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=== Portland Office of Emergency Management === | === Portland Office of Emergency Management === | ||
The Portland Office of Emergency Management was 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 | 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> | ||
== Notes and References == | == Notes and References == | ||
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