Portland Bureau of Emergency Management: Difference between revisions

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 == History of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management ==
+=== Portland Civil Defense ===
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 *Portland historian Jeff Felker's blog, [https://kellybuttebunker.blogspot.com/ The Kelly Butte 911 Call Center].
-The Portland Bureau of Emergency Management originated in 2003 as a special unit in Portland Fire & Rescue. Funds from the Department of Homeland Security helped establish local emergency management offices, nationwide.
+=== Portland Office of Emergency Management (POEM) ===
+The Portland Bureau of Emergency Management originated in 2003 as a special unit in Portland Fire & Rescue. Funds from the Department of Homeland Security helped establish local emergency management offices, nationwide. Portland City Council consolidated all emergency management functions into a single bureau, the Portland Office of Emergency Management, by ordinance on July 21, 2004.
 === Historic Disasters in the Portland Metro Area ===

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