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How Portland Prepares for Disaster | 2025

The City is constantly preparing for all types of disasters. This includes hardening infrastructure, restoring our natural environment, investing in community resilience, and training, training, training.

October 10, 2025 10:28 am News article

Two emergency workers plan their response during an outside training scenario.

Portland names Bob Cozzie as deputy city administrator for public safety

Longtime public safety leader Bob Cozzie will serve as Portland’s deputy city administrator for public safety.

September 18, 2025 10:00 am News article

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Mayor Wilson Issues Emergency Declaration for Extreme Heat

Portland faces a multi-day extreme heat event with dangerously high temperatures.

August 22, 2025 3:00 pm News article

Portland names interim deputy city administrator for public safety

Bob Cozzie, who has served as director of emergency communications since 2018, replaces outgoing service area leader Mike Myers.

May 28, 2025 8:29 am News article

The power is in the knowledge

Marisol Lozano-Peralta works with neighborhood volunteers who are prepared to assist in the event of a citywide emergency.

April 1, 2025 6:00 am Blog post

Marisol Lozano-Peralta selfie on the left and another photo on the right shows her helping a volunteer use a fire extinguisher on an appliance fire.

Emergency Declaration for Inclement Weather (ED-2025-10)

February 12, 2025 12:59 pm News article

Urban wildfire: How Portland is prepared, and what you can do

Wildfires are becoming more frequent west of the Cascade Mountains. Learn what the City of Portland is doing to prepare for the possibility of urban wildfires, and find out simple steps you can take to get ready and keep our city strong and resilient.

January 16, 2025 4:15 pm News article

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PBEM Hires New Operations Coordinator

December 17, 2024 9:01 am News article

DELAYED to Nov. 21 -- Traffic Advisory: Flood protection wall assembly exercise to close lanes on N Marine Drive, Thursday, Nov. 14

UPDATE, Nov. 14: This exercise has been delayed to Nov. 21, due to a staffing shortage. The hours of the lane closures will be limited to 8 to 11:30 a.m.

Updated November 14, 2024 9:02 am Traffic Advisory

City Participates in Statewide Exercise for Earthquake Readiness

October 31, 2024 4:41 pm News article

People seated all the way around a conference room table, wearing high-visibility vests, and one person standing up in the center leaning forward with arms straight on the table.

City of Portland Unified Command Statement Regarding Election Preparedness

Updated October 28, 2024 5:46 pm News article

How the City Prepares Together

September 30, 2024 10:47 am News article

Mayor Wheeler Issues Emergency Declaration Due to Computer Impacts from Windows-Crowdstrike

Updated July 19, 2024 8:18 am News article

City enhances services during July 2024 emergency heat response

Additional coordination across service areas and jurisdictions is needed to ensure that cooling spaces, employee safety, and outreach meet the community's needs.

July 11, 2024 12:30 pm Blog post

A person wearing a yellow, high-visibility vest smiles while standing next to a temporary cooling station that provides mist and drinking water at a city park.

Proclamation honors 30-year anniversary of Neighborhood Emergency Team volunteers

Portland City Council celebrated the 30-year anniversary of the Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) program with a proclamation on Wednesday, July 10, 2024.

July 9, 2024 8:22 am News article