COADs

Curry County COAD is dedicated to promoting effective coordination, communication, and collaboration among local entities involved in disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts. Our mission is to strengthen the community’s ability to withstand and recover from emergencies by fostering partnerships, sharing resources, and supporting comprehensive disaster planning.

Curry County COAD works to facilitate effective coordination and collaboration among our members to address the challenges posed by disasters. We prioritize preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of our community members. Through information sharing, training, planning, and resource coordination, we aim to build a strong network of support and resilience.

Lane COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disaster) is a group of community- organizations, businesses, nonprofits and individuals working together to plan community responses to a variety of emergency and disaster situations.  Its primary role is to fill the void when voluntary agencies that have state-wide or regional resources have not yet mobilized to respond and to continue the long-term recovery when those agencies have left the scene. A COAD will know what resources members have to potentially offer and the contact person to access them. 

Lane COAD is support to County and City emergency managers but is not run by government personnel.  During a community wide emergency, the COAD helps with sharing information, resources, and expertise.  COADs consists of people, organizations, faith groups, and businesses in a community, who are immediately available, in close proximity to, and/or who want to contribute to the response and or recovery of that community.  Members follow the Guiding Principles (bylaws) and attend meetings, trainings, and dedicate resources in times of disaster. They sign a Letter of Commitment as an organization and agree to volunteer their services in coordination with Lane COAD’s Emergency Operations Plan. For more information, please contact our COAD Coordinator at info@lanecountycoad.org.