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|Online cooling center PIC training #1 by Multnomah County. | |Online cooling center PIC training #1 by Multnomah County. | ||
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|PBEM Director sends email request to all City bureau directors and managers to encourage their employees to take overtime and staff cooling centers. | |PBEM Director sends email request to all City bureau directors and managers to encourage their employees to take overtime and staff cooling centers. | ||
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|PF&R confirm they will fill all remaining PIC slots at the Portland Building through the morning of August 15. | |PF&R confirm they will fill all remaining PIC slots at the Portland Building through the morning of August 15. | ||
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|1515 | |1515 | ||
|Request for volunteers goes out on PBEM’s Twitter account; 8,823 followers and 11 retweets. | |Request for volunteers goes out on PBEM’s Twitter account; 8,823 followers and 11 retweets. | ||
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|Request for volunteers goes out on Multnomah County’s Twitter account; 47.5k followers and 49 retweets. | |Request for volunteers goes out on Multnomah County’s Twitter account; 47.5k followers and 49 retweets. | ||
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| colspan="3"; style="background: dimgray; color: white" |'''<big>August 12, 2021: Thursday</big>''' | | colspan="3"; style="background: dimgray; color: white" |'''<big>August 12, 2021: Thursday</big>''' | ||
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|1100 | |1100 | ||
| | |Portland Chief Administrator’s Office sends email to all City employees, again encouraging them to staff cooling centers. | ||
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|1215 | |1215 | ||
| | |NET request sent via email with signups; 3,908 recipients (heat deployment update #3). Unlike prior NET updates, this one went to both active and applicant NET volunteers. | ||
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| colspan="2" |1230 | | colspan="2" |1230 | ||
| | |Multnomah County announces opening of Kellogg School as a cooling center | ||
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| colspan="2" |1240 | | colspan="2" |1240 | ||
| | |PBEM makes request for NET volunteers trained specifically in Mental Health First Aid and crisis de-escalation. | ||
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| colspan="2" |1600 | | colspan="2" |1600 | ||
| | |NETs volunteering in the evening at Lents Park misting station instructed to stand down their shifts due to criminal activity at the station. Shifts resume the next morning. | ||
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|14 | |14 | ||
|1620 | |1620 | ||
| | |NETs who took shifts at Charles Jordan Community Center are informed that their shifts are canceled due to low use of the facility. They are encouraged to take shifts instead at Kellogg School and the Portland Building. | ||
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| colspan="3"; style="background: dimgray; color: white" |'''<big>August 13, 2021: Friday</big>''' | | colspan="3"; style="background: dimgray; color: white" |'''<big>August 13, 2021: Friday</big>''' | ||
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| colspan="2" |0900 | | colspan="2" |0900 | ||
| | |County sends Wireless Emergency Alert to area cellphones with a warning about the extreme heat. | ||
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| colspan="2" |1000 | | colspan="2" |1000 | ||
| | |The National Weather Service issues an advisory about air quality due to wildfire smoke in the area. | ||
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| colspan="2" |1045 | | colspan="2" |1045 | ||
| | |COAD Safety Alert #4 goes out; ≈ 90 community based organizations. | ||
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|15 | |'''15''' | ||
|1115 | |1115 | ||
| | |Request for volunteers goes out on Multnomah County’s Twitter account; 47.5k followers and 24 retweets. | ||
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|16 | |'''16''' | ||
|1300 | |1300 | ||
| | |PBEM Director sends update email to all City employees and a renewed request for cooling center staffing. | ||
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| colspan="2" |1400 | | colspan="2" |1400 | ||
| | |Demobilization slots are added to NET volunteer shifts for the Portland Building. | ||
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|17 | |'''17''' | ||
|1515 | |1515 | ||
| | |NETs who took shifts at Charles Jordan Community Center are (again) informed that their shifts are canceled due to low use of the facility. They are encouraged to take shifts instead at Kellogg School and the Portland Building. | ||
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|17 | |'''17''' | ||
|1545 | |1545 | ||
| | |NET request sent via email with signups; 2,050 recipients (heat deployment update #4). | ||
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|18 | |'''18''' | ||
|1730 | |1730 | ||
| | |Request for volunteers goes out on Multnomah County’s Twitter account; 47.5k followers and 16 retweets. | ||
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| colspan="3"; style="background: dimgray; color: white" |'''<big>August 14, 2021: Saturday</big>''' | | colspan="3"; style="background: dimgray; color: white" |'''<big>August 14, 2021: Saturday</big>''' | ||
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| colspan="2" |0945 | | colspan="2" |0945 | ||
| | |Multnomah County issues press release advising that cooling centers will remain open until August 15, closing at 10:00 AM. | ||
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== Notes and References == | == Notes and References == | ||
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