Save The Dates in June!
The Seattle Emergency Hubs invite you to observe Seattle emergency preparedness in action!
They will hold two activation drills in June 2025, at South Seattle and North Seattle locations:
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Saturday, June 7, Noon to 4 PM, El Centro de la Raza, 2524 16th Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98144
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Sunday, June 22, Noon to 4 PM, Maple Leaf Reservoir Park, 8204 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115
This year’s theme is “Unplugged.”
The scenario: The FIFA World Cup tournament has brought soccer fans to Seattle by the tens of thousands. Without warning, the power plant at Bonneville Dam fails, leaving the entire Pacific Northwest without electricity.
Additional information is available on our website: https://seattleemergencyhubs.org/unplugged/
The Hubs are also scheduling Hub orientation and outreach tables throughout the city. There are events this month in Madison Valley, Magnolia, Lake City, Greenwood and Fremont and others may be added.
All events and details at https://seattleemergencyhubs.org/calendar/
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American Radio Relay League (AARL) Field Day Happening in June
Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) will be presenting in the AARL Field Day Exercise on June 28 at South Seattle College, called Ham Connect, 11AM-12:30PM on the north side of campus. There will be presentations from the Seattle Hub Network, ACS, West Seattle Amateur Radio Club, Puget Sound Repeater Group, West Washington Medical Services Team, and Cascadia Radio.
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ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. Field Day is amateur radio's open house. Every June, more than 31,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio's science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933 and remains the most popular event in ham radio.
Emergency Operation Center Activation
On May 1st, referred to as May Day, the Seattle Office of Emergency Management activated the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to bring in city partners in training and response as thousands of community members exercised their First Amendment rights. An EOC is a centralized location utilized for the overall coordination of emergency response activities and for training of city personnel to be able to be properly trained and exercised in the space an emergency response will take place in.
It was a beautiful day filled with inspiration, comradery, and brain exercising as we worked together to be better prepared for the unexpected....to be better prepared for you!
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We're on LinkedIn now!
OEM has had a social media presence across Facebook, Twitter (now X), Instagram, YouTube and Nextdoor. Now we'll be able to promote and share our professional products to be used as best practices for others to incorporate into their jurisdictions! LinkedIn is not just for recruiting and hiring but for also showcasing what professional work is coming out of your agency. We are very excited to start bragging in this new space!
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