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.

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 […]