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The Cascades Region Gets Ready for Cascadia with Camp Prepare!

Aug 11, 2016

We’re Ready: from the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness to the Oregon Coast Tsunami Zone to a Portland Backyard Debra and Ben: Prepared not Scared – Debra Slade and her son, Ben were […]

Local Red Cross Responds to 83 Disasters in the Past Month

Aug 10, 2016

PORTLAND, OR, August 3, 2016 – Between July 1 and July 31, the local Red Cross responded to 83 disasters (largely home fires and wildfires) and helped to address the […]

RED CROSS ASSISTING 50 PEOPLE DISPLACED BY HOTEL FIRE IN NEWPORT; TEMPORARY SHELTER ESTABLISHED

Aug 5, 2016

News Release from American Red Cross – Cascades Region Date: August 5th, 2016 9:33 AM Disaster responders with the American Red Cross Cascades Region are assisting approximately 50 people displaced […]

In Honor of Kat

Aug 1, 2016

Kat Coker has been helping others since 1986. Inspired to volunteer by a high school teacher, she was active in supporting blood drives. She also was inspired by a fellow […]

Take a Trial Run for the ‘Big One’ with Camp Prepare!

Jul 22, 2016

Are you prepared to live on only the contents of your disaster preparedness kit following a 9.0 Cascadia earthquake or other disaster? Test your readiness by camping out in your […]

Roseburg Man Saves Woman’s Life Thanks to Red Cross CPR Training

Jul 19, 2016

On Saturday morning, June 18, Tracy Belanger did what he does most every morning.  He got up, got ready for work at the Roseburg Fred Meyer where he is an […]

We need to talk

Jul 13, 2016

We need to talk. Let’s have the Cascadia Conversation.  Locations throughout the U.S. face some degree of natural disaster risk — North Carolina has hurricanes, Oklahoma has tornadoes, Missouri faces floods, […]

Wildfire Safety

Jul 6, 2016

·      It’s wildfire season, make sure you are prepared to defend your home. Set aside household items that can be used as fire tools such as rakes, axes, hand saws, chain […]

LOCAL RED CROSS RESPONDS TO 52 DISASTERS IN PAST MONTH

Jul 5, 2016

 The American Red Cross Cascades Region (Oregon and Southwest Washington) responds to an average of two disasters every day. We provide hope and comfort to people affected by home fires, […]

Local Red Cross Sends Disaster Responders to California Wildfires, West Virginia Floods and Texas Floods

Jul 1, 2016

Local Red Cross Sends Disaster Responders to California Wildfires, West Virginia Floods and Texas Floods Seventeen Red Cross Cascades Region (Oregon and Southwest Washington) disaster responders have deployed to disaster-affected areas […]