PREP

Engaging the Community in Preparedness

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www.PREPOregon.org

info@PREPOregon.org

What is PREP?

• Planning for Resilience �& Emergency Preparedness�
• A program & website: www.preporegon.org
• DIY
• Household preparedness plus organizing with neighbors
• Information on longer-term resilience
• Launched October 2012

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Why do we need PREP?

• Address low levels of awareness about earthquake risk in OR
• Create a culture of preparedness
• Help people come through a major disaster
• Intangible message: encourage people to
• prepare mentally
• keep their families safe
• develop confidence
• connect with neighbors
• Promote long-term resilience

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Who’s behind PREP?

• Volunteers and neighbors with a passion
• Started in Transition PDX
• Adapted from Seattle Neighbors Actively Prepare (SNAP) and Washington’s Map Your Neighborhood program
• Collaborating public and private partners:
• Portland Bureau of Emergency Management
• Portland Fire and Rescue
• Multnomah County Emergency Management
• Portland’s Neighborhood Coalition Offices

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How Does PREP work?

• Get Prepared: what to know, what to have on hand, what to do ahead of time
• Get informed: how to stay safe in an earthquake or tsunami, what to do afterwards
• Make a family plan: getting in touch, where to meet, special needs for family members/pets
• Build a kit of supplies and equipment tools, including "go kits" and a "stay kit"
• Printable handouts including Beyond 72 Hours, Where to Buy Supplies & much more.

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How does PREP work?

• Get Prepared with Your Neighbors: how to help your neighbors get ready
• Preparedness Handouts: core handouts from Get Prepared, to print or copy for neighbors
• Host Kit: flyer, signs, first meeting agenda, sign-in sheet, optional icebreaker

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How does PREP work?

• Get Organized: make a plan with your neighbors for helping each other after the disaster, using Map Your Neighborhood
• Learn 9 steps to take right after a disaster
• Identify skills and equipment each neighbor has
• Create contact list and neighborhood map with utility shutoffs & neighbors with special needs

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How does PREP work?

• Get Confident: �keep current and learn new skills by practicing together
• Beginning and advanced practice drills
• Tips on planning and conducting a neighborhood drill

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What else does PREP offer?

• Extensive preparedness resources
• Preparing Mentally
• Children, Seniors, People with Disabilities
• How-to Videos
• Emergency Communications
• Training: NET/CERT, Red Cross
• Business and Disaster
• More
• A calendar of events
• Preparedness news

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What else does PREP offer?

• Resources for Long-term Resilience
• Bicycling
• Growing Food
• Preserving Food
• Renewable Energy
• Well Insulated Homes
• Rainwater Harvesting
• What does this have to do with preparedness?

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What else does PREP offer?

• Printed materials for people without computer access
• Get Prepared with Your Neighbors: handouts and host kits at Portland’s neighborhood coalition offices and at Multnomah County Emergency Management
• Get Organized: Map Your Neighborhood booklets at same locations, plus other county emergency management offices

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What’s next for PREP?

• Future:
• downloadable version of Get Organized
• make the site more mobile device friendly
• [INSERT HERE task/project �you are volunteering to lead]
• information in other languages
• Evolving to meet the community’s needs
• Feedback welcome!

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PREP

Engaging the Community in Preparedness�

www.PREPOregon.org