Page 12 - Chehalis Tribal Newsletter - July-August 2025

CHEHALIS TRIBAL NEWSLETTER

The Confederated Tribes STAFF
of the Chehalis Reservation,
‘People of the Sands’ Communications Coordinator
Frazier Myer, Communications
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Business Committee.
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(materials are subject to editing). VISION STATEMENT Secretary: Cheryle Starr Confederated Tribes
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Tribal community members/staff. past and serving current and future generations.

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Expo highlights life-saving tools, tips

Chehalis Tribe’s booth
offers an impressive RESOURCES
array of resources

By Clint Davis For more information about
emergency preparedness and
The 2025 Grays Harbor future community events,
Emergency Preparedness Expo residents are encouraged
drew a steady crowd of families, to follow local emergency
first responders and curious management offices and
community members on July 26 Tribal public safety pages.
in Aberdeen. Chehalis Tribal Emergency
Participants filled the parking Management contact:
area of the Tractor Supply store EM@Chehalistribe.org
from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The event or chehalistribe.org.
brought together agencies and
organizations from around the
region to share resources, tools and
life-saving tips to stay safe before,
during and after emergencies.
The Chehalis Tribal Emergency Chehalis Tribe’s Emergency Manager Clint Davis presented expert guidance Events like this allow us
Management Team stood out on staying safe at the Grays Harbor Emergency Preparedness Expo.
with an impressive display to share what’s working
booth. The setup highlighted preparedness capabilities and team distributed free starter and encourage others
practical, accessible tools for empower Tribal members to be go-kit items to visitors, including to take similar steps.
personal preparedness, including resilient in the face of disasters protective gloves, CPR face masks
sandless sandbags, portable ranging from wildfires to flooding and emergency alert whistles. The CLINT DAVIS,
water treatment systems, starter and regional power outages. simple but essential tools can save CHEHALIS TRIBAL EMERGENCY
go bags and satellite and radio “Our goal is to help people lives during a crisis. MANAGEMENT MANAGER
communication devices. understand that preparedness isn’t The Expo, which continues to
Clint Davis, the Tribe’s just for major disasters. It’s for grow each year, included booths
Emergency Manager and an everyday emergencies too,” Davis from local fire departments,
Executive Board Member for said. “The Tribe has been working emergency responders, amateur
Homeland Security Region 3’s hard to ensure our community is radio operators and nonprofit participation from partner
Incident Management Team informed, equipped and supported. groups. All are dedicated to agencies. With wildfire season in
(HLSR3), was present to greet Events like this allow us to share helping the Grays Harbor region full swing and coastal communities
attendees and offer expert what’s working and encourage become more resilient. facing ongoing natural hazards,
guidance on all-hazards readiness. others to take similar steps.” Organizers hailed the event the importance of emergency
Davis shared how the Chehalis In addition to education as a success, citing strong preparedness has never been more
Tribe continues to build its and demonstrations, the Tribal public turnout and enthusiastic evident.