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Winter Weather: Critical Safety Messages in 26 Languages
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About This Project
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This document includes 100+ winter weather safety messages in 26 languages (including English). Please share with community members before/during a winter weather event. Click on the tabs below to access each language. Visit PublicAlerts.org/Winter-Weather for additional safety information.
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These messages were selected to speak to those most impacted by winter events: people living outside, people with low incomes, older adults vulnerable to cold, people with medical needs vulnerable to power outages, people hesitant to use heat because of the utility expenses, etc.
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The messages were gathered from many public and community partners in the Portland Metro Region. They were translated by a local vendor with a focus on cultural competency. Languages were selected using Metro’s Factor 1 Analysis and feedback from community-based organizations. Languages include: English, Arabic, Bosnian, Cambodian, Simplified Chinese, Chuukese, Farsi Persian, French (Togolese), Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Karen, Korean, Lao, Nepali, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Telugu, Thai, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.
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This a project of the Disaster Messaging Work Group of the Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization (RDPO), funded by the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI). Additional materials (illustrations and audio recordings) will be available in early 2022. All are welcome to use and share.
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For more information about this project: Contact the project coordinator Kate Szrom (PBEM COAD Coordinator) at coad@portlandoregon.gov.
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Direct link to this spreadsheet: https://bit.ly/wintermessages
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