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Category: Emergency Preparedness
Practice wildfire prevention as fire season heats up
Salem, OR—The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) wants to remind Oregonians to stay vigilant this fire season. Over the last several weeks, the department has recognized an uptick in human-caused wildfires. ODF…
Bay City Takes Delivery of 40-foot Container for Disaster Preparedness
By Don Backman June 6, 2023 Residents along Tillamook Avenue in Bay City may have been surprised to see a semi-truck hauling a forty-foot-long steel shipping container turn into Watt Park. Watt…
Dr. Brian Atwater, tsunami expert and author, book-signing in Manzanita, presentation in Nehalem on July 8
Sponsored by the Nehalem Valley Historical Society, the event will benefit the Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay. A puzzling tsunami entered Japanese history in January, 1700. Samurai, merchants and villagers wrote…
Nehalem Bay Medical Reserve Corps Receives Multiple State Accolades
The Nehalem Bay Medical Reserve Corps (NBMRC) has recently received several honors. EVCNB is very proud to share this news! SERV-OR (State Emergency Registry of Volunteers in Oregon) announced its 2022-2023 award…
First Kits to be Pre-deployed, Evacuation Assembly Point Kits Unveiled in Tillamook by the Office of Resilience and Emergency Management for Oregon Dept. of Human Services
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman On Tuesday, May 30th, a team from the Office of Resilience and Emergency Management, part of the Oregon Department of Human Services unveiled the Assembly…
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Wildfires — Being prepared makes a difference
Local, grassroot emergency volunteer groups across Tillamook County are working to teach residents how to prepare themselves and their communities for natural disasters. These groups meet regularly and all residents and even…
CARGO CONTAINERS LANDED APRIL 20 AND 24 AT TILLAMOOK AIRPORT TO STORE SUPPLIES TO HELP IN A DISASTER
(Tillamook) – To help Tillamook County prepare for a Cascadia earthquake event, the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), Office of Resilience and Emergency Management delivered two large portable cargo containers filled…
Event Reminder: Food Can Tsunami II Saturday, April 29 1-3pm
Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay invites YOU to participate in this popular Food Drive activity on Saturday April 29th from 1 to 3 pm! Last year we collected 2300 pounds of…
Rockaway Beach Preparedness Fair at Neah-Kah-Nie High School April 15th
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman Pee. Poo. What do these two have to do with emergency preparations? Tillamook County is no stranger to disasters. In the past 25 odd years,…
