Emergency Communication Hubs - Seattle Grants

Emergency Communication Hubs - Seattle

Residents throughout Seattle have agreed to stand up and help their communities if/when communications are down after a significant event (earthquake, massive power outage, etc.). Groups of neighbors have organized into Emergency Communication Hubs and are located throughout Seattle. Seventy-one sites presently. We practice yearly to educate our neighbors about our existence, engage them in becoming better prepared to weather a disaster, and to identify (and share) best practices so we can hit the ground running, when needed. Goals of this grant... - Neighborhood maps for all active Hub sites - Medication safety (post-disaster) information translated into 13 languages - Paper copies of translations made for all Hubs Our City-Wide Disaster Exercise is June 11th. Twelve Hubs have agreed to activate and are eager to use these tools!

Emergency Communication Hubs - Seattle

Building inclusive relationships and connecting our communities to be more resilient is the goal of this grant. We will stand up four additional emergency hubs, translate our hub brochure and two videos into multiple languages to facilitate our outreach, and make our 2021 outreach events accessible through interpreters. This project will be completed by November 30, 2021.

Emergency Communication Hubs - Seattle

Emergency Communication Hubs are popping up throughout Seattle as citizens everywhere step up to help their communities prepare for a large disaster. Each Hub has a dedicated team of individuals reaching out to the community to engage and involve neighbors. To support their efforts, we want to pass along tools we have developed (forms, job descriptions, educational materials, etc.) so they don't have to reinvent the wheel. We will host a Hub 101 class at 7:00p.m. on October 24, 2019 at the Cascade Bicycle Club in Magnuson Park, 7787 62nd Avenue NE. This project will be completed by January 31, 2020.