Community Preparedness Survey

Please take our short survey about your experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. We want to learn more about impacts to our community so we can help people be more prepared in the future. The survey is available in 13 languages!

We invite you to reflect on the following:

• Did you take any general emergency preparedness actions prior to the COVID-19 pandemic? If so, were those actions helpful to you and your loved ones during COVID-19?
• What actions do you wish you would have taken prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic?
• What actions will you take now to ensure you are more prepared in the future?

Thank you again for taking time to provide helpful insight and information we will use to inform future programming and messaging.

COVID-19 Community Preparedness Survey

Welcome Kate Hutton to the team!

Hello! My name is Kate Hutton, and I'm the new Communications Coordinator at OEM. I'll be working on finding the best ways to get you the information you need to be safe before, during, and after a disaster  with a strong focus on finding new ways to get messaging to traditionally hard-to-reach communities. Before joining OEM, I was an Emergency Management Coordinator and Public Information Officer for the City of Los Angeles, where I started my emergency management career back in 2010. One of my guiding preparedness principles is that most people are more prepared than they think they are when it comes to disasters. You already have a lot of skills, supplies, and connections that will help you get through an emergency situation. It's our job as emergency managers to help you turn those tools into a plan, and fill any gaps in the plan with training and other guidance, so you're prepared for whatever might come your way. Be safe, Seattle!

Hello Neighbor!

As we move into summer, we are more likely to experience extreme heat events or poor air quality as the result of wildfire smoke. Heat and smoke, like COVID-19, may require older adults or people with existing health conditions to stay at home. Many people staying at home could use a helping hand! Offer to go grocery shopping or run other errands for those remaining at home, or simply offer to check-in with a regular phone call. Use our Hello Neighbor cards to offer help to those remaining at home. A little bit goes a long way! Available in multiple languages! Link Here!

Help Your Community During COVID-19

• Visit the United Way King County website to learn about ways that you can help during the "Stay at Home" period. 
• Running essential errands for yourself or a neighbor? Follow these Essential Errand Guidelines for the CDC
• Are you on NextDoor? Use the NextDoor Help Map to offer help or request assistance from neighbors!
• The AARP Community Connections Map is another tool to connect with groups offering support such as food delivery. Also available in Spanish!
• If you are in West Seattle and need assistance or want to offer help, go to the West Seattle Support site. 
• In the Madison Valley area? Check out Homer Harris Hub COVID-19 Support site
  
  

COVID-19 Testing in Seattle

There are several free testing sites currently operating in Seattle: 

• The City of Seattle, King County, and UW Medicine are offering free COVID-19 testing for people who live, work, or regularly visit Seattle. Drive-through testing is available. You must first register online or over the phone. Register/information here.
• Public Health - Seattle & King County offers free COVID-19 testing at the Downtown Public Health Center (2124 Fourth Ave, Seattle 98121) for people with symptoms of COVID-19 who are at highest risk for severe illness from the disease and don't have regular access to health care. They will also test symptomatic health care providers, workers in congregate care settings, and people working in critical infrastructure occupations. Information here.

• UW Mobile Clinic Drive-up and Walk-up Testing in Rainier Beach - COVID-19 testing is available at the Rainier Beach High School parking lot off of S Henderson St every Wednesday and Saturday from 10 AM to 3 PM. No appointments are necessary, and registration will be on-site. The site has the capacity to test 100 people per day. Language interpretation is available.

• Community health provider Neighborcare Health is offering COVID-19 testing at outdoor tents at their Meridian, Rainier Beach, High Point, and Vashon clinics, for anyone with symptoms. Please call a medical clinic to make a phone appointment with a medical provider first. 
  
  

COVID-19 Resources

• Latest COVID-19 AlertSeattle Blog Updates
• Text "CovidSeattle" to 67283 to receive weekly COVID-19 Updates
• For a full list of available COVID-19 Resources go to Seattle.gov/COVID-19
• Receive COVID-19 email updates from Public Health Seattle & King County