About Us

The Portland Bureau of Emergency Management works behind the scenes before, during and after emergencies to minimize the impacts on the community and promote a culture of resiliency.

The bureau's work in 2012-13 is aligned around five strategic goals.

Integrating emergency management into broader community goals and investment strategies.
Adopting a "whole community" approach to emergency management that promotes equitable access and integration of historically underserved and at-risk populations in emergency planning processes.
Prompting household action by increasing the visibility of actual preparedness and mitigation activities.
Facilitating effective response by advancing Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) and ECC responder readiness.
Adopting a strategic planning process that ensures plans are vertically and horizontally synchronized with appropriate bureaus, stakeholder agencies and jurisdictions.