URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Portland OR 327 AM PDT Sat Aug 12 2023 North Oregon Coast-Central Oregon Coast-Willapa Hills- South Washington Coast- Including the cities of Astoria, Cannon Beach,…
Category: Emergency Preparedness
FIRE RESTRICTIONS ANNOUNCED BY BUREAU OF LAND MANGEMENT (BLM) & OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: It was warm today and it’s going to get warmer, along with increased winds – the “perfect storm” for wildfires. Please use some common sense – don’t run power…
Nehalem Bay Medical Reserve Corps and Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay Conduct Important Training Exercise in Nehalem
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman (Nehalem City Park, Nehalem, OR -July 22, 2023) “When all else fails, there is ham radio,” Bruce Maxwell, Communication Director of the Emergency Volunteer Corps…
SURVEY: People of Tillamook County, OR – Tillamook County Health and Human Services needs your help! How prepared are you for a natural disaster?
Tillamook Health & Human Services wants to know how prepared you are for a natural disaster, and how they can better support you when emergency events happen. Your feedback will help improve…
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…