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The City of Portland, Oregon

Portland Bureau of Emergency Management

Readiness. Response. Recovery.

Phone: 503-823-4375

Fax: 503-823-3903

TDD: 503-823-3947

1001 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 650, Portland, OR 97204

  • Video: PBEM & volunteers test BEECNs citywide

    150+ volunteers in daylong practice drill at 48 sites across PDX

  • Video: Introduction to BEECNs

    This video introduces the City of Portland's new Basic Earthquake Emergency Node (BEECN) program.

  • Oregon Resilience Plan

    Check out the current draft and executive summary of the plan.

  • Basic Earthquake Emergency Communication Node (BEECN)

    Learn more about the program and find a BEECN site near you.

  • Portland Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) Program

    Learn about the program and how to become trained as a NET member.

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Protect lives, property and the environment through a coordinated and responsive emergency management program.

Newsroom View all »

  1. Video: PBEM & volunteers test BEECN sites citywide

  2. KOIN: Portland drill simulates disaster response

    News story posted at KOIN.com.

  3. KGW: Crews practice bioterrorism drills in Ore., Wash.

    News story posted at KGW.com featuring interview with PBEM Director Carmen Merlo.

  4. Update: citywide BEECN drill in progress

  5. KPTV: Study says 1,000 Oregon schools would crumble in major quake

    News article and video posted at kptv.com on May 8, 2013.

Event Calendar View all »

  1. May 28

    Preparedness Training

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