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[[File:2020.09.12.EJewett.CTC (12).jpg|alt=NET crew deployed to the Clackamas Town Center evacuation site, September 12 2020. Photo by Ethan Jewett.|thumb|551x551px|''NET crew deployed to the Clackamas Town Center evacuation site, September 12 2020. Photo by Ethan Jewett.'']] | [[File:2020.09.12.EJewett.CTC (12).jpg|alt=NET crew deployed to the Clackamas Town Center evacuation site, September 12 2020. Photo by Ethan Jewett.|thumb|551x551px|''NET crew deployed to the Clackamas Town Center evacuation site, September 12 2020. Photo by Ethan Jewett.'']] | ||
A series of large wildfires starting in mid-August 2020 and burning [[wikipedia:2020_Oregon_wildfires|throughout Oregon]] coalesced into the state's largest deployment of wildfire response resources and one of the most destructive wildfire seasons in Oregon's history. Clackamas County was particularly impacted. "The two large fires that impacted Clackamas County were the Clackamas Fire Complex (11,210 acres) and the Riverside Incident (138,054 acres, 139 structures lost and 4 injuries)."<ref>Clackamas Fire District #1. (2021). ''[https://clackamasfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-21-AAR-Executive-Summary-Final.pdf 2020 Fire Siege: After-Action Review]''.</ref> <span style="background:#FFFF00; color:#FFFF00">.</span><span style="background:#FFFF00">'''On request from Clackamas County Emergency Management, NET volunteers operated an evacuation center from September 11 to September 18. This deployment was the first time NETs operated independently on a large incident, covering multiple response capabilities.'''</span><span style="background:#FFFF00; color:#FFFF00">.</span> This NET Wiki article is a reprint of an After-Action Report (AAR) for the deployment. | A series of large wildfires starting in mid-August 2020 and burning [[wikipedia:2020_Oregon_wildfires|throughout Oregon]] coalesced into the state's largest deployment of wildfire response resources and one of the most destructive wildfire seasons in Oregon's history. Clackamas County was particularly impacted. "The two large fires that impacted Clackamas County were the Clackamas Fire Complex (11,210 acres) and the Riverside Incident (138,054 acres, 139 structures lost and 4 injuries)."<ref>Clackamas Fire District #1. (2021). ''[https://clackamasfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-21-AAR-Executive-Summary-Final.pdf 2020 Fire Siege: After-Action Review]''.</ref> <span style="background:#FFFF00; color:#FFFF00">.</span><span style="background:#FFFF00">'''On request from Clackamas County Emergency Management, NET volunteers operated an evacuation center from September 11 to September 18. This deployment was the first time NETs operated independently on a large incident, covering multiple response capabilities.'''</span><span style="background:#FFFF00; color:#FFFF00">.</span> This NET Wiki article is a reprint of an After-Action Report (AAR) for the deployment. | ||
NET volunteers were later mentioned [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/22/oregon-2020-fire-season-smoke-coronaviruus in an article about the fires appearing in The Guardian]. | |||
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== Scope == | == Scope == | ||
[[File:P2.New York Times.jpg|alt=The Clackamas Town Center evacuation area. Photo from the New York Times.|left|thumb|350x350px|''The Clackamas Town Center evacuation area. Photo from the New York Times.'']] | [[File:P2.New York Times.jpg|alt=The Clackamas Town Center evacuation area. Photo from the New York Times.|left|thumb|350x350px|''The Clackamas Town Center evacuation area. Photo from the New York Times.'']] | ||
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== Methodology == | == Methodology == | ||
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Assessments were requested by participants immediately after the deployment, but the AAR was not completed until June of 2021 (COVID response delayed completion) . This AAR includes the following inputs: | Assessments were requested by participants immediately after the deployment, but the AAR was not completed until June of 2021 (COVID response delayed completion) . This AAR includes the following inputs: | ||
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==== Clackamas Town Center ==== | ==== Clackamas Town Center ==== | ||
Clackamas Town Center (CTC) is a shopping center at 12000 SE 82nd Avenue in unincorporated Clackamas County, managed and co-owned by Brookfield Properties Retail Group. CTC includes 1,230,000 square feet of retail space and a parking lot with 6,800 spaces. Most evacuees occupied approximately 23 .5 acres in the northeast parking lot. Inside that area, evacuees and operations were concentrated inside an area of 11.3 acres (see site map). | Clackamas Town Center (CTC) is a shopping center at 12000 SE 82nd Avenue in unincorporated Clackamas County, managed and co-owned by Brookfield Properties Retail Group. CTC includes 1,230,000 square feet of retail space and a parking lot with 6,800 spaces. Most evacuees occupied approximately 23.5 acres in the northeast parking lot. Inside that area, evacuees and operations were concentrated inside an area of 11.3 acres (see site map). | ||
Brookfield Manager Dennis Curtis cooperated closely with the Clackamas County EOC to allow fire evacuees to camp at the CTC parking lot and connect evacuees to services. | Brookfield Manager Dennis Curtis cooperated closely with the Clackamas County EOC to allow fire evacuees to camp at the CTC parking lot and connect evacuees to services. | ||
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==== Salvation Army Cascade Division ==== | ==== Salvation Army Cascade Division ==== | ||
[[File:P5.2020.09.12.EJones.CTC.jpg|alt=Salvation Army Captain Michael O'Brien (center) directing resources at the evacuation center.|thumb|350x350px|''Salvation Army Captain Michael O'Brien (center) directing resources at the evacuation center. September 12, 2020 photo by Ernest Jones.'']] | [[File:P5.2020.09.12.EJones.CTC.jpg|alt=Salvation Army Captain Michael O'Brien (center) directing resources at the evacuation center.|thumb|350x350px|''Salvation Army Captain Michael O'Brien (center) directing resources at the evacuation center. September 12, 2020 photo by Ernest Jones.'']] | ||
Representatives of The Salvation Army’s Cascade Division did not report on their capabilities for this after-action report. However, they provided critical aid to evacuees at CTC. On September 21, their public Facebook page reported their Clackamas County response to the fires (at CTC and elsewhere) included: | Representatives of [https://cascade.salvationarmy.org/ The Salvation Army’s Cascade Division] did not report on their capabilities for this after-action report. However, they provided critical aid to evacuees at CTC. On September 21, their public Facebook page reported their Clackamas County response to the fires (at CTC and elsewhere) included: | ||
* Served Meals: 21,898 | * Served Meals: 21,898 | ||
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[[File:P6.ClackFireMap.png|alt=09/12 Clackamas County map with red portions indicating "evacuate NOW" areas.|thumb|400x400px|''09/12 Clackamas County map with red portions indicating "evacuate NOW" areas.'']] | [[File:P6.ClackFireMap.png|alt=09/12 Clackamas County map with red portions indicating "evacuate NOW" areas.|thumb|400x400px|''09/12 Clackamas County map with red portions indicating "evacuate NOW" areas.'']] | ||
==== Clackamas Town Center ==== | ==== At Clackamas Town Center ==== | ||
* 24 operational periods (including two overnight) between 13:45 on 09/11 and 19:30 on 09/18. | * 24 operational periods (including two overnight) between 13:45 on 09/11 and 19:30 on 09/18. | ||
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** Attend Just-In-Time training as needed; | ** Attend Just-In-Time training as needed; | ||
** Direct and distribute resources on site. | ** Direct and distribute resources on site. | ||
NETs accomplished, among other things: | |||
* Engaging with evacuees to link them to services and information; | |||
* Managing the shower area in partnership with [https://www.loveonecommunity.org/ LoveOne]; | |||
* Helping to develop a demobilization strategy; | |||
* Helping to manage donations; | |||
* Administering the phone charging station; | |||
* Obtaining census data and other data about the temporary residents; | |||
* Keeping out people and organizations intending to prey on evacuees;<ref>For example: faith organizations arriving to proselytize (instead of helping) and persons testing security and casing the area. There was also one incident of an individual impersonating a FEMA employee and telling evacuees they had to leave.</ref> | |||
* Patrolling the site. | |||
[[File:CTC.Evac Notice.jpg|alt=Card handed to evacuees at the Clackamas Town Center before the evacuation center closed.|thumb|''Card handed to evacuees at the Clackamas Town Center before the evacuation center closed.'']] | [[File:CTC.Evac Notice.jpg|alt=Card handed to evacuees at the Clackamas Town Center before the evacuation center closed.|thumb|''Card handed to evacuees at the Clackamas Town Center before the evacuation center closed.'']] | ||
==== Oak Grove | ==== At Oak Grove and the Oregon Convention Center ==== | ||
The Oak Grove shelter was hosted by United Methodist, and the Red Cross was operated primarily by the Red Cross. | The Oak Grove shelter was hosted by United Methodist, and the Red Cross was operated primarily by the Red Cross. | ||
* 13 shifts (most of them night or overnight shifts). | * 13 shifts (most of them night or overnight shifts). | ||
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* Riverside fire. (2021, July 29). ''ArcGIS StoryMaps''. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7ba1715929bb4cc591b3bbade3e30895 | * Riverside fire. (2021, July 29). ''ArcGIS StoryMaps''. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7ba1715929bb4cc591b3bbade3e30895 | ||
* Stern, J. E. (2023, November 1). How civilians saved their Oregon town from two megafires. ''The Atlantic''. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/oregon-town-wildfire-beachie-creek-riverside-megafires/619817/ | * Stern, J. E. (2023, November 1). How civilians saved their Oregon town from two megafires. ''The Atlantic''. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/oregon-town-wildfire-beachie-creek-riverside-megafires/619817/ | ||
* Van Der Voo, L. (2020, December 24). Heat, wind and a cruel twist of nature: inside Oregon’s nightmarish wildfire season. ''The Guardian''. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/22/oregon-2020-fire-season-smoke-coronaviruus | |||
* Wikipedia contributors. (2023, December 22). ''2020 Oregon wildfires''. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Oregon_wildfires | * Wikipedia contributors. (2023, December 22). ''2020 Oregon wildfires''. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Oregon_wildfires | ||
