This event is a significant milestone for the KLLTRG with a combined mission to be a beacon of hope and support for disaster-affected individuals on their journey to recovery, while uniting diverse community organizations for effective disaster response in Klamath & Lake Counties through multi-agency coordination for rapid operational management, preparedness, response, and recovery.  The funds raised will directly contribute to ongoing efforts to provide essential services through our COAD and resources to individuals and families on their journey to recovery within our LTRG. Join community partners for an evening filled with inspiring stories, engaging activities, and opportunities to connect with fellow community members who share our commitment to making a positive impact.

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Lincoln County Public Safety and Community Cooperators are back again in 2024 for the annual county-wide readiness fair at the St. Clair Fire Station, 4520 SE Hwy 101, Lincoln City, Oregon 97367. This is an opportunity to educate coastal residents about 211 Info and share emergency preparedness resources. The events are free and open to the public – no registration required. Contact Lincoln County Emergency Management Preparedness Coordinator Cassidy Boyle for information at cboyle@lincolncity.org.

Join us for the 2024 Get Ready event on Saturday, September 28, 2024, designed to help individuals and families prepare for natural disasters. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Warrior Hall at Camp Rilea in Warrenton.

This year’s event will feature outdoor displays and over 20 exhibitor tables offering a wide range of disaster-related resources and insights from subject matter experts. Raffle drawings will occur every 30 minutes starting at 11:30 a.m.

Attendees can enjoy a free barbecue lunch with a vegetarian option available for the first 300 participants. Additionally, the first 100 families to arrive will receive a free preparedness item.

The event is proudly sponsored by NW Natural, Clatsop County Emergency Management and the City of Seaside.

For more information, please contact or call 503-325-8645.

September is National Preparedness Month. To celebrate and to learn how to care for yourself and your family in the event of an earthquake, flood, winter storm, or other disaster, join us at the Emergency Preparedness Fair on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Stop by this family-friendly fair to visit approximately 20 informational booths.

Location:  Lake Oswego City Hall, 380 A Avenue
(event will take place throughout City Hall and in the upper parking lot)

Stop by any time between 5-7 p.m.!

Special programs and activities:

• Safely experience a realistic 8.0 earthquake in the Big Shaker Earthquake Simulator! The Big Shaker is the world’s biggest mobile earthquake simulator and can recreate the intense shaking of an earthquake up to a magnitude of 8.0.
• Learn about water storage and emergency food options, emergency supply kits, pet preparedness, portable sanitation, and seismically retrofitting your home.
• TRUCKS! At this event kids get an up-close look at vehicles they see every day in the community – a fire truck, police vehicles, and more!
• Sand bag demonstration. Learn how to properly and efficiently fill a sand bag and how to stack them to get the most protection against flood waters.
• Learn how to save a life! Join the Lake Oswego Fire and Police Departments for special hands-only CPR training. Public Safety officials will teach the core skills of CPR and participants will have the opportunity to practice with mannequin Mini Anne.
• Water Container and Bag Giveaway. To prepare for an emergency, it is recommended that people store one gallon of water per person (and pet) per day for a minimum of 14 days. To help residents meet this goal, the City will be giving away approximately 280 BPA-free 3-gallon water containers (limit of one per Lake Oswego household, while supplies last).  In addition, we are giving away 100 one-gallon soft-sided water bags. Add this one-gallon bag to your emergency kit, and use it to get water from a distribution center in an emergency.
• Water shut-off demonstration.
• Portable Emergency Water Distribution Station demonstration.
• Tackle our Fire Obstacle Course to practice how to safely exit your home during a fire.
• Learn about LOFD’s free Home Assessment program and what you can do to protect your home from wildfires.
• Learn how to build and set up a water filtration system.
• Learn how to communicate with others across the city or beyond with radio! Get a hands-on tutorial on using two-way radios for emergency communications. Lake Oswego Amateur Radio Emergency Service (LO ARES) members will join Lake Oswego Fire to share license-free radio options used in neighborhoods in addition to information on how you can become a licensed operator, if desired.
• Meet LOPD’s K9 Team(s).

The fair is family-friendly, admission-free, and is sponsored by the Tualatin Library, the City of Tualatin and the

Tualatin Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), a community of volunteers focused on preparing the citizens, families, neighborhoods, and employees in the Tualatin area for emergency and disaster situations.

The fair offers an opportunity to gather with your neighbors for a day filled with fun and information so both children and adults can learn more about emergency preparedness.

The first 200 attendees will receive a CERT “Be Ready” Go Bag from our Welcome Booth to fill up with goodies from our numerous exhibitors! You could also win one of our fabulous gift baskets that have been graciously donated by local businesses. Make sure to fill out a ticket to enter the prize drawing at the Welcome Booth. (Need not be present to win.) Fair visitors will enjoy more than 25 vendor and exhibitor booths that will help educate about preparedness, have informational handouts, safety items for sale and many will have free giveaways.

Come out for an entertaining day and visit your favorite exhibitors including Mud Bay Pets, GoStayKits, OSU Extension, Tualatin Girl Scouts, Books On Wheels and Quake Up. The City of Tualatin, Washington & Clackamas Counties,Tualatin CIOs, Tualatin and Cedar Hills Neighborhood Ready and the local utilities will all have information booths as well. And there are many, many more.

It’s easy to take a quick break from the Emergency Fair and grab some drinks or snacks from the adjoining Nyberg Rivers Shopping Center, while you check out a variety of Tualatin City and Utility vehicles in the library parking lot that may include: TVF&R fire trucks, police cars and motorcycles, dump trucks and a bulldozer. Stop by and see the CERT Ham & GMRS Radio Team with their solar-powered station and learn about what they do to ensure that the Tualatin Amateur Radio Network will keep lines of communication open in the face of any disaster.

Inside the library, you can peruse the many exhibitor booths in the air-conditioned Community Room or on the patio. There will also be educational videos streaming throughout the day inside the library Fireplace Meeting Room. The Library Maker Space will be offering a free STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) project that visitors can create and take home. The American Red Cross will have a preparedness workshop for kids.

To learn more about the fair or if you are interested in being an exhibitor or donating to the prize drawing, visit https://www.tualatincert.org/.