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The [https://www.portland.gov/pbem Portland Bureau of Emergency Management] (PBEM) is the City of Portland's enterprise emergency management agency. It was [[Media:2004.07.21.78616 Establish Portland Office of Emergency Management.pdf|established as a City bureau in 2004]]<ref>However, in the FY 03-/04 adopted budget, City Council also transferred emergency management and Emergency Operations Center functions and funding from the Bureau of Fire & Rescue to the Portland Office of Emergency Management and approved the assignment of two positions from the Bureau of Fire & Rescue and two positions from the Police Bureau.</ref>, and the Portland NET program was included as part of PBEM's portfolio.
:''See also: [https://www.portland.gov/pbem PBEM's official webpage]''
'''<big>Subpages</big>'''
:'''↳''' ''[[Portland Bureau of Emergency Management/Historic Disasters in the Portland Metro Area|Historic Disasters in the Portland Metro Area]]''
:'''↳''' ''[[Community Preparedness Library#Portland Emergency Management Archives - Products|Work Published by Portland Emergency Management]]''
:'''↳''' ''[[Community Preparedness Library#Portland Emergency Management Archives - Administrative|Governing Laws and Codes for PBEM]]''
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City Code 3.124.030 establishes that PBEM’s purpose is to “centralize leadership and coordination of emergency management.”<ref>Portland City Code Chapter 3.124: https://www.portland.gov/code/3/124</ref> Former Mayor Sam Adams stated that the intent of PBEM was “to support timely and effective decision-making on issues of critical importance to the life, health, and welfare of Portlanders.”<ref>May 17, 2010, Memo from Sam Adams, Mayor to LaVonne Griffin-Valade, City Auditor re: Response to Auditor’s Report #389: [https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/16281704 “Emergency Management: Coordination limited and essential functions incomplete”]</ref>
Over the years, PBEM has invested time and resources in three primary mission areas:
* '''Planning:''' Expand and maintain a complete suite of disaster mitigation, response, and recovery plans. This mission area also includes collaborating with other City bureaus on [https://www.oregon.gov/oem/emresources/plans_assessments/coop/pages/default.aspx Continuity of Operations Plans] (COOP), which describes how individual bureaus will get services to Portlanders back on line after a major disruption or disaster.
* '''Operations:''' Advance readiness of Portland's [[PBEM Emergency Operations Center (EOC)|Emergency Operations Center]] (EOC). PBEM staff are responsible for maintaining the EOC and ensuring it is ready to activate at a moment's notice. This mission area also includes the Duty Officer program. PBEM Duty Officers are trained to activate the EOC for major emergencies and planned events. Duty Officers also monitor major emergency incidents and coordinate information sharing and operations between bureaus and Portland elected officials.
* '''Community Programming:''' Aims to inspire a culture of disaster resilience and preparedness. This mission area includes promoting a whole community approach to preparedness and integrating emergency management into broader community-oriented goals (such as disaster hubs). This mission area is managed by PBEM's Community Preparedness Team.
PBEM is led by a Director who reports to the [https://www.portland.gov/service-areas/public-safety Public Safety Service Area] (PSSA) Deputy City Administrator. PBEM's mission is supported by a small in-house administrative team and administrators in the PSSA.
PBEM also shares office space with the [https://rdpo.net/ Regional Disaster Policy Organization] (RDPO). However, RDPO is a separate regional organization.
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== History of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management ==
== History of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management ==


=== Portland Civil Defense ===
=== Portland Civil Defense ===
[[File:Civil-Defense-Drill-1960-FSDM2.jpg|thumb|''Civil defense drill inside Kelly Butte in 1960. Photo courtesy of the [https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/civil-defense-underground-headquarters/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Oregon History Project].''|350x350px|left]]
[[File:Civil-Defense-Drill-1960-FSDM2.jpg|thumb|''Civil defense drill inside Kelly Butte in 1960. Photo courtesy of the [https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/civil-defense-underground-headquarters/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Oregon History Project].''|350x350px]]
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In a sense, PBEM's history began in 1956 with Portland constructing the Civil Defense Emergency Operation Center. According to the [https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/civil-defense-underground-headquarters/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Oregon History Project]:
In a sense, PBEM's history began in 1956 with Portland constructing the Civil Defense Emergency Operation Center. According to the [https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/civil-defense-underground-headquarters/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Oregon History Project]:
<blockquote>In 1956, Portland became the first city in the United States to build an underground city hall, the Civil Defense Emergency Operation Center, at [[wikipedia:Kelly_Butte_Natural_Area|Kelly Butte]], six and a half miles southeast of the city. It was intended to house 250 emergency coordinators for two weeks. From the underground, they could direct city and emergency services in the event of a nuclear war.  It was protected from nuclear fallout by twenty-six inch walls of reinforced concrete, buried ten to thirty feet below the hillside.
<blockquote>[[File:1957.12.31.Kelly Butte.jpg|alt=Photo from inside Kelly Butte, December 1957.|thumb|600x600px|''Photo from inside Kelly Butte, December 1957.'']]In 1956, Portland became the first city in the United States to build an underground city hall, the Civil Defense Emergency Operation Center, at [[wikipedia:Kelly_Butte_Natural_Area|Kelly Butte]], six and a half miles southeast of the city. It was intended to house 250 emergency coordinators for two weeks. From the underground, they could direct city and emergency services in the event of a nuclear war.  It was protected from nuclear fallout by twenty-six inch walls of reinforced concrete, buried ten to thirty feet below the hillside.


Technical operations equipment cached there included a huge map of Portland, telephones, and telegraph. There was also a special radio to broadcast warnings and establish contact with all government response agencies within a thirty-mile radius without disclosing the signal’s location of origin to enemy planes. In addition, microfilm files of 100 years worth of Portland deeds and other records were stored there.
Technical operations equipment cached there included a huge map of Portland, telephones, and telegraph. There was also a special radio to broadcast warnings and establish contact with all government response agencies within a thirty-mile radius without disclosing the signal’s location of origin to enemy planes. In addition, microfilm files of 100 years worth of Portland deeds and other records were stored there.
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*Portland historian Jeff Felker's blog, [https://kellybuttebunker.blogspot.com/ The Kelly Butte 911 Call Center].
*Portland historian Jeff Felker's blog, [https://kellybuttebunker.blogspot.com/ The Kelly Butte 911 Call Center].


=== Portland Office of Emergency Management (POEM) ===
=== Portland Office of Emergency Management ===
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The Portland Office of Emergency Management was a special unit in Portland Fire & Rescue until Portland City Council made it a stand-alone office in July of 2003. Funds from the Department of Homeland Security helped establish local emergency management offices, nationwide. Portland City Council consolidated all emergency management functions into the Portland Office of Emergency Management by ordinance on July 21, 2004. The first Director was Miguel Ascarrunz, appointed in November 2003.<ref>You can view a C-Span video where Director Ascarrunz appears at about the 2:55:25 mark here: https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/democratic-national-committee-platform-hearing/128854</ref>
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|[[Media:2004.07.21.POEM.pdf|Ordinance 178616]]
|2004.07.21, established the Portland Office of Emergency Management
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|[[Media:2004 Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan.PDF|2004 Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan]]
|2004.11.14, first major plan produced from POEM.
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|[[Media:2007.10.10.POEM.pdf|Ordinance 181352]]
|2007.10.10, significant updates to code governing POEM.
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The Portland Bureau of Emergency Management originated in July 2003 as a special unit in Portland Fire & Rescue. Funds from the Department of Homeland Security helped establish local emergency management offices, nationwide. Portland City Council consolidated all emergency management functions into a single bureau, the Portland Office of Emergency Management, by ordinance on July 21, 2004. The first Director was Miguel Ascarrunz, appointed in November 2003.<ref>You can view a C-Span video where Director Ascarrunz appears at about the 2:55 mark here: https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/democratic-national-committee-platform-hearing/128854</ref>
 
== Historic Disasters in the Portland Metro Area ==
[[File:1964 Storm.jpg|alt=News clipping following the 1964 Columbus Day Storm in the Portland area.|thumb|float|314x314px|News clipping following the 1964 Columbus Day Storm in the Portland area.]]
[[File:2014.12.11.StandardInsurance.jpg|alt=View from Jeremy Van Keuren's office on December 11, 2014 during the windstorm. Metal sheeting broke off the PacWest building and struck the side of the Standard Insurance building.|thumb|''View from Jeremy Van Keuren's office on December 11, 2014 during the windstorm. Metal sheeting [https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/willamette-valley/thousands-lose-power-in-metro-area-after-storm/283-318089226 broke off the PacWest building] and struck the side of the Standard Insurance building.''|333x333px]]The following table lists historic disasters in Portland.
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|[[wikipedia:1700_Cascadia_earthquake|1700 Cascadia Earthquake]]
|1700.01.26
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|[[wikipedia:Great_Flood_of_1862#Oregon|Great Flood of 1861-1862]]
|1861.12.05
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|[[wikipedia:Great_Fire_of_1873|Great Fire of 1873]]
|1873.08.02
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|[https://portland.daveknows.org/2011/06/24/june-24-1876-flood-waters-reach-second-street-in-portland/ Portland Flood of 1876]
|1874.06.24
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|[[wikipedia:Great_Gale_of_1880|Great Gale of 1880]]
|1880.01.09
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|[https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/willamette_flood_1894_/ Willamette River Flood of 1894] <ref>'''See also''' from OPB: ''[https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/30/oregon-experience-130-years-ago-great-flood-1894-portland/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery 130 years ago, the Great Flood of 1894 left Portland waterlogged for weeks]''</ref>
|1894.06.05
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|[https://www.jstor.org/stable/40490945 1931 Dust Storm]
|1931.04.21
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|[[wikipedia:Vanport,_Oregon#Flood|1948 Columbia River flood (Vanport)]]
|1948.05.30
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|[[wikipedia:Columbus_Day_Storm_of_1962|Columbus Day Storm of 1962]]
|1962.10.12
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|[[wikipedia:Christmas_flood_of_1964|Christmas Flood of 1964]]
|1964.12.18
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|[[wikipedia:1972_Portland–Vancouver_tornadoes|1972 Vancouver Tornado]]
|1972.04.05
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|[[wikipedia:United_Airlines_Flight_173|United Airlines Flight 173]]
|1978.12.28
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|[[wikipedia:1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens|Eruption of Mount St. Helens]]
|1980.03.27
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|[https://kcby.com/news/local/deadly-storm-hit-oregon-on-friday-the-13th-in-november-1981 Friday the 13<sup>th</sup> Windstorm]
|1981.11.13
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|[[wikipedia:1993_Scotts_Mills_earthquake|1993 Scotts Mills earthquake]]
|1993.03.25
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|[https://portlandweather.com/weather-headlines/130 1995 Windstorm]<ref>'''See also:''' Oregonian/OregonLive, S. T. |. (2015, December 12). 20 years later: Dec. 12, 1995, windstorm ranks second only to Columbus Day Storm of 1962. ''Oregonlive''. https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2015/12/20_years_later_december_12_199.html</ref><ref>'''See also:''' ''Classic windstorm of December 11, 2014''. (n.d.). https://climate.washington.edu/stormking/December2014.html</ref>
|1995.12.12
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|[[wikipedia:Willamette_Valley_flood_of_1996|Willamette Valley Flood of 1996]]
|1996.02.05
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|Influenza A-H1N1 Pandemic in Portland
|2009.06.06
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|[[Media:2014.12.11.Portland Windstorm Analysis.pdf|December 2014 Windstorm]]
|2014.12.11
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|[[wikipedia:COVID-19_pandemic_in_Portland,_Oregon|COVID-19 Pandemic in Portland]]
|2020.02.28
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|[[wikipedia:George_Floyd_protests_in_Portland,_Oregon|George Floyd Demonstrations]]
|2020.05.28
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|[https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/heat-dome-2021/#:~:text=During%20the%202021%20event%2C%20Portland,%C2%B0F%20on%20June%2028. 2021 Heat Dome]
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=== Major emergency events in Portland ===
The table below lists major emergency incidents in Portland's history that are notable but do not rise to the designation of "disaster".
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|[[wikipedia:Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017|"Great American Eclipse"]]
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== History of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) ==
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Portland Fire & Rescue staff contributed to the development of a national Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. The Portland version, Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NET), was the third CERT program in the country.


== Notes and References ==
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