News Release from: Washington Co. Sheriff's Office
"MAP YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD" PROGRAM
Posted: December 21st, 2012 2:07 PM
PRESS RELEASE
"Map Your Neighborhood" (MYN) A Program to Bring Your Neighborhood Together
Statistics show that 90% of all survivors of disasters are rescued by other survivors. It may be up to you to save the life of another or you may depend on your neighbors to rescue you or your loved ones. We like to think "it can never happen to me" yet our community is vulnerable to a range of potential disasters and experts agree it's not a question of "if" but "when".
MYN is a program designed to help neighborhoods prepare for disaster. Neighbors learn to work together as a team to evaluate their neighborhood following a disaster to increase neighbors' capacity to survive and be self-sufficient for the first 72 hours after a disaster.
MYN provides a step-by-step process that neighbors work on together to prepare their neighborhoods for disasters. Neighborhood leaders or "organizers" complete a two hour FREE "Become a MYN Organizer" program that gives them the materials and skills to reach out into their neighborhoods and implement the MYN program.
Neighborhood residents learn the 9 steps to take immediately following a disaster. They identify skills and equipment each neighbor has that may help in such a event, create a neighborhood map pinpointing the locations of all natural gas meters and compile a contact list that includes the names of neighborhood residents who may need extra help in a disaster such as the elderly, people with disabilities, or children whose parents may be unable to get home due to transportation disruptions.
Date/Time: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Washington County Sheriff's Office East Precinct
3700 SW Murray Blvd, Beaverton
Date/Time: Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Laurel Parc 15850 Northwest Central Drive, Portland
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Tualatin Valley Fire Rescue 13810 SW Farmington Road, Beaverton
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Tualatin Valley Fire Rescue 20665 SW Blanton St , Aloha
You need attend only one class and there is no charge for the training or the materials. For questions or to reserve a spot, please contact Crime Prevention Specialist Darlene Schnoor at 503-846-2774 or Darlene_schnoor@co.washington.or.us. Class space is limited to 25 participants.
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