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Given the success of the pilot, PF&R committed to continuing NET. To introduce NETs as a new response asset in widespread emergencies, City Council heard a report on the program and PF&R introduced the new NET members. Over 70 graduates, wearing NET safety hard hats and vests, attended. City Council members shared in presenting the ID badge to and shaking the hand of every NET member. NET had arrived! | Given the success of the pilot, PF&R committed to continuing NET. To introduce NETs as a new response asset in widespread emergencies, City Council heard a report on the program and PF&R introduced the new NET members. Over 70 graduates, wearing NET safety hard hats and vests, attended. City Council members shared in presenting the ID badge to and shaking the hand of every NET member. NET had arrived! | ||
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=== Milestones in the Development of the Portland NET Program === | |||
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|January 26, 1700 | |||
|An estimated [[wikipedia:1700_Cascadia_earthquake|8.7 - 9.2 magnitude megathrust earthquake]] strikes the Pacific Northwest coast, producing a tsunami that washes up to the coast of Japan. Though local First Nations groups in area pass on knowledge of the event through oral tradition, it will be another 286 years before scientists grasp the implications of the quake. | |||
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|February, 1985 | |||
|Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel travel to Japan to study citizen responder programs. | |||
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|September 19, 1985 | |||
|An 8.0 [[wikipedia:1985_Mexico_City_earthquake|earthquake strikes the greater Mexico City area]], resulting in the deaths of at least 5,000 people, possibly as many as 45,000. Spontaneous rescuers are credited with saving hundreds of lives, but several of them lose their own lives or are seriously injured in rescue attempts. The event emphasizes the need for citizen responder programs. | |||
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|Early 1986 | |||
|The first team of 30 people complete basic CERT training in Los Angeles. | |||
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|March, 1986 | |||
|Geologist [[wikipedia:Brian_Atwater|Brian Atwater]] finds evidence of seismic activity from the Cascadia Subduction Zone. | |||
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|May 11, 1994 | |||
|First Basic NET class. This pilot class is made up of over one hundred volunteers from three Portland neighborhoods. | |||
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|December 12, 1995 | |||
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