Photo: Ethan Jewett
On Saturday, the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Portland Fire & Rescue trained over 400 new Neighborhood Emergency Team - or NET - volunteers on how to help their families and neighbors in an earthquake or other disaster.
The training took place at Benson High School and was the largest NET training ever offered in Portland.
It was the first class of a four-part series students will complete in the coming months. Portland currently has 1,200 active NET volunteers.
The volunteers learned how to:
Prepare to be self-sufficient during an emergency.
Provide assistance to their family and immediate neighbors.
Work within an emergency response team to save lives and property.
Guide untrained volunteers who want to help others during a disaster.