Emergency Response

Help needed for Okanogan Rebuild: Up From the Ashes By Ronda Cordill Each day as we watch the news, we see pictures of all of the...

In July 2016, laity from The PNW Conference visited sites in Pateros, Wash. Wildfires from 2014 and 2015 left over 400 homes destroyed and...

By Wendy Riddle | Photos by Dave Riddle On Saturday, January 20, 2018, over 50 people from 15 congregations and 5 different denominations gathered at...

By Jim Truitt | Photos courtesy of the NOAA/NASA GOES Project, et. al. Everyone can help. In the world of disaster response, we say there are...

By Rosalee Mohney | Photos by Andy O’Donnell When we think of the devastation from the historic Okanogan County fires of recent years, it is...

By Cheryl Regan | Photos by Jim Truitt Cheryl Reagan will be leading a UMVIM team to Texas. Reagan is inviting members from throughout the...

By Kathy Bryson I just received a news article predicting that the upcoming hurricane season will again be busy. The forecast made me reflect on...

It's been 10 months since a rare EF 2 Tornado wreaked havoc in Port Orchard, Washington. Jim Truitt, Disaster Response Coordinator for the Greater NW Area, offers us a look back at the work that has been accomplished by numerous volunteers and intentional partnerships.

Jim Truitt provides a third update on his work supporting Long Term Recovery Groups in Texas. In this post, he shares how fear, distrust and encroaching apathy threaten response efforts that will take 8-10 years, even as disaster response leadership display commitment and creativity.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, flood water from the Tar River is well overflowing its southern bank. The river is cresting at about...