Portland NET In The Media

The table below links to all media stories we know of featuring Portland NET. If you stumble onto one that doesn't appear on the list, please let us know at net@portlandoregon.gov.

Date	Media/Author	Title/Link	PBEM staff/NET(s) Featured
2025.03.12	OPB/Elizabeth Castillo	Health advocates say Portland needs more public toilets	Merilee Karr (South Burlingame)
2025.02.18	KOIN 6/Kohr Harlan	Kohr Explores: Prepare for the big one at Shaky Grounds Cafe	Though NET is not name dropped, Tyler Robinson (the creator of Shaky Grounds) is a NET volunteer
2024.12.27	The Bee/David F. Ashton	Brentwood-Darlington relies on Neighborhood Emergency Team for help	Jim Quinn (Brentwood-Darlington NET, FPN)
2024.12.14	South Tabor Crow/Christine Wilson	Volunteer Opportunity: Help South Tabor Prepare for Emergencies	Christine Wilson (South Tabor NET)
2024.11.27	The Oregonian/Editorial	Readers respond: Volunteer emergency training is money well spent	Paul Rinehart, Brentwood Darlington
2024.11.12	City Cast Portland/Claudia Meza	How Your Neighbors Can Save You in a Major Disaster	Glenn Devitt (PBEM)
2024.09.06	East PDX News/David F. Ashton	Centennial NET continue planning for major emergencies	Karen Wolfgang, David Linn, Matt Crane, Grace Hougey
2024.07.29	The Bee/David F. Ashton	Reed neighbors gather at annual summer potluck block party	Reed NET
2024.06.13	AlamedaPDX - Alameda Neighborhood Association Newsletter/Bec Lawson	Alameda Neighbors Gather for Pizza and Preparedness Training	Mark Meininger, Michael Hall, Jerry Porter, Keith Wilson, Dana Jeffries, and Katie Haraguchi
2024.02.15	SWNI News	The Storm of '24: January's Icy Blast Challenges Local NETs	Dave Manville (Ashcrest NET), Tom Boeker (Multnomah NET), Vicki McNamara (West Portland Park NET), Ed Kraus (Maplewood NET), Merilee Karr (South Burlingame NET), Kandy Scott (Maplewood NET)
2024.02.07	OPB/Alex Zielinski	Portland’s only earthquake preparedness employee on budget chopping block	Ernie Jones (BEECN Coordinator/volunteer)
2024.02.06	Seattle Met/Kea Krause	Can a Video Game Prepare Us for the Big One?	This was not a NET project, but some of the designers involved are NETs (Peter Drake and Elizabeth Safran)
2024.01.29	The Oregonian/Aimee Green	After unforgettable storm, here’s how Portland area residents are prepping for the next big one	Marcel Rodriguez (Arnold Creek NET)
2024.01.26	OPB Think Out Loud/Gemma DiCarlo	How Oregonians and state agencies are preparing for the next ‘Big One’	Shawn Looney (Linnton NET)
2024.01.21	Oregonian Editorial Board	Editorial: Oregonians must build a culture of resilience	NETs as a whole were name dropped
2024.01.16	OPB	Winter weather in Northwest Oregon persists with expected ice storm	Phil Barber (Sellwood NET)
2023.10.28	The Bee/David Ashton	‘Neighborhood Emergency Teams’ hold major Woodstock Park exercise	Pablo Martos (Kerns NET), Matt Burke (Creston-Kenilworth NET), Orion Raphael (Woodstock NET), Mark Ginsberg (Woodstock NET).
2023.06.05	FOX News/Paulina Aguilar	Disaster Day training teaches high schoolers to save lives	Aaron Olsen, PPS; referencing TeenCERT
2023.05.24	PSU Vanguard/Kat Leon	Be prepared, not scared	Mark Meininger, Karen Wolfgang
2023.03.06	Multnomah County	Volunteers play critical role in keeping severe weather shelters open during February storm	Mark Meininger, Phil Barber, Janet Stein (former NET, now MRC)
2023.02.24	The Oregonian/Catalina Gaitán	6 hours at a SE Portland warming center: ‘This is what we do. We help people’	No NETs name dropped, but these are shifts that NETs volunteer for
2023.02.08	The Hollywood Star News	Ready For Action	Ernie Jones (PBEM), Erin Cooper, Beth Heins, Anjala Ehelebe, Paul Lefevre
2022.11.11	ESOL News Oregon	More than 3,500 volunteers are part of Portland's Neighborhood Emergency Teams
2022.11.08	The Oregonian/Sami Edge	McDaniel High students ready to help their communities as emergency responders	Shon Christensen, TeenCERT, Larry Wiedenhoft, Darshanpreet Gill (PPS)
2022.10.23	1190 KEX/Brad Ford	Local Voices: Portland's Neighborhood Emergency Teams	Kathy Reese (NET)
2022.09.29	Oregon Academy of Family Physicians/Merilee Karr	The Greatest Good	Elizabeth Klein (NET), Franklin Weingarten (NET), Ann Marie Paulsen (Tigard CERT), more
2022.09.18	East Portland News/David Ashton	Centennial neighbors hold ‘Party in the Park’	Karen Wolfgang (NET), Mary Strickland (NET)
2022.09.14	Wired/Adrienne So	When the Big One Hits Portland, Cargo Bikers Will Save You	Patrick Aist (NET)
2022.08.17	OPB Think Out Loud/Alison Frost	NET volunteers are key to city of Portland’s ability to respond to emergencies	Mark Ginsberg (NET), Bernadette Janet (NET)
2022.08.02	Portland Mercury/Isabella Garcia	Know Your Neighbors	Janel Hovde (NET)
2022.07.28	Reuters/Matt McKnight	After disaster a year ago, Oregon endures oppressive heat once again	Mark Meininger (NET)
2022.07.26	KGW 8/Alma McCarty	Portland emergency officials remind residents about communication program, if earthquake strikes	Ernie Jones (PBEM)
2022.06.29	Street Roots/Melanie Henshaw	Threats of heat waves, wildfires and smoke loom over Oregon’s summer	None; NETs get name dropped
2022.06.15	FOX 12	Deadly heat: How Portland is preparing to keep people cool in 2022	None; NETs are not mentioned by name
2021.09.12	The Oregonian/Elizabeth Klein	Readers respond: Be ready for emergencies	Elizabeth Klein (NET) editorial
2021.08.13	KATU/Stuart Tomlinson	Everyday Heroes: NET volunteer's lifetime of lending a helping hand to neighbors	Amanda Westervelt
2021.06.30	Washington Post	Photos: Historic heatwave descends upon the Pacific Northwest	One of the photos is of Larry Jacobson (NET)
2021.02.16	OPB Think Out Loud/Samantha Matsumoto	How the city of Portland is responding to winter storm	Mike Myers (PBEM); NET gets name dropped
2021.01.10	NECN Newsletter	Sabin: Neighbors Helping Neighbors	Sabin NET generally
2020.12.22	The Guardian/Lee van der Voo	Heat, wind and a cruel twist of nature: inside Oregon's nightmarish wildfire season	No specific NET volunteers
2020.03.03	Seismic Air podcast/Sabina Roan	Ep. 2: Portland's Neighborhood Emergency Teams, NET	Da'Von Wilson-Angel (PBEM)
2019.12.20	FOX 12	People prepare for heavy December rain around the region	Bob Fischer, Tyler Robison
2019.10.08	Business Tribune/Joseph Gallivan	Quake kits, block by block	Marylin Bishop (NET)
2019.09.23	Portland Monthly/Zach Dundas	Meet the Woman Who Helps Immigrant and Refugee Communities Get Ready for a Massive Quake	Regina Ingabire (PBEM)
2019.07.12	KGW8/Joe Raineri	Where to go after 'The Big One'? There are 50 meeting spots in Portland	Mark Ginsberg (NET/BEECN), Laura Hall (NET)
2019.07.07	KATU 2/Catherine Van	Portland first responders prepare for earthquake	Allan Cordova (NET)
2019.03.16	KOIN 6/Trevor Ault	Water main break floods NE Portland neighborhood	NETs were not interviewed, but you can see them working in the background
2018.04.17	Portland Tribune/Jessie Darland	Portlanders Prep For Big Quake	Jim Keiter (NET)
2018.03.05	KXL Radio/Rosemary Reynolds	Part 1, Part 2	Da'Von Wilson-Angel (PBEM)
2018.05.02	FOX 12	Throughout Portland there are 49 hidden emergency supply chests
2018.05.01	KGW 8/Nina Mehlhaf	49 earthquake supply chests hidden across Portland	Mark Ginsberg (NET), Ernie Jones (PBEM), Dan Douthit (PBEM)
2017.11.22	The Hollywood Star News	Neighborhood teams prepare for ‘big one’ and train to respond	Laura Hall (NET), Kenny McElroy (NET), many other NETs
2017.07.14	KATU 2/Nate Bynum	City of Portland plans for a no-phones emergency	Ernie Jones (PBEM)
2017.06.13	Rip City Radio	Portland Major Disaster Study	Dan Douthit (PBEM)
2017.04.28	KOIN 6/Brent Weisberg	NET volunteers ‘huge assistance for first responders’	Ernie Jones (PBEM)
2017.04.11	Willamette Week/Cory Pein	Portland’s Doomsday Preppers Will Help You Survive the End of the World. For a Fee.	Dan Douthit (PBEM)
2016.10.15	KOIN 6/Tim Steele	Volunteers help ‘tackle the storm’ in Portland	Felicia Heaton (PBEM)
2016.08.10	The Portland Observer	Empowered for Disasters	Michael Schilmoeller (NET), Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM)
2016.07.12	OPB News/Cassandra Profita	In Portland, Earthquake Drill Underscores A Need For Volunteers	Matthew Silva (PBEM/PF&R), Carmen Merlo (PBEM), Ernie Jones (PBEM)
2015.12.24	Pamplin Media/David Ashton	Woodstock NET leader pitches preparedness	Mark Ginsberg (NET)
2015.06.02	KGW 8/KGW Staff	Portland offers disaster preparedness resources	Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM)
2015.06.02	KOIN 6/Tim Steele	Oregon earthquake preparedness always ‘ongoing’	Dan Douthit (PBEM)
2015.03.06	Brooklyn neighborhood makes plans for disaster - and fun	The Bee/Rita A. Leonard	Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM)
2014.09.01	Hollywood Star News/Janet Goetze	Neighborhood Emergency Team trains neighbors to pitch in when ‘big one’ hits	Ian Timm (NET)
2014.05.07	The Bee/David F. Ashton	"Disaster Masters" teach residents at Southeast clinics	Virginia Petersen (Woodstock NET), Liz Bryant (Richmond NET)
2013.03.01	Linnton Neighborhood Association Newsletter/Ed Jones	Volunteer for Neighborhood Emergency Team	Nancy Hamer (NET), Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM)
2012.02.13	Portland Mercury/Nathan Gilles	Net Failure Update: Mediation Group Says City Emergency Plans Fall Short	None; citing Resolutions Northwest report
2012.02.09	Portland Mercury/Nathan Gilles	Net Failure	Marcel Rodriguez (NET), Mark Ginsberg (NET), Ethan Jewett (NET), Carmen Merlo (PBEM)
2011.05.25	The Oregonian/James Mayer	Hillsdale neighborhood prepares for the big one	Nancy Goss Duran, Donna Dockins (Hillsdale NET)
2010.10.01	The Skanner/Helen Silvis	Wanted: Heroes	Ethan Jewett (NET), Clarence Harper (NET), Lawrence Behmer (PBEM)
2008.09.04	East Portland News/David Ashton	Fire on the mountain! Powell Butte set ablaze	None; NETs get name dropped
2007.10.25	East Portland News/David Ashton	Outer East Portland emergency team tested in TOPOFF 4	Terri Poppino (NET), many other NETs
2001.11.16	Portland Tribune/Jennifer Anderson	Trained citizens are neighbors' best defense	John Lebert (NET), Daniel Houghton (NET), Brandon Wooters (NET), Rachel Jacky (PF&R)
1996.02.09	The Oregonian/Bernton, H., Eure R., &, Maves, N.	Helping hands push trouble out of way	Thomas Slavin (NET), Jackie Sequin (NET)

Canned Messaging

Canned message to promote Basic NET classes

The Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Portland Fire & Rescue invite you and your neighbors to train as a Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) volunteer!

Did you know that in a disaster 90 to 95 percent of all people rescued are rescued by their neighbors, NOT by professional first responders? The Portland NET program will train you on the basic skills you need to be a neighborhood hero after a disaster, and to do it safely. Your instructors are Portland Fire & Rescue firefighters and emergency response professionals. You will learn search and rescue, basic medical response to treat injuries, radio communications, disaster psychology, and much more.

NET volunteers are:

• Prepared to be self-sufficient for two weeks during any emergency;
• Able to provide emergency assistance to their family and immediate neighbors;
• Able to work within an emergency response team to save lives and property in their neighborhood;
• Able to guide untrained volunteers who want to help others in the aftermath of a disaster.

Graduating from Basic NET Training also gives you access to advanced training opportunities, such as certifying for Wilderness First Aid, emergency animal sheltering, amateur radio communications, and more!

Schedule: ((schedule))

Cost: Training is FREE. You are asked to purchase your own response equipment, which is around $100. If you find that challenging to afford right now, we will provide equipment to you. We can also provide FREE childcare through our friends at Politisit.