Seattle’s Auxiliary Communications Services (ACS) When a natural disaster hits, communications as we know it in the PNW region could be compromised and unavailable. Cell phones and internet service may […]
Read More »New app helps remind you to take steps to prepare for diasters The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has just released a new application for your smartphone which sends you […]
Read More »Natural Gas Shut Off Disaster Preparedness Today we saw the devastation that can happen with a natural gas line explosion in a neighborhood. Imagine that you smell gas after an […]
Read More »King County offers Faith Based Emergency Preparedness Planning As Hub Captains, we’ve been talking about how to engage our local churches, temples, and mosques in thinking about community sheltering needs […]
Read More »We are with you, Japan! Shout Out To Japan – Memorial Event of the Tohoku Earthquake in Japan in 2011 When: Saturday, March 12, 2016 Time: 10:00am to 1:30pm Doors […]
Read More »15th Anniversary of Nisqually Earthquake Looking Back and Looking Forward Today, Feb 28, marks 15 years since the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook up Seattle. There was lots of media […]
Read More »Neighborhoods Moving Forward On Emergency Preparedness Over the last few weeks, 2016 has started out with a bang for emergency preparedness events. Here are a couple which just happened, take […]
Read More »Seattle Top Disaster Hazards The Seattle Office of Emergency Management website now features a series of interactive maps that highlight some of the city’s top hazards in the event […]
Read More »Getting Ready for the ‘Really Big One’ Earthquake experts say there’s a 7 to 14 percent chance that the Cascadia fault could set off a catastrophic magnitude-8 to 9 […]
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