Events Calendar
2024
April
April 2, 8:00 AM: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (National VOAD) invite you to attend Partnership Month 2024.
April 4-7, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM: Trauma Intervention Program of Lane County, volunteer training. See flyer.
April 4, 10:00 AM: Resilient Nation Partnership Network Forum: Rising Tides, Rising Divides: Climate and Equity in the Built Environment. Discuss complex challenges facing our nation; share lessons learned, best practices, and personal stories; and work together on innovative ideas to advance natural hazard resilience.
April 4, 12:00 PM: Join the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a call on FEMA’s reforms for disaster assistance to help survivors recover faster. This webinar is aimed at helping funders and other philanthropic partners understand the impact of the changes on their giving strategies. Register here.
April 11, 8:00 AM: Household Pet Emergency Shelter Overview. Showcasing Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry – Louisiana State Animal Response Team (LSART) – how LSART coordinates disaster operations and with other agencies and stakeholders to provide resourcing and sheltering support for household pets. Virtual Presentation - Emergency Programs - Department of Agriculture and Forestry Department of Agriculture and Forestry (state.la.us).
April 11, 9:00 AM: How The Private Sector Supports Before, During, And After Times of Major Disruption Or Disaster. This is a panel type discussion/presentation with Private Sector Emergency Management Association (PSEMA). PSEMA provides a conduit between the private sector and government agencies to prevent and lessen any negative effects when major emergencies and disasters occur.
April 11, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM: Enhancing Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Oregon Schools and Childcare Centers, Oregon State University, Memorial Union, Room 109, Corvallis, OR 97331.
April 11, 11:00 AM: Resilient Nation Partnership Network Forum: Building Resilient Agriculture: Lessons from Island Communities. Discuss complex challenges facing our nation; share lessons learned, best practices, and personal stories; and work together on innovative ideas to advance natural hazard resilience.
April 11, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Lane County COAD Meeting: Discuss opportunities and processes for Volunteers & Donation Management in disasters with core members of the Lane Regional Resiliency Collaborative.
April 11, 2:30 PM: Lane County Severe Weather Collaborative: Monthly meeting hosted by Lane County. Contact maria.cortez@lanecountyor.gov for information.
April 15, 8:00 AM: Rebuilding Disaster Partner Networks: What Happened & Ideas for Adapting to the New Normal of Partnerships. Panel discussion on zoom.
April 17, 9:00 AM: First Things To Know About Emotional and Spiritual Care In Disasters. Speaker will present on their services of providing consultation, training, resources, and operational collaboration in disaster and crisis preparedness, response, and long term recovery, particularly related to emotional and spiritual care.
April 17, 11:00 AM: Voluntary Organization Information Sharing and Engagement (VOISE) Partner Call on Financial Resilience Before During and After Disasters.
April 18, 10:00 AM: Resilient Nation Partnership Network Forum: Extreme Heat: Reflecting on the Hottest Summer to Date. Discuss complex challenges facing our nation; share lessons learned, best practices, and personal stories; and work together on innovative ideas to advance natural hazard resilience.
April 18, 11:00 AM: Third Thursday Tips - Grab & Go Kit, Engaging webinar to learn the importance of having emergency kits wherever you spend a lot of time (such as home, work, car/mode of transportation). Explore essential items and expert tips to craft the perfect grab-and-go kits. Register.
April 18, 6:00 PM: Quarterly R10 CERT Promising Practices Webinar: Ongoing efforts, best practices, and lessons learned from R10 CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) programs that engage within their communities. This webinar will be more of an open discussion and Q&A for teams to talk amongst each other. While the examples will focus on R10 states (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington), anyone who is interested or involved in CERT is welcome to join.
April 22-26: 8th annual Oregon Preparedness Workshop, Sunriver Resort in Sunriver.
April 23, 2:00 PM: Lane Regional Resiliency Collaborative monthly networking series, focus on ESF 17 Cybersecurity.
April 25, 10:00 AM: Resilient Nation Partnership Network Forum: Tribal Migration: Adapting to Climate Hazards. Discuss complex challenges facing our nation; share lessons learned, best practices, and personal stories; and work together on innovative ideas to advance natural hazard resilience.
April 30: Lane County Board of Commissioners Meeting: Emergency Manager Tiffany Brown will present the After-Action findings to the Board regarding the Ice Storm.
April 30: Oregon Resilience Hubs and Networks Grant applications are due.
May
May 2, 11:00 AM: OSU Extension Fire Program Not all Flame is the Same: Oregon’s Diverse Fire Ecology. May is Wildfire Awareness Month, and the Oregon State University Extension Fire Program would like to take you on a journey of fire throughout Oregon. In this webinar, a team of regional fire specialists will share diverse stories about how fire has shaped Oregon landscapes historically and currently. Understanding fire’s role in the place you live can help you become better prepared for fire and smoke, and more aware of your local ecological setting. Who should attend? People who are just becoming acquainted with wildfire concepts and may not be able to distinguish between different vegetation types or the ways that wildfire varies across the state; and practitioners who may not have a background in fire/forest ecology. Free registration, https://beav.es/cL3
May 2, 6:30-9pm: Public Safety in our Neighborhood, Madison Middle School cafeteria, (875 Wilkes Dr, Eugene). Public safety is more than just policing. How do the providers work together to keep us safe? Where are the gaps in the services? Who falls through the cracks and why? How can we help? A conversation with Eugene Police Dept., Lane Co. Sheriff's Office, CAHOOTS, Mobile Crisis Service of Lane County and Western Lane Crisis Response.
May 9, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Lane County COAD Meeting: OHA Public Health Equity Grant Discussion: Learn about our $155,000 grant to strengthen and expand the capabilities of the Lane County COAD network, leading to improved public health outcomes during disasters. The funding will allow us to staff a Coordinator position full-time to assist with outreach, MOU development, and membership training and support! Share your thoughts on how to best support our community.
May 15-17: Oregon Resilience Summit: The summit is designed to explore topics aimed at fostering resilience in our communities and tackling challenges together, such as: Cultural Use of Fire & Indigenous Ecosystem Resilience, Care for the Caregivers: A Special Mini Retreat from The Hearth and Trauma Informed Oregon, Incorporating Underserved Voices in Decision Making & Rebuilding, LTRGs, C/VOADs and other Models of Multi-Sector Partnership and more.
May 18: Disaster Preparedness Fair at the Upper McKenzie Community Center from 11: 00 AM to 4:00 PM
May 28, 2:00 PM: Lane Regional Resiliency Collaborative monthly networking series, focus on ESF 6 - Mass Care.
June
June 1: AWR-328: All Hazards Preparedness for Animals in Disasters – Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (ruraltraining.org), Beavercreek, OR
June 2: MGT-448: All Hazards Planning for Animal, Agricultural, and Food Related Disasters – Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (ruraltraining.org), Beavercreek, OR
October
October 28-31: IronOR 24 State-Level Exercise (SLE): This four-day functional exercise will bring state, local and tribal, public, private and non-profit partners together throughout Oregon to practice our collective capabilities to response within a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake scenario.
Continuing Education
LOCAL
Lane Preparedness Coalition: Hosts quarterly trainings to enhance each member’s ability to educate the community about their efforts to mitigate, respond to, and continue critical operations during, and recover from crisis and disaster events.
STATE
Preparing for the Cascadia Subduction Zone Event: In this interactive course, residents and guests of Oregon and other western states can become aware of the Cascadia Subduction Zone Event and learn how to prepare for it. This course is offered free to the public on eXtension.org through Oregon State University Extension.
REGIONAL / NATIONAL
Online Independent Study Courses: The FEMA Emergency Management Institute offers free, self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities as well as the general public. To complete the courses, you will need to obtain a FEMA Student Identification Number. Some of the courses relevant to COAD include:
IS-0100.b: Introduction to Incident Command System
IS-0200.b: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
IS-0288.a: The Role of Voluntary Organizations in Emergency Management
IS-0244.b: Developing and Managing Volunteers
IS 700.B NIMS, Intro to National Incident Management System(updated 6/25/18)
ICS 100.C, Intro to Incident Command System (updated 6/25/18)
IS 909 Implementing Simple Activities for Everyone, (updated 10/31/13)
IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response (updated 3/11/19)
IS-703.B: NIMS Resource Management (updated 5/4/20)
IS-706: NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid - An Introduction (updated 10/31/13)
IS-800.D: National Response Framework, an Introduction (updated 5/6/20)
IS-0806: Emergency Support Function (ESF) #6 – Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing, and Human Services
