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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SCHEDULE AND DISPLAY LIST

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXPO 2012
Friday, March 16th 1:00 pm – 7:15 pm    Saturday, March 17th 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints     12300 SE 312th Ave, Boring, Oregon 97009

Bring Your Friends and Neighbors to this FREE Two-Day Event!
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1 pm
Could Contagion Really Happen?
Kathy Thompson – Clackamas County
Health Services
Mapping Your Neighborhood
Kelle Lanavazo – City of Gresham
Department of Emergency Management
Look At Me! I’m Debt FREE!
Mary Lou & Jerry Nordstrom - Specialists
Food Storage – Where Do I Begin?
  Tanya Dow/Carrie Conklin – Specialists

2 pm
Preserving Tomatoes and Tomato Products
Jeanne Brandt – Professor OSU
Wilderness Survival Like a Pro
Kent Stuart – Deputy Sheriff
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Department
Dealing With Difficult People During Disasters – Emotional First Aid   1
Alice Busch – START
Children and Disasters - Part 1
Tyra Baird - Specialist
3 pm
Fire Mitigation, Home Defense & You
Scott McSorley – Cascadia Disaster Consultant
Save Seeds - $ave $$$
Larinda Peterson –Gardening Instructor
Portland Community College
Dealing With Difficult People During Disasters – Emotional First Aid   2
Alice Busch – START
Children and Disasters - Part 2
Tyra Baird - Specialist
4 pm
Together We Prepare
Francisco Ianni – American Red Cross
Emergency Preparedness Director
Grow Plants from Seeds, Cutting or Bulb!
Larinda Peterson – Gardening Instructor
Portland Community College
Dealing With Difficult People During Disasters – Emotional First Aid   3
Alice Busch – START
Emergency Action Plan for Your Home
Joe Guerra – Entropia
Disaster Planning Consultant
5 pm
Will Your House Hold Up?
Tim Cook – Earthquake Tech
Residential Building Consultant
Sprout for Powerhouse Nutrition
Sally Farb – Prepare Now
Dealing With Difficult People During Disasters – Emotional First Aid   4
Alice Busch – START
Why Add Freeze Dried Foods to Your Storage Plan?
Cami Harris - Specialist
6 pm
POWER PRINCIPLES OF FAMILY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Jerusha Kasch – Emergency Response Coordinator for Southwest Washington Region IV, Public Information Officer
(6:00 pm – 7:15 pm in Chapel)





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10 am
Could Contagion Really Happen?
Kathy Thompson – Clackamas Co.
Health Services
Emergency Action Plan for Your Home
Joe Guerra - Entropia
Not Granny’s Preservation Updates
Jeanne Brandt – Professor OSU
Community Educator
Ain’t Got It-Don’t $pend It!
Ralph House – Certified Public Accountant
10 Tips for Self-Reliant Health
Noell Larsen – Holistic Nutritionist/Master Herbalist
11 am
Together We Prepare
Francisco Ianni –Red Cross
Emergency Preparedness Director
Finding Common Ground –
Know Your Neighborhood 1
Alice Busch – START
Look At Me! I’m Debt FREE!
Mary Lou and Jerry Nordstrom Specialists
Food Preservation Tools to Love
Karen Trumbull – Master Food Preserver
Mapping Your Neighborhood
Kelle Lanavazo – Gresham Dept. of Emergency Management
12 pm
Help Your Pets Survive Disaster
Dana Robinson – Clackamas Co.
Dept. of Emergency Management
Finding Common Ground –
Know Your Neighborhood 2
Alice Busch – START
Store Your Food and Store it Safe
Jeanne Brandt – Professor OSU
Community Educator
Meals in a Jar – Dinner in Minutes
Karen Trumbull – Master Food Preserver
Electricity – Staying Safe
Charles Tate - Pacific Power
(Demo on Stage)
1  pm
Wilderness Survival Like a Pro
Kent Stuart – Deputy Sheriff
Yamhill Co. Sheriff’s Department
Finding Common Ground –
Know Your Neighborhood 3
Alice Busch – START
Organic Backyard Gardening
Larinda Peterson -Gardening Instructor PCC
Food Storage – Where Do I Begin?
Tanya Dow and Carrie Conklin  Specialists
Will Your House Hold Up?
Tim Cook – Earthquake Tech
Residential Building Consultant
2  pm
PREPARING FOR THE BIG ONE!
James Roddey –Author and well known lecturer. (In Chapel)
3  pm
Survival Planning and Equipment
Kent Stuart – Deputy Sheriff
Yamhill Co. Sheriff’s Department
Physical and Emotional Recovery Techniques
Rev. Angie DeRouchie – Minister Corp
Power Principles of Family Emergency Preparedness
Jerusha Kasch – Disaster Specialist
Sprout for Powerhouse Nutrition
Sally Farb – Prepare Now
Preserving Vital Documents
Joshua Patterson – Specialist

4  pm
Fire Safety For Your Home
Tammy Owen – Boring Fire Dept.
Public Information Officer

Physical and Emotional Recovery Techniques
Rev. Angie DeRouchie – Minister Corp
BIG Harvest – Small Garden
Larinda Peterson – Gardening Instructor PCC
First Aid When We Need It!
Tess Johnson – RN
Trent Morgan - Paramedic
Electricity – Staying Safe
Charles Tate – Pacific Power
(Demo on Stage)



BIG Harvest – Small Garden: A garden doesn’t have to be big to be bountiful! Learn the secrets of growing fruits and vegetables in the tiniest spaces. Get the details on how to plant a decorative pot of vegetables that rivals any flower pot.
Organic Backyard Gardening: Get your next meal out of your own back yard.  Learn about growing amazing plant varieties, from blueberries to zucchinis, specifically for the Willamette Valley
Save Seeds - $ave $$$: It’s easy! If done properly seeds can last for years and provide an important food source.  Save money by learning how to pollinate and store seeds for future years.
Grow Plants from Seeds, Cutting or Bulb! During emergencies food is at a premium.  Learn to start plants naturally from seed, cuttings or bulb.  Become oh so self- sufficient.
Look at Me! I’m Debt FREE! Learn the lessons for becoming debt free from a couple who made the decision to dig themselves out of debt and won the battle.  So can you!
Preserving Tomatoes and Tomato Products: Learn the safest options for plain tomatoes, tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce, green tomato preservation and the “Laws of Salsa.”
Food Storage – Where Do I Begin? Feel overwhelmed by the idea of storing food long term? These food storage experts will give you all the tips you need to begin making food storage a vital part of your family’s emergency preparedness plan. No more excuses!
Store Your Food and Store it Safe: Everybody who stores food wants to know it’s safe.  Proper storage extends the shelf life of our food, protects it from pest infestation and reduces waste. Learn these important tips.
Not Granny’s Food Preservation Updates:  Make the goodness from your garden or the local famer’s market a part of you and your family’s eating plan? Here is your opportunity to brush up on your preserving knowledge or get started for the first time.
 Meals in a Jar – Dinner in Minutes: Wouldn’t it be nice if your pantry was filled with premixed dinners that could be put together with little effort and have homemade meals that your family would love?  Learn how to do just that and cook in a box oven too!
Food Preservation Tools to Love: Sit back and watch an expert demonstrate how to use pressure canners, water bath canners, apple peeler and corers, grain grinders, dehydrators, a jerky gun and Kitchen Aid meat grinder with applesauce attachments. Whew!
Sprout for Powerhouse Nutrition:  Sprouts are one of the most nutritious and easily accessible foods known to man. Rich in vitamins, minerals, proteins and enzymes. Can be grown easily in four to six days and require very little effort and very little cost.
Ain’t Got it – Don’t $pend it!  Has managing your money ever challenged you? Attend this presentation and receive wise counsel on how to become better at managing your financial resources and sleep better at night.
Will Your House Hold Up? Wouldn’t it feel good to know that when we experience that earthquake they keep talking about, your home will have a better chance of holding up? Get expert advice on seismic upgrades to make your home more earthquake proof.
Together We Prepare:  Here is a smorgasbord of information on what to do in the event of fire, an earthquake, severe winter weather and more. Learn to shelter- in- place and create an emergency kit.
Wilderness Survival like a Pro: Forget the myths and misconceptions of wilderness survival!  You’ll get the real stuff in this class. Planning, building shelter, starting a fire in all conditions, purify your water, staying alert, hypothermia, it’s all here.
Survival Planning and Equipment: Survive when the emergency happens because you have made a plan and stored the right equipment to carry on your person or in the car.  Don’t get caught without the essentials.
Children and Disasters: This class is chock full of ideas on how to help kids prepare and cope in the event of an emergency of just about any proportion. Learn to teach even the youngest in your family life-saving survival skills.
Preserving Vital Documents: In the event of a natural disaster or fire you may find your home and everything in it badly damaged or destroyed.  Learn full-proof methods for protecting those most valuable documents that none of us want to be without.
Dealing with Difficult People during Disasters/Emotional First Aid: Learn some critical techniques for de-escalating some of the most difficult situations we may face in times of disaster.  Everyone can profit from this comprehensive training.
Finding Common Ground –Map/Know Your Neighborhood- Train the Trainer: Reaching out to one another in our communities in times of disasters is critical.  It takes a community to truly be prepared.  Learn how to achieve common goals in times of distress.
Power Principles for Family Emergency Preparedness: Learn from a real pro how to get motivated to make an effective family emergency preparedness plan part of your lives. We can’t prevent disaster, but we can prepare for it and minimize the damage! 
Mapping Your Neighborhood: It is crucial for neighborhoods to be prepared to help each other in the aftermath of a disaster in which outside help may be days away. Learn how to organize your neighborhood and prepare together for the unexpected.
Fire Safety in Your Home: Fire is the fifth leading cause of unintentional injury and death in the U.S. It also ranks as the first cause of death in the home for children under the age of 15.  Learn what you can do to protect your family from the danger of fire.
Help Your Pets Survive Disaster: A disaster will be traumatic for your pets as well as you.  Learn the steps to take to make sure your pets are well-cared for, whether you will be staying in your home, of you have to evacuate.
Could Contagion Really Happen? Hollywood has made a box office hit about the consequences of a pandemic.  Maybe they weren’t that far off.  Find out what an expert from Clackamas County Health Services has to say.  You might be surprised.
First Aid When We Need It:  No first responders in sight? Now what? Learn to deal with shock, handle injuries and wounds, stop bleeding, and administer CPR and more.  Your first aid skills in times of disaster could save a life.  Critical emergency information.
Electricity – Staying Safe: Taught by a true veteran in safety education, this class is great, life- saving information and so fun!
Emergency Action Plan for Your Home: Create a dynamic emergency plan to keep your family safe if you need to evacuate or hunker down and shelter-place.
Physical and Emotional Recovery Techniques: Learn vital skills to assist an individual when suffering, trauma, or loss has occurred.
10 Tips for Self-Reliant Health: Begin today to strengthen your greatest asset in any emergency. . . your own health and strength!
Fire Mitigation, Home Defense and You:  Learn how to protect your home and family from fire and the threats of disasters.
Why Add Freeze Dried Foods to Your Storage Plan? Here’s the place to ask any questions you have about freeze dried foods and get the answers from a pro. Samples included!

7 comments:

  1. Wow! What an amazing event! I wish I could make it. Is there any way I can get copies of the handouts? Will anyone be taking video? I'd love to see anything you can share.

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  2. Yes, Cassandra, you will be able to get copies of the handouts. They will be posted on the blog on the right hand side under "Handouts". You can print those in which you are interested. Keep checking the blog too because there will be more posts after the EXPO about the displays and speakers.

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  3. Very impressive stuff. Thanks for sharing
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  4. Scott Shaw - Happy Valley CERTMarch 17, 2012 at 9:32 PM

    Well done, thank you, I only hope this becomes a regular occurance.

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  5. where are the handouts?????

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    1. To get the handouts click on the subject in which you are interested under the word "Handouts" on the left sidebar. Then scroll down until you are below the blog header. You should see the title of the topic you clicked on. Then the handouts will show up or you will see a list of titles of the handouts. If you see the list of titles, just click on one of the titles and then click "open" and you should see the handout. Right now a couple of handout sites are having technical problems, but they should be fixed by later today. If you are still having problems please let us know and tell us which handout you are interested in reading and we will try to assist you. Thanks for visiting the blog.

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