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We learned steps to protect our family and home with “Emergency Preparedness”: * Eugene City Councilor for Ward 8 and former Fire Chief Randy Groves spoke about the importance of being prepared, * We learned how to create our own Family plan, * Fill our Go-bags, * Sign up for EWEB’s Pledge to Prepare, * Matt Albertson spoke about Emergency Communication, * We learned how to prepare our home for Wildfire Defensible Space, * Know where to find Your Evacuation Zone from the link, * We learned about and/or Volunteer to Map Your Neighborhood & set up your Neighborhood Watch group.
Explore these “Emergency Preparedness Links” from our ABC General Meeting on July 21:
(There may be duplicates as I have included ALL the links that were provided to us.)
Make Your Family Plan: https://www.ready.gov/plan
For Building your Kit/Go-bag: https://www.ready.gov/kit
EWEB 12-month Pledge to Prepare: http://www.eweb.org/outages-and-safety/preparing-for-emergencies/pledge-to-prepare-campaign
Wildfires / Defensible Space: https://www.ready.gov/wildfires#prepare
Know your Evacuation Zone (enter your address in the link to find out your zone):
Map Your Neighborhood information: https://www.eugene-or.gov/1177/Neighborhoods
https://mil.wa.gov/map-your-neighborhood (Washington state started this program)
Neighborhood Watch program: https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/56619/Eugene-Police-Department-Neighborhood-Watch-Packet-8-28-20
Links to Important Information from City Councilor and former Fire Chief Randy Groves:
Resources:·City of Eugene Emergency Preparedness – https://www.eugene-or.gov/1176/Personal-Preparedness
·Lane County Emergency Preparedness – https://www.lanecounty.org/government/county_departments/health_and_human_services/public_health/preparedness
·Lane County – Sign up for emergency notifications – https://lanecounty.org/government/county_departments/lane_county_emergency_management/sign_up_for_emergency_notifications
·EWEB Emergency Preparedness – http://www.eweb.org/outages-and-safety/preparing-for-emergencies
·Northwest Natural Emergency Preparedness – https://www.nwnatural.com/safety/emergency-preparedness
Free FEMA Emergency Preparedness Publications·https://www.ready.gov/publications
Emergency Preparedness Kit:·Tips for building a budget friendly preparedness kit – https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/21114/Tips-for-Building-a-Budget-friendly-kit?bidId=
·Emergency Supply List – https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/34437/SupplyCalendarBrochure2015?bidId=
Emergency Phone Numbers:
EMERGENCY call 9-1-1
Non-Emergency call 541-682-5111
Lane County Emergency Management (sign up to receive notifications):
Emergency Alerts & Apps:
https://eugene-or.gov/3687/Emergency-Information: National Weather Service TripCheck Travel Conditions Flash Alert Newswire Earthquake Mobile App
https://eugene-or.gov/list.aspx (scroll down to Alerts for Emergency Alerts)
American Red Cross Apps: Emergency Earthquake First Aid Pet First Aid
Hazard Situation Overview Maps: https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=cdf61542ff574df797bdae784992cc44
Alerting Tools (Resources in hyperlinks)
YouTube, 66 min Zoom edit from two-hour meeting July 15, 2021 with Patence Winningham-Melcher speaking at “How Alert Are We?” with the Eugene Neighborhoods’ Preparedness Network (ENPN).
Lane County website Evacuation Information has a link to sign up for AlertSense, as well as the Evacuation and Alerts brochure to download.
Presentation PDFs: Alerting Tools, outreach slides with live links.
Eugene area fire officials have released an interactive Evacuation Zone Map from Eugene Springfield Fire
FEMA Heads-up: 8/11 Test of National Emergency Alert System (1 min EAS test described in 3 min video)
“Preparing Your Digital Go-Bag” FAN talk notes on Alerts & Apps, 2019
Prep Your Phone – organizing contacts for you and others, etc.
Eugene Neighborhoods’ Preparedness Network, ENPN Info
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