On Saturday, April 7th, more than 200 Portland Neighborhood Emergency Team - or NET - volunteers from 26 neighborhoods will participate in a disaster drill throughout the city. NETs are volunteers trained by the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Portland Fire & Rescue to help their families and neighbors in an earthquake or other major disaster.
Local media are invited to observe the drill at Peninsula Park (700 N Rosa Parks Way, Portland OR 97217). Starting at 2 p.m., NETs will gather at meeting points in their neighborhoods and test important skills they will need in a disaster, including:
- Communicating using amateur radio;
- Setting up first aid stations;
- Conducting search and rescue; and
- Identifying unsafe buildings.
For more information about the NET program, visit www.portlandoregon.gov/net.
WHAT: Neighborhood Emergency Team disaster drill
WHEN: Saturday, April 7, 2018 from 2-5 p.m.
WHERE: Peninsula Park (700 N Rosa Parks Way, Portland OR 97217) on the northeast side next to the tennis courts
ON-SITE CONTACT: Michael Colvin, (503) 974-6307
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