Mt Hood Emergency Expo 2014 is coming!!!

Friday May 2nd 11:30 am to 7:00 pm

Saturday May 4th, 9:30 am to 6:00 pm

This FREE expo will have over 60 speakers and displays to help you BE PREPARED. Won't you join us?

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXPO VIRTUAL VISIT

The 2012 Emergency Preparedness Expo was a huge success.  It was attended by over 2,000 guests with 350 of those guests requesting notification of future events.  Over 200 volunteers helped during the two days of the expo.  There were 42 booths and 65 presentations.  72 units of blood were donated, exceeding the Red Cross goal. 

Over the coming weeks, check this blog for a "Virtual Visit" of the expo.  If you attended, this can serve as a review.  If you weren't able to attend, this will be a great way to access wonderful preparedness information.

Welcome to the Emergency Expo 2012 Virtual Visit!

 Meet Kent Stuart, Deputy Sheriff from Yamhill County Sheriff's Department.  Click on the left sidebar under "Wilderness Survival Like a Pro" to download a video of his presentation at the expo.

Ever wonder how you can communicate when traditional forms of cummunication have boken down?

Ham Radios will be the answer. Learn more about how to communicate during a disaster by clicking on the handout link at the left "Emergency Communications".

Dry or Powdered Milk isn't what you remember.  Those who sampled the powedered milk at the expo will attest to that!  And, it can be used in yummy treats like Peanut Butter Balls and Fruit Smoothies. 

These women taught us how to use this food storage staple in new and exciting ways.  They researched the best price, the best taste and help us know the difference between instant and non-instant powdered milk.  Click on the left sidebar: Dry (Powdered) Milk for recipes and more information.

MARCH 26 NEWS RELEASE



Emergency Preparedness Expo draws 2,000-plus to Boring

Community event provides education about disaster planning

By Evan Jensen

When Boring resident Kathy Bigelow heard the news about a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Japan, on March 14, just a few weeks ago, she was worried. Images of last year's devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake that destroyed three of the country's nuclear power plants, claimed the lives of 20,000 people, and caused an estimated $309 billion in damages flashed through her mind.

“My son is in Yokohama, Japan,” Bigelow said. “He was able to call me about five minutes after the earthquake. He said they were evacuated as a precaution, but everyone was fine. He knew it was coming even before it hit, because he has an app on his cell phone that alerted him.”

Bigelow has never experienced a massive earthquake or severe natural disaster in her lifetime, but she knows it's important to be prepared. That's why she joined 2,000-plus people at the Emergency Preparedness Expo in Boring on March 16-17. The event, organized by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, featured two days of presentations about emergency preparedness, food storage, and disaster management.

“We really appreciate all the public agencies, emergency responders, local businesses, and volunteers who worked together to host this event,” said Crismon Lewis, president of the Mount Hood Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ. “It's important to prepare for the unexpected. We don't know when a natural disaster will occur, but being prepared makes it a lot easier to weather the storm when something happens.”

When the 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan last year, no one thought tsunami waves would penetrate the 19-foot seawall in Fukushima. But the tsunami hammered the coastline with 47-foot waves that carried away homes, buildings, cars, and people. And earthquake specialist James Roddey, who is also the communications director for the American Red Cross Oregon Chapters, says it's only a matter of time before an earthquake and tsunami of that size will occur in the Pacific Northwest.

Stake President Crismon Lewis (right) visits with James Roddey,

                                  keynote speaker at the Expo.

“We're living in an era where storms have become billion-dollar disasters,” Roddey said during a presentation at the Emergency Preparedness Expo. “Storms are getting bigger. The weather is changing, and all the natural disasters we hear about have become the new normal. These kinds of events stretch the resources of the federal government and the ability to respond to one natural disaster after another. What that boils down to is personal responsibility. Now is a good time to sit down with your families and get the ball rolling. Make a plan to take care of your family and find out how you can help your neighbors in case of an emergency.”

Local businesses, emergency responders, and volunteers did just that at the Emergency Expo. Visitors had the chance to learn about preparing a 72-hour kit, food storage, and water purification. Other vendors provided tips and information about first aid, gardening, pet care preparedness, ham radio communications, cooking, and heat, light, and fuel options, when the power goes out.

Boring resident Charles Rattray spent the two-day expo showing people how to prepare a 72-hour kit in case of an emergency. He and his wife both have well-stocked roll-away suitcases ready to go if they needed to leave home in a hurry. These 72-hour kits contain the essentials you might expect like clothes, food, water, flashlight, and a sleeping bag.

Charles Rattray shares his views of 72-hour kits with Evan Jensen.

“But there's other things you should have in your 72-hour kit people don't think of,” Rattray said, who spent his career in the U.S. Army as an emergency responder trained to help provide disaster relief. “One of the things that's really important to keep in a kit like this is copies of all your important documents like your birth certificate, insurance policies, medical records, and those kinds of things. If you were evacuated, or your house is destroyed, you'll need those documents to prove who you are and get the help you need once things settle down.”

Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have counseled church members for decades to store a year's supply of food, stay out of debt, and be prepared for the unexpected like a natural disaster. But church leaders based in Salt Lake City, Utah, also know that even being prepared isn't always enough. In 2010 the Church provided relief to people affected by 119 disasters in 58 countries.

Bigelow isn't a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but she has volunteered to help people with their family history and genealogy for years. And even though her husband is a veteran of managing disasters (Lt. Pat Bigelow is the fire prevention officer for the Boring Fire District), she knows they can do more to prepare for an earthquake, fire, and the unexpected.

“This event was pretty amazing,” Bigelow said. “I came here because I wanted to find out more about how to be better prepared in case of an emergency. I'm going to put together the supplies I need for a three-day kit in case I ever need to leave the house in a hurry.”

Be Prepared

Find out more about how to be prepared at http://emergencypreparednessexpo2012.blogspot.com/ . The site includes, tips, information, how-to guides, and helpful checklists to help you prepare for an emergency.

Coming soon on this blog - video presenations of the workshops.



EXPO COMMENTS AND BLOG QUESTIONS

The Emergency Preparedness Expo 2012 is over and it was a huge success!  If you attended, please post you comments on this blog - we would love some feedback.  If you are on the blog and unable to find the handouts, recipes, or information you need, please leave us a question and we'll try to help you. 

Please note: Handouts are being added daily. Within the next two weeks we will also have videos of the presentations on the blog. 

Thanks everyone for an amazing couple of days!

 Before EXPO - Our Committee

After

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SCHEDULE AND DISPLAY LIST

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXPO 2012

Friday, March 16^th 1:00 pm – 7:15 pm    Saturday, March 17^th 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints     12300 SE 312^th Ave, Boring, Oregon 97009

Bring Your Friends and Neighbors to this FREE Two-Day Event!

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F R I D A Y		Room #1	Room #2	Room #3	Room #4
	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)

S A T U R D A Y		Room #1	Room #2	Room #3	Room #4	Room #5
	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!