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== Portland Neighborhood Emergency Teams (Portland NET) == | == Portland Neighborhood Emergency Teams (Portland NET) == | ||
The Portland NET program is modeled from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [[wikipedia:Community_emergency_response_team|Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)]] program. The CERT program began in 1985 in Los Angeles, and was itself modeled from a similar program the Los Angeles Fire Department observed in<gallery> | The Portland NET program is modeled from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [[wikipedia:Community_emergency_response_team|Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)]] program. The CERT program began in 1985 in Los Angeles, and was itself modeled from a similar program the Los Angeles Fire Department observed in | ||
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File:CERT and NET.jpg|alt=CERT (in green) and NET (in orange) working together during a Scenario Village exercise.|''CERT (in green) and NET (in orange) working together during a Scenario Village exercise. Photo by Ernest Jones.'' | File:CERT and NET.jpg|alt=CERT (in green) and NET (in orange) working together during a Scenario Village exercise.|''CERT (in green) and NET (in orange) working together during a Scenario Village exercise. Photo by Ernest Jones.'' | ||
File:Emergencymanage3arrow.jpg|alt=The Emergency Management Cycle. NETs act primarily in the RESPONSE space, but have roles throughout the cycle.|''The Emergency Management Cycle. NETs act primarily in the RESPONSE space, but have roles throughout the cycle. Illustration by Hugh Newell.'' | File:Emergencymanage3arrow.jpg|alt=The Emergency Management Cycle. NETs act primarily in the RESPONSE space, but have roles throughout the cycle.|''The Emergency Management Cycle. NETs act primarily in the RESPONSE space, but have roles throughout the cycle. Illustration by Hugh Newell.'' | ||
</gallery>Tokyo, Japan. Los Angeles Fire became interested in citizen response programs following the [[wikipedia:1985_Mexico_City_earthquake|1985 Mexico City Earthquake]], where untrained citizens rescued around 800 people but nearly 100 people of those citizens lost their lives in rescue attempts.<ref>Whittaker, J., McLennan, B., & Handmer, J. (2015). A review of informal volunteerism in emergencies and disasters: Definition, opportunities and challenges. ''International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction'', ''13'', 358–368. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.07.010</nowiki></ref> FEMA adopted and standardized the Los Angeles CERT program in 1993. In 1994, Rachael Jacky with Portland Fire and Rescue (PF&R) adapted the national CERT curriculum for Portland and incorporated it with existing emergency response volunteer teams. In order to avoid confusing the CERT program with the Portland Police Bureau’s [https://www.portland.gov/police/divisions/sert Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT)], the program was renamed the Portland Neighborhood Emergency Team program (NET). Many volunteer emergency response programs in the Portland region (such as Tigard and Beaverton) have retained the CERT title. | </gallery> | ||
Tokyo, Japan. Los Angeles Fire became interested in citizen response programs following the [[wikipedia:1985_Mexico_City_earthquake|1985 Mexico City Earthquake]], where untrained citizens rescued around 800 people but nearly 100 people of those citizens lost their lives in rescue attempts.<ref>Whittaker, J., McLennan, B., & Handmer, J. (2015). A review of informal volunteerism in emergencies and disasters: Definition, opportunities and challenges. ''International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction'', ''13'', 358–368. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.07.010</nowiki></ref> FEMA adopted and standardized the Los Angeles CERT program in 1993. In 1994, Rachael Jacky with Portland Fire and Rescue (PF&R) adapted the national CERT curriculum for Portland and incorporated it with existing emergency response volunteer teams. In order to avoid confusing the CERT program with the Portland Police Bureau’s [https://www.portland.gov/police/divisions/sert Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT)], the program was renamed the Portland Neighborhood Emergency Team program (NET). Many volunteer emergency response programs in the Portland region (such as Tigard and Beaverton) have retained the CERT title. | |||
Portland NET's main city website is located at: https://www.portland.gov/pbem/neighborhood-emergency-teams. | Portland NET's main city website is located at: https://www.portland.gov/pbem/neighborhood-emergency-teams. | ||
