Are you ready for an emergency? Do you want to learn more about how to prepare? Are you interested in products that can help? Would you and your family like to meet and talk to first responders, neighborhood Community Involvement Organization (CIO) leaders, and members of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, you will want to join us on Saturday, Sept. 7 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Tualatin Public Library.
We know an emergency is coming. We just don’t know when.
The 2024 Tualatin Emergency Preparedness Fair (TEPF) is family-friendly and admission-free. The event is sponsored by the Tualatin Library, the City of Tualatin and the Tualatin CERT, a community of volunteers focused on preparing the citizens, families, neighborhoods, and employees in the Tualatin area for emergency and disaster situations. The fair offers an opportunity to gather with your neighbors for a day filled with fun and information, helping children and adults to learn more about emergency preparedness.
The first 200 attendees will receive a CERT “Be Ready” Go Bag from our Welcome Booth to fill with goodies from our numerous exhibitors! You could also win one of our fabulous gift baskets that local businesses have graciously donated. Make sure to fill out a ticket to enter the prize drawing at the Welcome Booth. (Need not be present to win.)
Fair visitors will enjoy more than 25 vendor and exhibitor booths that will help educate about preparedness with informational handouts, feature safety items for sale, and many will have free giveaways. Come for an entertaining day and visit your favorite exhibitors, including Mud Bay Pets, GoStayKits, OSU Extension, Tualatin Girl Scouts, Books On Wheels and Quake Up. The City of Tualatin, Washington & Clackamas Counties, Tualatin CIOs, Tualatin and Cedar Hills Neighborhood Ready and the local utilities will also have information booths. And there are many, many more.
Outside, in the library’s southern parking lot, you can check out earthquake damage prevention demos and a variety of Tualatin City and Utility vehicles, which may include TVF&R fire trucks, police cars and motorcycles, dump trucks and a bulldozer.
Stop by and see the CERT Ham & GMRS Radio Team with their solar-powered station and learn about what they do to ensure that the Tualatin Amateur Radio Network will keep lines of communication open in the face of any disaster.
Inside the library, you can peruse the many exhibitor booths in the air-conditioned Community Room or on the patio. There will also be educational videos streaming throughout the day inside the library’s Conference Room. The Library Makerspace will offer a free STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) project visitors can create and take home. The American Red Cross will have a preparedness workshop for kids.
To learn more about the fair or if you are interested in being an exhibitor or donating to the prize drawing, please visit www.tualatincert.org.
See you at the Fair!
Fall CERT Training
If you are interested in joining our Tualatin CERT team, our next seven-week training on Tuesday evenings begins Sept. 10, 2024. Come join us and Be Ready! For more information, go to www.tualatincert.org.
Riverpark CIO President, Janine Wilson:
RiverparkCIO@gmail.com
East CIO President, Doug Ulmer:
CIO.east.west@gmail.com
Midwest CIO President, Richard Harrison:
TualatinMidwestCIO@gmail.com
Martinazzi Woods CIO President, Sallie Olson:
MartinazziWoodsCIO@gmail.com
Ibach CIO President, Patricia Parsons:
TualatiniBachCIO@gmail.com
Byrom CIO President, Tim Neary:
ByromCIO@gmail.com
Commercial CIO President, Catherine Holland:
TualatinCommercialCIO@gmail.com
