EP Tips, Radios, Go Bags, Household Caches

Oregon’s Be 2 Weeks Ready program recommends that households in coastal communities have water, food, fuel, equipment and supplies for

2-6 weeks of physical isolation!

Two of the best ways to prepare for an emergency situation:

  • Keep your two-way radio fully charged and tuned to Channel 15, and have extra batteries
  • Know your neighbors – We are more likely to help, and to be helped by, neighbors than a first-responder.

72 Hour Checklist

A list of suggested items to help you through 3 days away from your home.

EP Cache Inventory List

Go Bag Inventory List

  • 72 Hour Checklist
  • Go Bag Inventory List
  • Two-way Radio w extra batteries
  • Water – gallon/person/day
  • Water filtration system
  • Food – freeze dried/nonperishable food
  • Food prep
  • Rx & OTC medications
  • Personal hygiene supplies
  • Sanitation supplies
  • CASH – small bills
  • No power – no ATM’s/cash
  • No power – No gas for car

Two-way radios & LWC Community Radio Service (CRS)

Emergency Preparedness Tips

  • Get to know your neighbors – We are more likely to help, and to be helped by, neighbors than a first-responder
  • Label the cables for your rechargeable devices, and keep them together.
  • It will be a cash economy following a major disaster and ATM’s will not work without power. Consider how much cash you will want to have available while the power is out.
  • Locate the pull bar on your garage door. Electric garage doors will not open during a power outage.
  • Keep the fuel tank on your car half full. Many gas stations can not pump gas when the power is out.
  • Food Safety Tips During and after a power outage