Community Preparedness Team Strategic Plan: Difference between revisions
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|Following a catastrophic earthquake, communities should plan to be on their own for up to two weeks. | |Following a catastrophic earthquake, communities should plan to be on their own for up to two weeks. | ||
|Community training, curriculum, and messaging around earthquake preparedness and response should be shaped by the prospect of receiving no outside aid or assistance for up to two weeks. For example, this should shape how we talk with folks about storing water, or treating injured people, or establishing communications. | |Community training, curriculum, and messaging around earthquake preparedness and response should be shaped by the prospect of receiving no outside aid or assistance for up to two weeks. For example, this should shape how we talk with folks about storing water, or treating injured people, or establishing communications. | ||
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|Portland NET is an urban volunteer disaster response program. | |||
|Organization and training of volunteers must consider the urban landscape, particularly when PBEM adopts curriculum. For example, CERT programming from FEMA is best suited for residential communities that are not particularly dense. NET has modified CERT curriculum to consider vertical communities and organizing into teams across the city as opposed to having a single "Portland" team. | |||
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