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'''The February Flood of 1996 response is of interest to both NET volunteers and to the history of emergency management in Portland.''' For NET volunteers, the 1996 Flood brought the first documented NET deployment event. For Portland, it was the first major disaster response in the "modern era" of emergency management.<ref>"Modern era of emergency management" would include any major disaster since 1979, when President Jimmy Carter signed an executive order to create the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Prior to that year, disaster response at the federal level was fragmented across agencies. Portland had, of course, experienced disasters [[Historic Disasters in the Portland Metro Area|prior to the 1996 flood]]. But it appears the flood was the incident that involved local bureaus collaborating using the Incident Command System (ICS).</ref> | '''The February Flood of 1996 response is of interest to both NET volunteers and to the history of emergency management in Portland.''' For NET volunteers, the 1996 Flood brought the first documented NET deployment event. For Portland, it was the first major disaster response in the "modern era" of emergency management.<ref>"Modern era of emergency management" would include any major disaster since 1979, when President Jimmy Carter signed an executive order to create the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Prior to that year, disaster response at the federal level was fragmented across agencies. Portland had, of course, experienced disasters [[Historic Disasters in the Portland Metro Area|prior to the 1996 flood]]. But it appears the flood was the incident that involved local bureaus collaborating using the Incident Command System (ICS).</ref> | ||
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== NET Roles in the 1996 Flood == | == NET Roles in the 1996 Flood == | ||
