There are currently no active disasters, emergencies or incidents being tracked by the Multnomah County Office of Emergency Management at this time.
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Current alert status
Emergency Operations Center activation level: Routine operations*
*“Routine operations” reflects that the County’s emergency management program is in a state of focusing on preparedness activities and ensuring the readiness of the County’s emergency response system, including the readiness of the County’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
Current emergency resources
- Care for When It's Cold: multco.us/cold
- Flooding and landslides: multco.us/flood
- National Weather Service
- Multnomah County press releases: multco.us/news
- AirNow air quality reports
- Warning, Alert & Response Network: warn.pbs.org
- Portland General outages
- Pacific Power outages
- Multnomah County Roads
- Oregon Department of Transportation TripCheck
- Weather radios or scanners capable of tuning into the VHF public service band can be tuned to the NOAA Weather Radio station at 162.550 MHz for Multnomah County and the Portland area.
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- 211info non-emergency helpline
You can also explore emergency preparedness information for common hazards in Multnomah County.
News media
- KATU (ABC) Television
- KGW (NBC) Television
- KOIN (CBS) Television
- KPTV (FOX) Television
- KOPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) Television and Radio
- The Oregonian - Daily newspaper
- Willamette Week - Weekly newspaper
Operational levels definitions
- Routine: The County’s emergency management program focuses on preparedness activities and ensures the readiness of the County’s emergency response system, including the readiness of the County’s EOC.
- Enhanced: Requires increased monitoring capability, which typically involves Multnomah County Emergency Management staff and representatives from key response departments and offices.
- Partial: Provides for the select activation of EOC operations section positions that may be, or will be, engaged in the emergency situation, in addition to a robust planning section and other management and general staff as required.
- Full: Includes staffing all pre-identified EOC positions, including mobilizing interagency task forces and sub-jurisdiction agency representatives as required, based on the incident.