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Green Lake Emergency Preparedness Committee seeks GMRS and ham radio operators

Are you a licensed GMRS or ham radio operator? The Green Lake Community Council’s Emergency Preparedness Committee would like to hear from you. In the event of an emergency or disaster, the committee is planning on setting up four emergency hubs.  These hubs will be places where Green Lake residents can get and share information, [...]

Green Lake Community Council Emergency Preparedness Committee seeks volunteers

A Green Lake Community Council Emergency Preparedness Committee has formed. The committee is working with the City of Seattle Emergency Operations Center and members of other community planning groups, including the Wallingford Community Council Emergency Preparedness Committee. The Green Lake Emergency Preparedness Committee aims to have a plan in place so that Green Lake residents [...]

The ground under your Green Lake house: Stable or slumping after The Big One hits?

I recently received some interesting information from Carol Dunn, professional “Disaster Guru,” about the risks we face in the Green Lake neighborhood should an earthquake strike. On Solid Ground? Carol sent the following geological map from the Pacific Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping Studies: The purple areas of the map represent land that is fairly [...]

Free Hands-Only CPR tutorial at Green Lake Park this Saturday

There will be a free Hands-Only CPR tutorial at Green Lake Park this Saturday (June 5, 2010), 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The tutorial will be on the east side of the park, on the grassy area between the parking lot and the lake, between the Green Lake Community Center and the concession stand. The [...]

Emergency Preparedness in Green Lake

At Wednesday’s Green Lake Community Council meeting we heard from Mark Howard about community disaster preparedness. Howard spoke as a representative of the Seattle Office of Emergency Management. In the event of a disaster, the city’s Office of Emergency Management will coordinate Seattle’s response through an emergency operations center.  While emergencies over the last few [...]