Category Archives: Training & Education series

Reminder: Formidable Footprint earthquake exercise on March 31

Posted on March 29, 2012 by karenberge

This coming Saturday, March 31, West Seattle Be Prepared members will join other Seattle neighborhoods at the Emergency Operations Center to participate in the “Formidable Footprint” national earthquake exercise. This webinar exercise is one where we will watch a series … Continue reading →

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Upcoming event: Formidable Footprint tabletop exercise

Posted on February 25, 2012 by karenberge

Mark your calendars for an interesting and challenging tabletop exercise! On March 31, West Seattle Be Prepared will join other Seattle neighborhoods at the Seattle Emergency Operations Center to participate in the “Formidable Footprint” national earthquake event. We’ll provide additional … Continue reading →

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Our Training and Education series focuses on pet preparedness…

Posted on September 19, 2011 by karenberge
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West Seattle Be Prepared Training and Education Series resumes on Sept 28th!

Posted on September 9, 2011 by karenberge

Our 2011 Training and Education series continues following our summer hiatus on September 28th with a topic most of us needs to plan for: Pet Preparedness! If you have pets, do you have a disaster plan for them?  What should you do … Continue reading →

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Join us tonight for Cascadia – The Hidden Fire!

Posted on May 16, 2011 by karenberge

One final reminder about tonight’s screening of Cascadia – The Hidden Fire. This is the 2nd event in West Seattle Be Prepared’s Training & Education Series, from 6 to 8pm at the Senior Center of West Seattle (4217 SW Oregon Street – at the … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Cascadia film event is this Monday, May 16th!

Posted on May 14, 2011 by karenberge

We hope you’ll join us for the 2nd event in our 2011 Training & Education series! We will be screening the powerful documentary film, “Cascadia – The Hidden Fire”; discussion and Q&A will follow. Click here for more details.

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Our training & education series continues on May 16th!

Posted on May 1, 2011 by karenberge

Our 2011 Training & Education series continues on May 16th, as West Seattle Be Prepared joins forces with Mark Howard from the Seattle Office of Emergency Management to present the documentary, Cascadia -The Hidden Fire; this is a groundbreaking 60-minute … Continue reading →

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Emergency preparedness “Pop Quiz” – what do you know?

Posted on April 26, 2011 by karenberge

In the event of a major disaster, we could each find ourselves in a situation armed only with our knowledge/skills/resourcefulness. What if you couldn’t look it up on the internet? Do you know how to shut off a gas meter? … Continue reading →

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Reminder: training session on Monday, April 18th!

Posted on April 12, 2011 by karenberge

Lest it get buried too far down the page & off the radar, here’s a reminder about the SNAP neighborhood emergency preparedness training next Monday, April 18th! It’s from 6 to 7:30 PM at the Southwest Police Precinct (2300 SW … Continue reading →

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Slides, handouts & coverage from Red Cross presentations are posted!

Posted on April 10, 2011 by karenberge

As noted earlier, we had a great turnout for the kickoff to our Training & Education series last Thursday, April 7th! It was an informative evening with presentations by Deb Ticknor and David Shannon, and first aid demos by Sarah Rothman from King County … Continue reading →

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