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Five nuke plants in quake zones

Five active U.S. nuclear reactors -- the Diablo Canyon Power Plant and San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California; the South Texas Project near the Gulf Coast; the Waterford Steam Electric Station in Louisiana; and the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant in North Carolina -- are situated in seismic activity-prone zones.

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National Volunteer Week-- 10-16 April 2011

FEMA logoNational Volunteer Week is observed 10-16 April, and according to  FEMA Regional Administrator Ken Murphy, it’s all about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities.

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VashonBePrepared presented with VIF&R 2010 Commissioners Award

At their 2010 Awards Ceremony yesterday at Camp Burton, the Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s 2010 Commissioners Award was bestowed upon VashonBePrepared. Fire Commissioners Rex Stratton, Gayle Summers, Ron Turner, David Hoffmann and Neal Phillip presented the award to General Joseph Ulatoski, Catherine and Michael Cochrane, Richard Wallace and myself on VashonBePrepared’s behalf. The award was clearly in recognition of all the volunteers and organizations that make our coalition thrive.

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Civil Defense Workers First Aid Drill–Vashon Island 1942

Courtesy of the Museum of History and Industry, and the Seattle Emergency Operations Center where a large reprint is prominently displayed, is this neat old photo.

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Support Japan

After lunch today I caught this poignant reminder of the recent Japanize triple disaster – and the world-wide support for the Japanese.

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Seattle’s Community Preparedness Summit

Preparedness Pyramid - WS versionCurious how Seattle handles citizen preparedness education and communication flows, I’m at the most recent Community Preparedness Summit, hosted by Seattle OEM’s Mark Howard and Barb Graff this morning. In addition to making lots of contacts from VashonBePrepared’s sister organizations on this side of the ocean, I was especially interested to learn more about how Seattle encourages and teaches their citizens to prepare for whatever events lie ahead.

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Sister Neighborhood Disaster Preparedness Groups in Seattle

EQ-logoA host of sister neighborhood preparedness groups in Seattle exist, all working under the City of Seattle OEM:
    West Seattle Be Prepared (that apparently partially chose their name based on VashonBePrepared!)
    Magnolia | Queen Anne | Interbay
    Capital Hill Preparedness people
    
    See Seattle Community Network for additional resources and organizations

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Seattle to start up CERT classes this summer

Cathy Wenderoth works for the Seattle Police Department as the Seattle OEM’s Volunteer Coordinator. She is now organizing Seattle’s first CERT classes.

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Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP)

imageHere’s another funding source we’ve yet to consider on Vashon, but that is likely available.

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Obama signs rare Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) calling for National Preparedness Goal & System

Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8) - National PreparednessOn March 30th, President Obama signed a Presidential Direction on the subject of “National Preparedness”, reflecting upon H1N1, Deepwater Horizon Christchurch and Sendai events - and lessons learned since the previous December 2003, Bush-era policy. 

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Hawaii Tsunami Waves Declared a Major Disaster

FEMA just announced this.

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National Exercise Program Goes Regional & Gets New Base Plan

http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/22726 describes a major multi-state, national exercise simulating the 1811 New Madrid earthquake – actually a series of seismic events (up to seven on the Richter Scale) from December 1811 into 1812. According to FEMA, NLE 2011 will be the first NLE to simulate a natural hazard and also uses a state-based planning process rather than federal.

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