Portland Bureau of Emergency Management: Difference between revisions
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Portland NET is the City of Portland's equivalent of a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. In CPT's portfolio, it is also the largest program (with approximately 1,300 volunteers in July 2025) and the oldest (founded in 1994). Neighborhood Emergency Teams are Portland residents trained by PBEM and Portland Fire & Rescue to provide emergency disaster assistance within their own neighborhoods. | Portland NET is the City of Portland's equivalent of a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. In CPT's portfolio, it is also the largest program (with approximately 1,300 volunteers in July 2025) and the oldest (founded in 1994). Neighborhood Emergency Teams are Portland residents trained by PBEM and Portland Fire & Rescue to provide emergency disaster assistance within their own neighborhoods. | ||
=== Basic Earthquake Emergency Communication Nodes (BEECN) === | ==== Basic Earthquake Emergency Communication Nodes (BEECN) ==== | ||
BEECN is an earthquake response communications program, powered by volunteers, and founded in 2012. A BEECN is a temporary radio communications site staffed by at least two volunteers after a major earthquake that takes down phone lines. BEECNs are places to report severe damage or injury or ask for emergency assistance. | BEECN is an earthquake response communications program, powered by volunteers, and founded in 2012. A BEECN is a temporary radio communications site staffed by at least two volunteers after a major earthquake that takes down phone lines. BEECNs are places to report severe damage or injury or ask for emergency assistance. BEECN is a program of Portland NET. | ||
==== Unidos NET ==== | |||
Unidos is Portland NET's Spanish language programming, and includes a team of Spanish-speaking NET volunteers. It is a program of Portland NET. | |||
=== Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) === | === Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) === | ||
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=== Community Trainings === | === Community Trainings === | ||
PBEM partners with local nonprofit organizations to offer disaster response training to the communities they serve directly. Training might include AED, CPR, First Aid, Stop the Bleed, fire extinguisher training, and more. | |||
=== Business Engagement === | === Business Engagement === | ||
Business engagement is a new program in PBEM CPT. At this time, PBEM staff have not yet released curriculum related to this program. | |||
=== Youth Programming === | === Youth Programming === | ||
Youth Programming is not offered by PBEM at this time. In the past, PBEM partnered with Portland Public Schools and other school districts to deliver disaster preparedness training and TeenCERT programming. Currently, Multnomah County is providing youth programming as their resources allow. | Youth Programming is not offered by PBEM at this time. In the past, PBEM partnered with Portland Public Schools and other school districts to deliver disaster preparedness training and TeenCERT programming. Currently, Multnomah County is providing youth programming as their resources allow. | ||
