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The [https://www.portland.gov/pbem Portland Bureau of Emergency Management] (PBEM) is the City of Portland's enterprise emergency management agency. It was established as a City bureau in 2004, and the Portland NET program was included as part of PBEM's portfolio. | The [https://www.portland.gov/pbem Portland Bureau of Emergency Management] (PBEM) is the City of Portland's enterprise emergency management agency. It was established as a City bureau in 2004, and the Portland NET program was included as part of PBEM's portfolio. | ||
City Code 3.124.030 establishes that PBEM’s purpose is to “centralize leadership and coordination of emergency management.”<ref>Portland City Code Chapter 3.124: https://www.portland.gov/code/3/124</ref> Former Mayor Sam Adams further enumerated that the intent of PBEM was “to support timely and effective decision-making on issues of critical importance to the life, health, and welfare of Portlanders.”<ref>May 17, 2010, Memo from Sam Adams, Mayor to LaVonne Griffin-Valade, City Auditor re: Response to Auditor’s Report #389: [https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/16281704 “Emergency Management: Coordination limited and essential functions incomplete”]</ref> | |||
:''See also: [https://www.portland.gov/pbem PBEM's official webpage]'' | :''See also: [https://www.portland.gov/pbem PBEM's official webpage]'' | ||
