The State of Oregon (Oregon Emergency Management ([OEM]) has officially announced a new seismic rehabilitation grant program that will provide $30 Million (up to $1.5 M/building) to help strengthen seismically dangerous schools and emergency facilities (fire, police and hospital). At-risk facilities can apply for grant funding. Application period: September 15 through November 16, 5:00 pm (PST).

For more information regarding the grant program or application materials, please contact Paulina Layton, Seismic Grants Coordinator, at playton@state.or.us or by phone (503) 378-2911 ext 22231.


DOGAMI is an instrumental part of this long-term effort. DOGAMI conducted the statewide study on seismic risk of schools and emergency facilities that will be used in the grant program (DOGAMI publication O-07-02, "Statewide Seismic Needs Assessment Using Rapid Visual Screening," 2007). The six-county DOGAMI study, which is referred to in the press release, included a task force that led to the 2007 DOGAMI study and this grant program, as well as the six-county report (DOGAMI publication IMS-24, "Geologic Hazards, Earthquake and Landslide Hazard Maps, and Future Damage Estimates for Six Counties in the Mid/Southern Willamette Valley Including Yamhill, Marion, Polk, Benton, Linn, and Lane Counties, and the City of Albany, Oregon," 2008).

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