Emergency Management
Emergency Preparedness
Understanding how to be proactive is key to being ready for whatever might occur. Here in the Northwest, we are fortunate to live in a beautiful area, but there are also inherent risks with the location. The Northwest has been predicting for many years that there may be a large earthquake and the influx of wildfires, a pandemic, and extreme weather mean emergencies are bound to happen. Some of these events may require quick evacuations with little to no notice or require you to sustain you and your family for several days before emergency responders have set up emergency infrastructure. Over the past couple of years, we have really been reminded of how quickly things can change. The following are some tips to help you be best prepared:
Emergency Alerts (Clackamas County)
Emergency Kits
Financial Preparedness
Learn More About
Helpful Links
- Happy Valley EOC Weather Related
- Happy Valley Winter Weather Safety
- HV Emergency Plan
- Happy Valley Wildfire Assessment Program
- Wildfire – Protecting open spaces in Happy Valley
- Protecting your property from Wildfire
- Oregon Defensible Space – State Fire Marshal
- Clackamas County Disaster Management
- Oregon Office of Emergency Management
- State of Oregon Disaster Assistance
To report a concern that is weather or disaster related, please click on the button below.
Contacts
Emergency Management – Steve Campbell
Happy Valley City Hall
Happy Valley Police – non emergency
Happy Valley Library Resources:
Emergency Kits
Build the perfect bug out bag: your 72-hour disaster survival kit by Creek Stewart
Build the perfect survival kit by John D. McCann
Preparedness
Prepping 101: 40 steps you can take to be prepared : protect your family; prepare for weather disasters; be ready and resilient when emergencies arise by Kathy Harrison
The ultimate situational survival guide: self-reliance strategies for a dangerous world by Robert Richardson
SAS urban survival handbook: how to protect yourself against terrorism, natural disasters, fires, home invasions, and everyday health and safety hazards by John “Lofty” Wiseman
Natural Disasters
The natural disaster survival handbook by Outdoor Life
The big ones: how natural disasters have shaped us (and what we can do about them) by Dr. Lucy Jones
The cure for catastrophe: how we can stop manufacturing natural disasters by Robert Muir-Wood
Dangerous Earth : what we wish we knew about volcanoes, hurricanes, climate change, earthquakes, and more by Ellen Prager
If you have any library questions, feel free to send an email to [email protected] or call (503) 783-3456 or visit the library website.