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November 2, 2016
Portland Fire and Rescue personnel give a lesson on fire suppression to students from the Youth
Disaster Academy at Benson High School in northeast Portland.
Preparing for Disaster
Benson students learn
preparedness
Portland Public Schools, in partnership with the
Portland Bureau of Emergency Management, Port-
land Fire & Rescue and Oregon Office of Emergen-
cy Management, recently engaged approximately
100 Benson High School students in emergency
preparedness skills training.
The fire and rescue contingent gathered at the
northeast Portland school during the Oct. 20 Ore-
gon Shakeout, an event designed to encourage folks
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Students from Benson’s Youth Disaster Academy
participated in several activities, including a drop,
cover and hold drill to prepare for a major earth-
quake. Other safety instruction included hands-only
CPR, an introduction to search and rescue and med-
ical triage, small fire suppression, radio communica-
tions and an overview of local hazards.
Students also received copies of a new comic book
about tsunamis, Oregon Emergency Management
collaboration with Dark Horse Comics of Portland.