Multnomah County Community Organizations Active in Disaster
MultCo COAD, Meeting Agenda
Date/time/location
FULL membership Meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of every EVEN month from 1400hrs to 1600hrs
(ORVOAD meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of every ODD month) Meetings
are held at:
the Multnomah County Building, 501 SE Hawthorne, Portland OR 97214
Conveniently located along several mass transit routes (4, 10, 14, 6 and street car)
1345 – 1400 Refreshments and Networking – Please remember to bring at least 30 copies of your organization’s information as well as any event announcements and your business cards.
1400 - 1405 - Review of Mission and Agenda
1405 – 1415 Introductions and call for Additional Agenda items
1415 – 1425 2 Organizational Presentations (pre-scheduled)
During this time organization have been asked to address the following:
a) Name and mission of organization
b) Who is allowed to access/activate and how they are accessed during a disaster
c) What tasks does organization perform prior to, during and/or after a disaster
d) What does organization do during daily operations? To schedule your Organizational Presentation for a future meeting, contact the chair/Presentations limited to 5 minutes.
1430 – 1440 10 minute training session or incident After Action or Lessons Learned
Review Action items from previous meeting and assigned tasks
1440 - 1510 General - Round the room (any announcements for events should be accompanied by an electronic handout and/or 30 copies)
1510 -1545 Other???
1600 Adjourn
Multnomah County Community Organizations Active During Disaster (MultCo COAD) &
Multnomah County Citizen Corps (VIPS, N.Watch, Fire Corps, MRC & CERT)
Shared Mission Statement
This coalition is based on the National VOAD concept Project and response based facilitation of the: collaboration, coordination, cooperation, and communication between citizen volunteers, faith based, civic/humanitarian organizations, private industry and public agencies through: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery efforts. (Steve Bullock looking to find federal language)
Goals
• Incorporate the Multnomah County Equity and Empowerment Lens
• Educate local and county government agencies, humanitarian organizations and the general public about 'who we are and what we do"
• Work together to identify 'unmet needs'
• Increase our understanding of what role each organization plays. This level of knowledge about our individual organizations will increase our ability to communicate needs and resources when time is of the essence
• Share knowledge that will allow us to do all the work necessary with less effort and overlap.
• Address special needs populations (Language, Cultural, Animal Owners, Elderly, People with Disabilities).
• Support coordinated training and exercise opportunities
Objectives:
• While attending meetings, discuss the existence and efforts of COAD and Citizen Corps, distribute contact information of partner organizations, thereby strengthening cooperative, non-duplicative efforts while simultaneously offering additional support to organizations.
• At least annually review county hazard annexes, discuss roles and responsibilities, and activation procedures for organizations listed – confirm information listed and add any additional organizations where appropriate.
• Serve as subject matter experts for County EOC as well as planning, outreach, training, and exercises.
• Host at least 10 minute training sessions and discuss recent ‘incidents’ at every meeting
Proposed Projects for 2014 – 2015 (this list can be expanded, please feel free to submit projects you deem appropriate for council/COAD approval).
• Alert and Notifications exercise
• Donations Management plan – contact = Sam Pellecer, [email protected] / 503-539-6083
• Volunteer management plan –to include Spontaneous Volunteer Management
• Welfare Check curriculum development and training
• 4 Map Your Neighborhood Train the Trainer workshops – Steve Bullock
• Finalize the COAD Questionnaire and develop a comprehensive database of resources, (both personnel and materials) and a system of maintenance. For Additional Information
Citizen Corps (http://www.citizencorps.gov) and the COAD (a community interpretation and ‘arm’ of the National organization http://www.nvoad.org ) Affiliate programs (http://www.ready.gov/citizen-corps-affiliate-programs)
Expectations of Representatives at
Multnomah County COAD and Citizen Corps meeting
Individuals attending the meeting on behalf of the following organizations:
• Volunteers in Police Service
• Community Emergency Response Teams
• Fire Corps
• Medical Reserve Corps (attempt to represent Medical & Mental health issues)
• USA on Watch
• COAD (2 representatives)
Will, – through a reasonable effort,
• Contact all local groups of same name to obtain their input on topics including but not limited to:
o Issues discussed at Citizen Corps meetings
o Training desired
o Projects needing assistance or promotion
o Calendar items
o Funding needs
o Other
• Represent the above input at meetings
• Disseminate information obtained during county meetings to group leaders (of same name) distribute minutes from meeting to their constituents.
• Maintain an up-to-date contact list of groups (of same name) within county (this may be replaced with database when it is up and running). Voting Members
Each organization listed above will have ‘One’ vote, but may send as many representatives to the meeting as they wish. COAD and Citizen Corps
Expectations of Representatives at the Steering Committee meeting
Individuals attending the meeting will, through a reasonable effort:
• Obtain from organization(s) represented - input on topics including but not limited to:
o Issues discussed at meetings or in advance of events
o Training desired
o Projects needing assistance or promotion
o Funding needs
o Other
• Disseminate information obtained during county meetings to group leaders (of same name)
Expectations of COAD and Citizen Corps as an Organization
• Minutes will be taken and distributed within two weeks of meeting.
• Reminders will be sent two weeks prior to meetings (minutes may be attached to these emails)
• Membership shall read all attachments and provide input and direction. Currently serving as representatives:
NEED TO CREATE FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY
Multnomah County Interfaith Initiative
Barbara Willer, [email protected] / 503-819-9590
Multnomah County Citizen Corps Official Representative/Multnomah County Office of Emergency Management
Steve Bullock, [email protected]/503-988-4233
Volunteers in Police Service
Deputy Joe Graziano - [email protected] / 503-496-1681
Community Emergency Response Teams/NET
Jeremy VanKuren - [email protected] / 503-849-1206
Fire Corps
????- email/ phone
Medical Reserve Corps
Jerusha Kasch, [email protected] / 503-988-3663 x22999# or Zumana Rios [email protected] / 503-988-3663 x26115
Mental Health/Coordinating: TIP, CISM, Animal Assist, Chaplains, etc
Alice Busch, [email protected] / 503-988-6552
Office of Neighborhood Involvement/Neighborhood Watch
Nickole Cheron, [email protected] / 503-823-9970
Community Involvement
Robb Wolfson, [email protected] / 503-988-3450
Animal related issues
Charles Poetz, [email protected] / 503-789-2789
Transition PDX, Local Energy Assurance Program LEAP, East Portland Action Plan, Portland Permaculture, PREPOregon
Jeremy O’Leary, [email protected] / 503-610-2393
Amateur Radio (HAM/AARL, ARES)
Nathan Hersey, [email protected] / 841-217-8274
Food Bank
Dean Alby, [email protected] / 971-313-8286
Oregon Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Steve Courtney, [email protected] / 503-408-0606 & 503-334-6164
211
Troy Hammond, [email protected] / 503-416-2620
Red Cross
???? Responsible for taking Meeting Minutes (and sending minutes to group) –
????? Responsible for sending meeting reminders 1+ week in advance of meeting (with minutes and agenda attached) -???????? Responsible for Chairing meetings (unless passed to another responsible party)
Responsible for Providing ‘Attachments’ to Dana Robinson – anyone who has information they wish to distribute to the full membership
Responsible for updating Agenda and related documents and posting to google and page
Responsible for updating page
Alice, Jeremy, others? Again, as stated, these meetings are ‘open’ and any number of representatives from these (or other) organizations are encouraged to attend. If you have any questions or concerns, comments or suggestions, please contact the appropriate representative.
02/20/2023
Interested in being part of life saving work?
Several General Staff - Warming Center trainings for volunteers are being held this week. Please consider joining a free two–hour training webinar today at 3 p.m. All are welcome, register at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/DRCvolunteer and you’ll receive a confirmation email with the link to the training.
If you can’t make today, training webinars will run Tuesday, Feb. 22 - Friday, Feb. 24 from 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. with a Saturday, Feb. 25 training from 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (all sessions are the same content)
Register at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/DRCvolunteer and you’ll receive a confirmation email with the link to the training. This training will cover General Staff roles and responsibilities at Warming and Cooling sites :)
SPREAD THE WORD: Multnomah County Animal Services needs immediate volunteers for cleaning and auxiliary support roles. New, returning, short-term or long-term volunteers are welcome! Apply for immediate openings at multcopets.org/volunteer
W- Multnomah County Emergency Management
12/02/2021
Apply for a 2022 Partners in Conservation (PIC) grant :)
East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District (EMSWCD) has announced are again conducting their PIC grant application process (after last year’s “PIC Pause” due to COVID). https://emswcd.org/2022-pic-grants-apply/
The PIC program awards grants annually from $5,000 to $100,000 to non-profits, local governments and educational institutions for conservation projects, environmental education, school and community food gardens, and participation of diverse communities in conservation work.
Applications are due by 4:00 PM on Wednesday, December 15th, 2021.
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11/30/2021
Please share this post with your Community Based Organization networks
https://rdpo.net/community-engagement-lessons
The Community Engagement Lessons Learned project (CELL), is now gathering input from communities that inequitably suffer the impacts of disasters.
It is these same communities that also experience barriers to public services. This effort will focus on Community Based Organizations serving communities in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Clark, and Columbia counties.
If your organization is interested in participating, the interest form (is on the website) and can also be found here: https://forms.gle/DiPML7FGKZQVcHVN8
The interest form must be completed by December 20, 2021.
THE CELL PROJECT will:
Consider hundreds of equity and community engagement studies in local, regional, and national communities.
Collect feedback on government communication and engagement with culturally-specific communities during the disasters of 2020/2021.
Help our region revamp disaster outreach, communications, training, and collaboration with culturally-specific communities.
Interested.
Work in collaboration with other similar projects and contribute to a comprehensive body of knowledge.
CELL Project Application Form
Dear Community-Based Organization (CBO) leader, Use this form to apply to be part of the Community Engagement Lessons Learned (CELL) project (https://rdpo.net/community-engagement-lessons), which is managed by Multnomah County Emergency Management (MCEM) and sponsored by the Regional Disaster Prepar...
11/02/2021
Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization (RDPO.net)
Regional Workshop Series on Transportation Resilience and Recovery
Join us this Fall and Winter as the RDPO and Portland State University’s Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) jointly host a regional workshop series focused on transportation resilience and recovery. This series is intended to engage transportation planners, emergency managers, first responders, and public works employees about the current state of transportation resilience, response, and recovery efforts in the region and identify future opportunities for improvement. These workshops will provide valuable insights and explore opportunities to enhance current and future efforts in Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region.
Workshop #1: Transportation and Emergency Response
November 3, 2021 (1:00-2:30 PM) - Webinar
The first webinar will explore recent experiences and lessons learned from the wildfire and winter storm events that Clackamas County experienced in 2020 and 2021 in order to inform gaps in evacuation planning and management, local-state-regional coordination, and opportunities to incorporate regional emergency transportation routes (ETRs) and transportation recovery plans and tools. The speakers, Mike Bezner (Assistant Director for Transportation for Clackamas County), Daniel Nibouar (Interim Deputy Disaster Management for Clackamas County) and Captain Brad O’Neil (Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office) will discuss the issues, opportunities, and needs faced during these recent events as it relates to the intersection of transportation planning. The panel and participants will also discuss how these events could inform the second phase of the regional ETR project.
Workshop #2: Regional Transportation Resilience Investments and Plans
December 8, 2021 (1:00-2:30 PM) - Webinar
The purpose of the second webinar is to share recent work at state, regional, and local levels to address transportation resilience needs in our region. This workshop will feature Mike Harryman (State of Oregon Resilience Officer) who will share key findings from the recent multi-modal transportation Regional Resiliency Assessment Program (RRAP) and recommended resilience enhancement options. Kim Ellis (Principal Transportation Planner for Metro) and PBOT (Mauricio Leclerc - Area & Project Planning Section Manager and Michael Serritella - Transportation Planner) will discuss transportation planning and frameworks in development, and how these efforts can drive planning and investment decisions to enhance transportation resilience.
Workshop #3: Transportation Recovery Planning Best Practices January 2022 (TBD)
In person at Portland State University The third workshop will focus on the prioritization and tiering of transportation assets for evacuation, response, and recovery. The TREC team will provide a summary of previous work on the draft Portland Transportation Recovery Plan and current best practices in all-hazards transportation recovery planning, such as concepts of operations and governance structures. TREC team will also provide an orientation to the Portland Alternatives Prioritization (APT) Tool. The workshop will consist of exercises intended to help participants explore the prioritization and tiering of transportation assets, using a range of criteria including equity. The outcomes of the workshop will help RDPO transition to the second phase of the regional emergency transportation routes (RETRs) project and possible ways to inform the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP).
Register for the events at https://trec.pdx.edu/content/regional-workshop-series-transportation-resilience-and-recovery
Professional development credit for AICP available
Applications are due on December 14 from community members interested in participating in Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) Vaccine Advisory Committee. The goal of the Vaccine Advisory Committee is to co-create a vaccine distribution plan that centers the experiences of populations where the disease is systemically spreading, including communities of color, tribal communities and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Participants are being recruited from two primary groups: those who can speak to community needs, and also partners engaged in vaccine delivery, such as hospitals, EMS, pharmacies, and healthcare providers.
03/14/2020
Faith Based Community Leaders are invited to join Multnomah County Health Department and COVID-19 Emergency Response team at 3 p.m. today, Saturday, March 14.
Please call (877) 336-1829, Participant Code: 7189170. Chaplain Kenton Johnson and Kim Toevs, Communicable Disease Director and Incident Commander of the Multnomah County Emergency Operations Center.
As community leaders who are role models for our communities, we want to make sure you have the most up-to-date information on how you can apply current COVID19 guidance to your worship and religious services, as well as your paid staff and volunteers.
You have a critical role in preventing community spread of COVID19 and reducing risk of serious illness among our most vulnerable community members, including those in your congregations.
We realize things are moving quickly and want to connect you to Pilar Montejo, Faith-Based Community Liaison with Multnomah County’s COVID19 Emergency Operations Center. She is working directly with the EOC and connecting community members to information. Email Pilar at [email protected]
08/01/2019
Children’s Disaster Services A Church of the Brethren Disaster Ministry Volunteer Workshop
WHEN:
October 11 & 12, 2019. 5:30 PM Friday – 5:30 PM Saturday
WHERE:
Fruit and Flower, 2378 NW Irving, Portland, OR 97210
Children’s Disaster Services trains and certifies volunteers for specialized childcare after disasters. CDS volunteers work cooperatively with the American Red Cross, providing a safe environment and a comforting presence for children impacted by traumatic events.
For more information:
Local Contact: Rhonda McDowall, Phone: 503-228-8349
Email: [email protected]
Get ready for a windy Friday, with gusts to 60 mph Coast and Coast Range and 45 mph Willamette Valley and Southwest Washington.
10/01/2015
As we learn more about today’s shooting at Umpqua Community College, we’d like to remind folks about Multnomah County’s 24/7 Crisis Line. Call 503-988-4888. Please share.
The wildfires have devastated many lives - Do you want to help in some way?
It may be tempting to think that emptying our closets or shopping for others is thoughtful, and it is certainly tangible and feels rewarding.
However the donation of $$ is always the best way to donate. Please take a few moments to watch this short video - Please also feel free to post your questions in the comment section.
Help us spread the word about the most helpful way to donate by sharing this post. Please also consider printing the pdf below and providing it to your community
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