Cascadia Coastal Coalition

Cascadia Coastal Coalition

Mission

The mission of the organization is to promote disaster readiness, response, recovery and resilience in support of Pacific Northwest coastal communities.

Overview

Cascadia Coastal Coalition is registered as a 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation.  We are organized and shall be operated exclusively for purposes that are beneficial to the public interest.  Donations may be tax-deductible.

Our Areas of Interest are the coastal communities in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington.

Our initial projects center around Medical Care (see below) and Emergency Communications during the inital phase of disasters.

Cascadia Coastal Community Net

Amateur Radio Net the first and third Thursday of the month on Brandmeister Talk Group 31412.  For more information and calendar of events.

Activities

Cascadia Coastal Colalition (C.C.C.) is organized and shall be operated exclusively for the purposes that are beneficial to the public interest. 

C.C.C. provides consultation and liaison to build coastal public agency and private entity cooperation
C.C.C. promotes awareness, training and exercise development and coordination 
C.C.C. is a catalyst for statewide and regional coalition development
C.C.C. pursues diverse sources of funding to support our mission, events and services

Cascadia Coastal Coalition's 

As seen at the 2025 Oregon Prepared meeting in SunRiver, OR-- Isolated Community Catastrophic Event Playbook

August 2026

 Cache Familiarization with Partners at Camp Baker

HAM and Starlink Equipment Donated

Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center CEO Raymond Hino, left, with Dr. Helen Miller and Dr. Ralph Garono of the Cascadia Coastal Coalition pose with the newç they donated to the hospital to aid with emergency preparedness. The donation was funded through a grant from the Oregon Office of Rural Health’s Rural Health Incubator Program. Miller, Garono, Jan Glarum and Karmen Fore started the small Oregon-based regional nonprofit Cascadia Coastal Coalition as a 501c3 nonprofit in July, 2021 (www.cascadiacoastalcoalition.org).

July 2026

Deployment of Remaining Communication Caches to Our Southern OR Coastal Partners 

April 2026

Oregon Prepared in SunRiver, OR.

March 2026

Greentrees HOA Emergency Response Team Exercise

September 2025

Equipment begins to roll in. Cascadia Coastal Coalition is assembling UHF/VHF, HF, and Satellite Communication Caches for Oregon's Central and South Coast. Thank you  to our supporters - Oregon Department of  Emergency Management,  Western Lane Community Foundation, and Oregon Office of Rural Health.

Our Partners