FREE Earthquake Home Retrofit Class – Saturday, April 7th
Will your house fly off its foundation during an earthquake? Free earthquake home retrofit class on Saturday from 11AM to 1PM. Read More …
Tag: Emergency
WCC Wins Emergency Preparedness Grant
The WCC received $13,000 to work with Sustainable NE Seattle and other NE Seattle community groups to improve our neighborhood’s emergency preparedness during 2012. Read More …
Emergency Preparedness Drill This Saturday
Drill will be this Saturday, October 29th from 8:30-11:30AM at the Hunter Farm site. Be part of this fun event and learn how to be respond in a disaster. Read More …
Emergency HUB planned for Hunter Farms Gathering Place Makes National News
Back on June 11th, the NE Seattle community identified a need which could be accommodated into the Hunter Farm Gathering Place project design. The need was an Emergency HUB where NE Seattle residents could come to if there was a disaster to communicate with the City as well as share news and supplies. Unbeknownst to the Wedgwood Community Council, the City’s Department of Neighborhoods was planning on limited the upcoming round of Small & Simple Grants to emergency preparedness, which Bill Dock with the WCC is planning on applying for. It’s this kind of domino or ripple effect, which King Read More …
Sustainable NE Seattle Establishing an Emerency Preparedness Guild
On April 30th from 1:30PM to 3PM, Sustainable NE Seattle is hosting their first Emergency Preparedness Guild meeting at the Ravenna Exckstein Community Center. Here is a description of the meeting as provided by Sustainable NE Seattle: We will hear from Mark Howard of the Office of Emergency Management on recommended practices and procedures. We will also have a report on what is happening with the NE HUB. This meeting will also give us a chance to meet one another and discuss some next steps. I hope to see you there. If you have not already joined the Emergency Prepare Read More …