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) |
| 2022.06.29 | Street Roots/Melanie Henshaw | Threats of heat waves, wildfires and smoke loom over Oregon’s summer | None; NETs get name dropped |
| 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 |
| 2020.12.22 | The Guardian/Lee van der Voo | Heat, wind and a cruel twist of nature: inside Oregon's nightmarish wildfire season | No specific NET volunteers |
| 2019.10.08 | Business Tribune/Joseph Gallivan | Quake kits, block by block | Marylin Bishop (NET) |
| 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) |
| 2017.04.11 | Willamette Week/Cory Pein | Portland’s Doomsday Preppers Will Help You Survive the End of the World. For a Fee. | Dan Douthit (PBEM) |
| 2016.10.15 | KOIN 6/Tim Steele | Volunteers help ‘tackle the storm’ in Portland | Felicia Heaton (PBEM) |
| 2016.08.10 | The Portland Observer | Empowered for Disasters | Michael Schilmoeller (NET), Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM) |
| 2016.07.12 | OPB News/Cassandra Profita | In Portland, Earthquake Drill Underscores A Need For Volunteers | Matthew Silva (PBEM/PF&R), Carmen Merlo (PBEM), Ernie Jones (PBEM) |
| 2015.06.02 | KOIN 6/Tim Steele | Oregon earthquake preparedness always ‘ongoing’ | Dan Douthit (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.