Portland NET - Neighborhood Emergency Teams

Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NETs) are residents trained by the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Portland Fire & Rescue to provide emergency disaster assistance within their own neighborhoods. NET members receive basic training (Community Emergency Response Team) on how to save lives and property until the professionals can arrive. They have the skills to help their neighbors without getting hurt themselves. Prepared for self-sufficiency for at least 72 hours or longer in any emergency.

2. Able to provide emergency assistance to their family and immediate neighbors.

3. Able to work as an emergency response team to save lives and property in their neighborhood in the event of a major disaster.

4. Able to guide untrained volunteers who want to help others when disaster strikes. The City of Portland offers the NET training at no cost to people who live or work in Portland and is committed to training and organizing a team in each of the city’s 95 neighborhoods. Over 1,000 citizens have already completed the training and teams have been started within the 30 Portland Fire & Rescue Fire Management Areas (FMA) and in 90 Portland neighborhoods. The Portland Bureau of Emergency Management offers the free basic Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) training during the fall and spring of a calendar year. Fall semester runs from mid September into early November and the spring semester runs from mid March into early May. There is usually both a Wednesday night and Saturday morning class session per fall and spring semester, depending upon the number of registrants per class session. Passing the Final Field Exercise (FFE) is required.