Portland NET In The Media

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Date	Media/Author	Title/Link	PBEM staff/NET(s) Featured
2022.08.17	OPB Think Out Loud/Alison Frost	NET volunteers are key to city of Portland’s ability to respond to emergencies	Mark Ginsberg (NET), Bernadette Janet (NET)
2022.08.02	Portland Mercury/Isabella Garcia	Know Your Neighbors	Janel Hovde (NET)
2022.07.28	Reuters/Matt McKnight	After disaster a year ago, Oregon endures oppressive heat once again	Mark Meininger (NET)
2022.07.26	KGW 8/Alma McCarty	Portland emergency officials remind residents about communication program, if earthquake strikes	Ernie Jones (PBEM)
2022.06.15	FOX 12	Deadly heat: How Portland is preparing to keep people cool in 2022	None; NETs are not mentioned by name
2021.06.30	Washington Post	Photos: Historic heatwave descends upon the Pacific Northwest	One of the photos is of Larry Jacobson (NET)
2021.02.16	OPB Think Out Loud/Samantha Matsumoto	How the city of Portland is responding to winter storm	Mike Myers (PBEM); NET gets name dropped
2019.09.23	Portland Monthly/Zach Dundas	Meet the Woman Who Helps Immigrant and Refugee Communities Get Ready for a Massive Quake	Regina Ingabire (PBEM)
2019.07.07	KATU 2/Catherine Van	Portland first responders prepare for earthquake	Allan Cordova (NET)
2018.04.17	Portland Tribune/Jessie Darland	Portlanders Prep For Big Quake	Jim Keiter (NET)
2018.03.05	KXL Radio/Rosemary Reynolds		Da'Von Wilson-Angel (PBEM)
2017.11.22	The Hollywood Star News	Neighborhood teams prepare for ‘big one’ and train to respond	Laura Hall (NET), Kenny McElroy (NET), many other NETs
2017.04.28	KOIN 6/Brent Weisberg	NET volunteers ‘huge assistance for first responders’	Ernie Jones (PBEM)
2016.10.15	KOIN 6/Tim Steele	Volunteers help ‘tackle the storm’ in Portland	Felicia Heaton (PBEM)
2012.02.13	Portland Mercury/Nathan Gilles	Net Failure Update: Mediation Group Says City Emergency Plans Fall Short	None; citing Resolutions Northwest report
2012.02.09	Portland Mercury/Nathan Gilles	Net Failure	Marcel Rodriguez (NET), Mark Ginsberg (NET), Ethan Jewett (NET), Carmen Merlo (PBEM)
1996.02.09	The Oregonian/Bernton, H., Eure R., &, Maves, N.	Helping hands push trouble out of way	Thomas Slavin (NET)

Canned Messaging

Canned message to promote Basic NET classes

The Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Portland Fire & Rescue invite you and your neighbors to train as a Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) volunteer!

Did you know that in a disaster 90 to 95 percent of all people rescued are rescued by their neighbors, NOT by professional first responders? The Portland NET program will train you on the basic skills you need to be a neighborhood hero after a disaster, and to do it safely. Your instructors are Portland Fire & Rescue firefighters and emergency response professionals. You will learn search and rescue, basic medical response to treat injuries, radio communications, disaster psychology, and much more.

NET volunteers are:

• Prepared to be self-sufficient for two weeks during any emergency;
• Able to provide emergency assistance to their family and immediate neighbors;
• Able to work within an emergency response team to save lives and property in their neighborhood;
• Able to guide untrained volunteers who want to help others in the aftermath of a disaster.

Graduating from Basic NET Training also gives you access to advanced training opportunities, such as certifying for Wilderness First Aid, emergency animal sheltering, amateur radio communications, and more!

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Cost: Training is FREE. You are asked to purchase your own response equipment, which is around $100. If you find that challenging to afford right now, we will provide equipment to you. We can also provide FREE childcare through our friends at Politisit.