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New Emergency Services Director Hired
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 […]
Earthquake Predictions
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 […]
Heroes Rescue Woman From Burning Car
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.
Disaster Action Team Responses
On Saturday, April 19, at 1:15 AM, 2 families had a fire in their duplex. When Red Cross disaster volunteers arrived, they assisted 4 adults, and 4 children affected by […]
Fire Preparedness Poll Results – And A Flickr Challenge!
The results are in! Looks like most of our blog readers (78%) are doing well in the “knows how to use an extinguisher” and “has an evacuation plan” categories. But only […]
Faces In Places
The ever-observant Lise noted the other day that the hooks in our bathrooms look like little long-nosed faces. That led us to a discussion of the Flickr pool Faces In Places so […]
5.2 Earthquake Hits Midwest
A 5.2 Earthquake shook Illinois this morning. I know what you’re thinking. “In the Midwest??” Yes. In the Midwest. Growing up in the midwest, I assumed that Earthquakes were something […]
Cold Weather = Not As Fun Anymore
Growing up, Portland got snow several times each year…just enough for school to be cancelled for a few days. Those were the days when snow was a blast — inspiring […]
Gentrification and Healing Through Storytelling
Gentrification. It’s a hot topic in Portland, and especially in the North Portland area where our building stands. Today’s Oregonian has an article about an innovative program that seeks to generate healing and […]
Our New Blog Tagline
Do you see it? Up above? Yesterday, the marketing team was messing around with our e-mail signatures to see if we might use that as a tool to promote the […]