated by Wilsonville’s generational ice storm, massive wildfires, a heat dome event and the COVID pandemic, the City Council established a goal of engaging the community to support emergency preparedness and resiliency. The “Wilsonville Ready” campaign is a year-round effort to help individuals and families become better equipped to endure the immediate aftermath of an emergency when access to critical supplies – power, water, food, medical aid, plumbing, phone, internet, transportation, etc. – may be restricted. In the immediate wake of a catastrophic event, first responders may not be in a position to reach every person with critical need for several days.

Tualatin Emergency Preparedness Fair
2024-09-07 12:00 - 16:00
The fair is family-friendly, admission-free, and is sponsored by the Tualatin Library, the City of Tualatin and the
Tualatin Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), a community of volunteers focused on preparing the citizens, families, neighborhoods, and employees in the Tualatin area for emergency and disaster situations.
The fair offers an opportunity to gather with your neighbors for a day filled with fun and information so both children and adults can learn more about emergency preparedness.
The first 200 attendees will receive a CERT “Be Ready” Go Bag from our Welcome Booth to fill up with goodies from our numerous exhibitors! You could also win one of our fabulous gift baskets that have been graciously donated by local businesses. Make sure to fill out a ticket to enter the prize drawing at the Welcome Booth. (Need not be present to win.) Fair visitors will enjoy more than 25 vendor and exhibitor booths that will help educate about preparedness, have informational handouts, safety items for sale and many will have free giveaways.
Come out for an entertaining day and visit your favorite exhibitors including Mud Bay Pets, GoStayKits, OSU Extension, Tualatin Girl Scouts, Books On Wheels and Quake Up. The City of Tualatin, Washington & Clackamas Counties,Tualatin CIOs, Tualatin and Cedar Hills Neighborhood Ready and the local utilities will all have information booths as well. And there are many, many more.
It’s easy to take a quick break from the Emergency Fair and grab some drinks or snacks from the adjoining Nyberg Rivers Shopping Center, while you check out a variety of Tualatin City and Utility vehicles in the library parking lot that may include: TVF&R fire trucks, police cars and motorcycles, dump trucks and a bulldozer. Stop by and see the CERT Ham & GMRS Radio Team with their solar-powered station and learn about what they do to ensure that the Tualatin Amateur Radio Network will keep lines of communication open in the face of any disaster.
Inside the library, you can peruse the many exhibitor booths in the air-conditioned Community Room or on the patio. There will also be educational videos streaming throughout the day inside the library Fireplace Meeting Room. The Library Maker Space will be offering a free STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) project that visitors can create and take home. The American Red Cross will have a preparedness workshop for kids.
To learn more about the fair or if you are interested in being an exhibitor or donating to the prize drawing, visit https://www.tualatincert.org/.

Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL): Emergency Preparedness and Response Committee
2024-09-09 12:00 - 13:00
2nd Mondays of the month at 12pm PDT – Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL): Emergency Preparedness and Response Committee

Next meeting: September 9, 2024

Info here
Register here

Heat, Housing, and Human Risk: Lessons from the Home Forward Temperature Assessment
2024-09-10 10:00 - 11:00
In June 2021, a deadly heat dome hovered over Oregon, killing about 70 people in in Multnomah County and 100 statewide. The event led several agencies—including the Portland Bureau Emergency Management, the Multnomah County Health Department and Portland’s housing authority, Home Forward—to partner on better understanding the heat exposure risks of people living in affordable housing.
In 2022 and 2023, the Home Forward Indoor Temperature Assessment gathered temperature data from sensors installed in public housing units, as well as information from residents about how they were weathering the heat. The project resulted in a number of findings that can be applied broadly wherever heat and housing are issues.
Join project leaders as they discuss what they learned from the temperature data and what residents shared about their heat-related perceptions, experiences, and coping strategies. Speakers will also discuss resident-informed recommendations for emergency, health, and housing agencies.
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar.

Disaster Preparedness for Older Adults and Their Caregivers
2024-09-10 19:00 - 20:30
This webinar from our Family Caregiver Webinar Series is presented by Lauren Kraemer, MPH, Associate Professor of Practice in the College of Health with the Oregon State University Extension Service in Hood River and Wasco Counties, in collaboration with Oregon Care Partners.
Older adults face unique challenges preparing for and in the aftermath of natural disasters. This population can be among the hardest hit by fires, floods, winter storms, heat events, and extended power outages. Learn the many reasons older adults are at a particular disadvantage during disasters and how to help them and their families think through and prepare for a variety of scenarios.

Bolstering and Strengthening VOADs, COADs, and LTRGs
2024-09-11 09:00 - 11:00
Discussions around needs for development COADs/LTRGs throughout the State.

Meeting Purpose: Provide updates on COAD development and LTRG activities. Share needs, information, and resources such as templates, tools, guidance, training, and funding opportunities.
Intended Participants: Leaders and Coordinators of LTRGs and COADs statewide. Agencies or organizations looking for networking opportunities to build their community’s capacity to respond and recover from emergencies and disasters.

For details and a link to the meeting, please contact:
Quinn Butler, CEM (he/him) | State Voluntary Agency Liaison (VAL)
Recovery Program Services
Oregon Department of Emergency Management
Cell 971-388-4743
quinn.butler@oem.oregon.gov

Safely Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace
2024-09-12 09:00 - 10:00
Educational seminar series aimed at enhancing community preparedness and resilience. This series is hosted by IOEM with collaboration from the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Albertsons Companies. Register here.

Lane County COAD General Meeting
2024-09-12 10:30 - 11:30
Virtual meeting of the Lane County COAD. Contact info@lanecountycoad.org for an invitation.

Preparedness for Veteran Caregivers
2024-09-12 11:00 - 12:00
In collaboration with the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, Washington Emergency Management Division, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 10, The Veterans Integrated Services Networks (VISNs) Caregiver support program is hosting a webinar on Disaster Preparedness for Caregivers of Veterans.
This webinar will empower caregivers of Veterans, while equipping them with the necessary tools and knowledge to navigate the challenges of caregiving during times of disaster. With a focus on increasing caregiver confidence and preparedness, this webinar will serve as a guide for navigating the most common preparedness needs and serve as a platform to field questions, related to preparedness, for the caregivers who play an essential role in the well-being of our nation’s heroes.
Register Here

Strength in Unity: The Power of Mass Care Partnership
2024-09-12 11:00 - 12:30
VOISE Partner Call: Register here

These calls are typically held during the second week of each month but may occur more frequently during disaster operations. For additional information, including helpful tools, reports, and communications from FEMA Voluntary Agency Liaisons across the country, please visit https://fema.connectsolutions.com/voise

Emergency Resilience Indigenous Event
2024-09-14 10:00 - 15:00
Join a few Indigenous Marketplace vendors, community resources tables and FREE Emergency Preparedness Kits to the first 100 guests!! Limit of 1 kit PER Household).
Historic Parkrose, 4880 NE 104th Ave, Portland, OR 97220-3348

Trimet: #21, #87, #73

Thank you to East Portland Community Office and Historic Parkrose for the support and sponsorships!

Yachats Emergency Preparedness Fair
2024-09-14 10:00 - 16:00
Time & Location

Sep 14, 2024, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Yachats, 441 Hwy 101 N, Yachats, OR 97498, USA

Use this link to sign up for the event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094AADAD2BA0FCC07-50654426-yachats

Lincoln County Readiness Fair
2024-09-14 11:00 - 14:00
Lincoln County Public Safety and Community Cooperators are back again in 2024 for the annual county-wide readiness fair at the St. Clair Fire Station, 4520 SE Hwy 101, Lincoln City, Oregon 97367. This is an opportunity to educate coastal residents about 211 Info and share emergency preparedness resources. The events are free and open to the public – no registration required. Contact Lincoln County Emergency Management Preparedness Coordinator Cassidy Boyle for information at cboyle@lincolncity.org.

MGT-487: Mass Care: Shelter and Relocation Coordination
2024-09-17 07:30 - 15:30
Courtesy of the Will County Emergency Management Agency, the Office of Preparedness & Response at the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University.

Date: Thursday, September 17th, 2024
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (CT)

How to obtain a certificate:

Sign up for the course on this page.
Take the pre-test.
Attend the training on September 17th.
Take the post-test and evaluation.

Please wait up to 48 hours for your certificate to appear in your account.
Course Overview:
This instructor-led, management-level training will provide an overview of the disaster sheltering, evacuation, and relocation processes. This course looks at the roles and responsibilities of preparedness and response partners in carrying out sheltering, evacuation, and relocation operations. Recent disasters have highlighted the need for extensive sheltering and evacuation planning. What happens when a disaster lasts for an extended period, and disaster survivors need to be relocated or need disaster housing? This course will review these areas and provide information on how to plan for operations within your community.
Learning Objectives:

Describe the roles and responsibilities of federal, state, local, tribal, territorial governments in relation to evacuation, sheltering, and relocation.
Analyze the ways in which Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) are established and administered at shelters for mass care activities with partners.
Appraise how shelter support services, such as social case workers and human services, can help disaster survivors relocate to an interim housing solution.

Hosted by Tim Muzzey from the Will County Emergency Management Agency and Cynthia Schierl-Spreen, Training and Exercise Section Chief in the Office of Preparedness & Response at the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB) Educational Webinar: Senate Bill 966 Study Findings
2024-09-17 08:00 - 10:00
OHA’s Health Equity Definition:
Oregon will have established a health system that creates health equity when all people can reach their full health potential and well-being and are not disadvantaged by their race, ethnicity, language, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, social class, intersections among these communities or identities, or other socially determined circumstances. Achieving health equity requires the ongoing collaboration of all regions and sectors of the state, including tribal governments to address:

The equitable distribution or redistribution of resources and power; and
Recognizing, reconciling and rectifying historical and contemporary injustices.

Purpose:
This Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB) educational webinar will share details on Senate Bill 966 findings.
Senate Bill 966 requires Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to study the Quality Incentive Program, and the structure of the Metrics and Scoring subcommittee. OHA partnered with the Regional Research Institute (RRI) at Portland State University. RRI is a research team that collected information from Oregon Health Plan members through a survey to assist in improving access to health services.
The research team also interviewed representatives from Coordinated Care Organizations, community-based organizations/providers, and relevant committee members to develop recommendations for programmatic changes and changes to the subcommittee structure so that the design of the Quality Incentive Program is primarily focused on addressing health inequities, including the structural drivers of health inequities.
OHPB educational webinars are for informational purposes only. OHPB member attendance is optional, and no official business will be conducted. All OHPB Committee members, OHA staff, partners, and members of the public and community are welcome to attend.
Topic: OHPB Educational Webinar: Senate Bill 966 Study Findings
Time: Sep 17, 2024 08:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada
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Fire Management Assistance Grant Program Micro-Briefs
2024-09-18 08:30 - 09:30, 2024-09-19 08:30 - 09:30
Fire Management Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP) is available to state, local, and tribal governments, for the mitigation, management, and control of fires on publicly or privately owned forests or grassland which threaten such destruction as would constitute a major disaster.

Wednesday, September 18 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. EDT TOPIC: Declaration Request Process 2. Grant Management
Thursday, September 19 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. EDT TOPIC: Eligibility and Eligibility Category of Work

Both trainings will be conducted on Adobe Connect: https://fema.cosocloud.com/rrmts

Theses trainings are open to FEMA award recipients and subrecipients, including state, local, tribal, and territorial government personnel; nonprofit organization staff; eligible private entities; and other non-Federal entities. More information.

Protecting Places of Worship Webinar
2024-09-18 11:00 - 12:15
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) invites you to a webinar for the faith-based community on Thursday, September 18 from 11:00 – 12:15 (PDT).
This webinar will provide participants with a threat briefing during the period of Fall religious observances and the “Protecting Places of Worship National Weeks of Action.”
In addition, federal partners will share practical tools and resources to help strengthen the safety and security of places of worship and community spaces.
Click this link to register.

Active Shooter Preparedness
2024-09-18 11:00 - 13:00
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in partnership with the DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, invites you to a webinar for the faith-based community as part of the “Protecting Places of Worship National Weeks of Action.
This two-hour webinar provides information and best practices that can enhance emergency action planning capabilities applicable broadly across sectors and provides considerations to mitigate the impacts of an active shooter incident, while encouraging recovery preparedness in a manner that sustains an open and welcoming environment for the community to peaceably worship in a manner that sustains an open and welcoming environment for the community to peaceably worship.

Washington's Greatest Hits: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and More!
2024-09-19 10:00 - 12:00
Join Serve Washington and subject matter experts from the Washington State Emergency Management Division as they discuss Washington State’s greatest natural hazard hits – volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and more on this webinar! Learn what the state is doing to better understand its natural hazards and mitigate their impact before disaster strikes. Topics covered will include how to know if you’re in a hazard zone, how to get alerts, and how to prepare yourself and your loved ones for emergencies large and small.
Join link (advance registration not required): https://servewashington.wa.gov/tta-washington%E2%80%99s-greatest-hits-volcanoes-earthquakes-tsunamis-and-more

Colorado Emergency Management Access and Functional Needs: CMIST Monthly Resource and Information Meeting
2024-09-19 13:00 - 14:00
Third Thursdays of the month at 4pm ET – Colorado Emergency Management Access and Functional Needs: CMIST Monthly Resource and Information Meeting

Next meeting: September 19, 2024

Register here

Donations Operations Training
2024-09-22 08:30 - 15:30
Disaster Response Training
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Registration: 8:30 AM
Class Begins: 9:30 AM
Location:
Grants Pass Better Living Center
An informative and hands-on training session on disaster response. This 6-hour class will equip you with the skills and knowledge to set up and manage a donations center, enabling you to effectively respond to disasters in our community and beyond.
What You’ll Receive:

Comprehensive training manual
ACS Disaster Response T-shirt
ACS ID badge
Certification and photo ID from the North American Division

Facilitators:

Pastor Larry D. Mays, Disaster Response Coordinator for the North Pacific Union Conference
Patty Marsh, Director of Adventist Community Services for Upper Columbia Conference

Cost:
$20.00 per person (includes lunch)
Why Attend?

Gain vital skills for disaster response.
Be prepared with memorandums of understanding with FEMA and state agencies.
Earn a recognized certification that enhances your response capabilities.

RSVP by September 8, 2024:
Link: https://orad.us/ACSgrantspassTraining2024
Text: 971-901-7240
Email: m.dauncey@oc.npuc.org
Secure your spot today and become a valuable asset in your community’s disaster response efforts!

Engaging Communities and Communicating Preparedness Webinar
2024-09-23 11:30 - 13:00
This webinar will include presentations on strategies that support preparedness awareness and activities that help communities plan for disasters and build resilience. Presenters will share takeaways from the Risk Communications, Crisis Communications and Community Engagement Summit report and apply them to examples of successful community engagement and risk communications for disaster preparedness. Participants will learn strategies to apply to their own work to support preparedness awareness and activities that help communities to plan for disasters and build resilience. Participants will have the opportunity to ask the panelists questions on creating and sharing critical preparedness messaging in the face of nationwide disasters of increasing frequency and severity.

Next Generation of Resilience
2024-09-25 10:00
RNPN will host its annual “Next Generation of Resilience” event. The Next Generation of Resilience Exchange showcases the work and perspectives of students and young resilience professionals. Featured panelists will get to share their perspectives on the future of resilience. There are two goals for this event. Partners will be exposed to innovative ideas on natural hazard resilience and climate change. Our next generation practitioners will have the opportunity to share their work and network with established professionals. The event is part of our Resilience Exchange series, which offers monthly learning sessions on a specific subject to share knowledge and advance conversations around a particular area of natural hazard resilience.
These events are open to all! If you know someone who may be interested, feel free to share this registration with your network.

Exploring Partnerships: Tzu Chi
2024-09-25 12:30 - 13:30
FEMA Region 9 and 10 are excited to partner with Tzu Chi, a Buddhist international humanitarian organization whose mission is to relieve the suffering of those in need while creating a better world for all through compassion, love, and hope.
Join this discussion to hear from a leading organization in the field of assisting disaster survivors and how we can better implement disaster preparedness and response.
Register for this webinar
If you need a reasonable accommodation such as sign language interpreters, Braille, or CART please contact Christian Erickson@fema.dhs.gov as soon as possible. Last minute requests will be accepted but may not be possible to fulfill.

Overcoming the Hot Stress Mess
2024-09-26 10:30 - 11:30
Violence (real, perceived, and potential) affects everyone, everywhere. Our INVOLUNTARY human response to violence cannot differentiate between life threatening danger and non-life-threatening stress.
You can save your life by responding to any situation using three steps, even if you don’t have medical knowledge. When harnessed correctly, this will help save a life, maybe yours. The training also applies to everyday life, overcoming the human stress response.
By the end of your time with Marcus Melnick, you will learn how to have a clear mind when confronted with extreme stress, increase confidence that you know how to respond to a variety of incidents, and lessen the chance of poor decision making, by understanding the human stress response.
Register here…
Marcus Melnick is a personal safety specialist who worked in Public Safety Roles for decades. He is a published author, court recognized expert witness, TED Talk Speaker, and conference keynote presenter and corporate and municipal trainer.
Melnick hosts his own radio program called, “The Personal Safety Show,” and is active in self-defense / use of force training.
