Collins View Neighborhood Emergency Team

The Collins View Neighborhood Emergency Team is coordinating its efforts to be a trained, dependable, and effective local responder to a major crisis such as an earthquake. One of our priorities was to establish a neighborhood meeting place/staging area for organization, communication, and triage during a disaster.

Principal Sue Ann Higgens and Riverdale High School have graciously agreed to our request that Riverdale High School's grounds (not the building) be our neighborhood's meeting place during an emergency. Riverdale High School's parking lot and grounds are the ideal "Central Command" spot for our neighborhood self-rescue.

This is the CV NET mailing list:

Gene Lynardglynard AT comcast daught net
James William Coxjameswcox AT comcast daught net
Josh Hinerfeldjoshh AT cambiumstrategy daught com
Maryellen Readmaryellenread AT gmail daught com
Prakash Joshicvnamail AT gmail daught com
Ralph Readralphlread AT hotmail daught com
Rose Downeydowney0023 AT comcast daught net
Dave & Dixie Johnston636-0959
(Addresses written to foil spammers from collecting from our site with 'spambots'.)

The City would like each neighborhood to have 20 or so N.E.T. members. We have about 13, so we need of additional people! Thanks.

The Portland Neighborhood Emergency Team

The Portland Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) Program aims to prepare all neighborhoods with the skills needed to be safe and effective when disaster strikes. Training takes place at the City of Portland's Fire Training Center at NE 122nd and Sandy. The NET coordinator (also Co-chair Portland Citizen Corps Council, Portland Office of Emergency Management, 503-823-4421) is William Warren, wwarren AT ci.portland.or.us.

NET training includes: Disaster Awareness and Preparedness, Utility Control, Fire Suppression, Fire Chemistry/Extinguishers, Hazardous Materials, Disaster Medicine- Triage and Treatment, Light (Urban) Search and Rescue, Cribbing and Victim Extraction, Earthquake Effects on different types of construction, and Team Response and Management.

More information on the NET program is online at www.pdxprepared.NET .

Ethan Jewett, of the Woodlawn Neighborhood Emergency Team, explaining some of what is available on the forum at that site, writes:

The pdxprepared.net is a website run by NET volunteers, (not an official City website), which provides a few services to the City, such as online NET training registration and a dedicated section of the forum for POEM use....

There are individuals within NET who would be able to help out your team with various training modules (our neighborhood has a good radio comm & earthquake science unit). If you are looking for assistance from another NET team,...you may also find units on a particular topic that your team could teach itself.

Links

PDXprepared.NET Check it out. It is a great example of the resources. FAQ available!

CVNA home page!