Late Tuesday, April 22, a man had a serious kitchen fire in his Mobile Home in Boring, OR. The homeowner was not present as she was already hospitalized for a […]

Today the other AmeriCorps members and I got to test the preparedness of the Red Cross with an earthquake drill! We ran around in our official Red Cross gear while […]

Looking for something to do this weekend? I just found out that the Multnomah County Library is hosting a reading/lecture by William Sullivan who just wrote a book called Oregon’s Greatest […]

On Saturday April 19, 2 adults and 1 infant had a fire in their apartment in SE Portland. The Red Cross was called on April 21, and was told the […]

I’m going to steal Robin’s story by blogging this, but since she’s out today, I’m left with no choice. Over the weekend, she was sharing the I’m Red Cross Ready […]

Generally speaking, “stylish” and “fire extinguisher” don’t really go together. But if I’m going to be adding a new one to my humble abode — especially if it’s going to […]

I’m excited that Eric Corliss will be joining our Chapter as Emergency Services (ES) Director on May 19, 2008. Eric has great leadership experience at the national, regional, state and […]

They say you can’t really predict earthquakes. But I know, with absolute certainty, that one will hit my office sometime this week.  …Okay, before I freak anyone out, it’s just […]

Someone should nominate these people for next year’s Breakfast of Champions.  (If anyone knows who they are. The article doesn’t say.) KGW covers the story here.