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Beacon Hill Community Preparedness Event

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on Monday, March 27th, 2017

Beacon Emergency Awareness Network (BEAN) hosts Preparedness Fair. If you live in Beacon Hill, you know that most of the ways to get on and off the hill are by […]

What a year it was – 2016 in review

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on Sunday, January 22nd, 2017

Seattle Emergency Communications Hubs Activity Report 2016 Our Hub Captains and the Hubs were very busy in 2016. Here is our year end summary as we get ready for another […]

Emergency and Hub Kit tip – 10 year batteries

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on Monday, October 17th, 2016

Extended Life Batteries Technology continues to improve and this can be of great benefit when building your personal emergency kit and stocking Hub supplies. Here’s an announcement from one of […]

Hub Roles Table Top Exercise snapshot

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on Sunday, October 2nd, 2016

On Oct 1, nearly 40 people gathered to improve some aspects of how hubs can best carry out their mission, should Seattle experience a devastating disaster. We are compiling the […]

Huge Press Coverage Cascadia Rising Drill

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on Thursday, July 28th, 2016

Cascadia Rising Exercise There was a huge amount of press coverage about the Cascadia Rising exercise – the practice for a catastrophic Cascadia subduction zone rip should get some attention! […]

Updates from Neighborhoods

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on Sunday, February 28th, 2016

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 […]

Interactive Earthquake Hazards Map

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on Friday, February 12th, 2016

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 […]

Earthquake Experts Intensify Planning

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on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016

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 […]

City of Seattle 2015 Activities

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on Monday, January 18th, 2016

Important Emergency Planning documents The end of 2015 was a busy time for the City of Seattle Office of Emergency Management. The OEM Director, Barb Graff, gave a briefing to […]