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The Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience (Partnership) is a coalition of public, private, and professional organizations working collectively toward the mission of creating a disaster resilient and sustainable state.  Developed and coordinated by the Community Service Center (CSC) at the University of Oregon the Partnership employs a service learning model to increase community capacity and enhance disaster safety and resilience statewide.  For more information about the partnership, what we do, or to access information about current projects, please use the navigation menus to the left.

December 27, 2009

Saturday Dec 26th marked the fifth anniversary of the catastrophic tsunami that killed almost 250,000 people. Below are some links to news articles and a multimedia wed documentary developed by Reuters and the Red Cross entitled "Surviving the Tsunami: Stories of Hope"tsunami.trust.org.Asia marks fifth anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunamihttp://tsunami.trust.org/hindi/#/stories/...

December 10, 2009

Greetings -On December 9, 2009 I attended the Tsunami Advisory Committee meeting held in Florence Oregon. The agenda included DOGAMI review of their five year NOAA National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program grant to provide updated tsunami maps for the state, tsunami mitigation and outreach and assistance for communities interested in pursuing NOAA's TsunamiReady program. The group also discussed new data (currently under peer review) on earthquake and tsunami risks on the Oregon coast....

November 11, 2009

The Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience (OPDR, formerly the Oregon Natural Hazards Workgroup) would like to invite you to our 10th Anniversary Celebration. We hope you will join us for an overview of where we have been, where we are going, and of course, cake!Where: Oregon Department of Transportation Human Resources Room 355 Capitol St NE, Salem, ORWhen: Wednesday December 2, 2009 - 2:30 – 5:00pm Space is limited, so please RSVP by November 18, 2009 to Monica Laird,...

July 16, 2009

The Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience has developed two new resources:


July 16, 2009

The Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience has developed a listserve specifically for businesses.  The list can be accessed at OFB-Oregon@lists.uoregon.edu.  The OFB-Oregon list will provide an on-line forum for members of the business commuinty to discuss business continuity planning, pose questions, offer success stories and connect with other members of the business community.  In addition, members of...

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