Be 2 Weeks Ready
Preparedness begins by considering what each person in your home might need and understanding the risks you might encounter. The goal is to ensure that everyone in your household is ready.
Learn more about the hazards in your area
Different places have different risks. If you live in the McKenzie Valley, the risks might be different from someone who lives in downtown Eugene. Lane County Emergency Management and your local fire departments can help you identify the hazards where you live, like earthquakes, floods, landslides, and wildfires.
Make a household communication plan
Talk to everyone in your household about what to do in various emergency scenarios. You may need to evacuate or shelter in place. Here are some important things to consider in your communication plan:
- Out of area contact: Who can you connect with that isn't impacted by the disaster?
- Evacuation routes: Out of your home, neighborhood, workplace, and schools
- Meeting place: Where will everyone meet after a disaster if not at home?
- How to make contact if separated: What is the plan for reaching each other? Do children know how to reach you?
- Share your plan: Let others, like out of state family and friends, and your neighbors know about your plan.
Make an emergency plan
Creating your emergency plan is an important job that should involve everyone. Your plan needs to cover what to do if you need to leave or stay where you are. In the event of an evacuation, you should have an emergency go-kit to take with you.
Get prepared with your neighbors
Getting to know your neighbors can improve your safety and help the whole community become more disaster-resilient.
The Map Your Neighborhood program can help you meet your neighbors and prepare for emergencies. Once you and your neighbors have a good start on household preparedness, you can use the Map Your Neighborhood program to plan to help each other effectively after a disaster. Map Your Neighborhood walks your group through a simple step-by-step process to customize an emergency preparedness plan for your area.
Southeast Neighbors also has some great information about Map Your Neighborhood on their website.
Special Medical Needs
Take a few moments to make sure we have your current contact information in case we need to reach out to you in an emergency. If you rely on electrically powered medical devices, or you care for someone who is medically fragile, we encourage you to let us know and to have a contingency plan in the event of a prolonged outage. Contact our Customer Service team at 541-685-7000.
Customers dependent on power for life-support equipment should have a backup plan for power outages. Talk to your medical provider about a power outage plan for medical devices powered by electricity and refrigerated medicines. Find out how long medication can be stored at higher temperatures and get specific guidance for any medications that are critical for life.
Set up plans with friends or relatives to check on special-needs folks during an emergency, and transport them if necessary to a site with electricity, such as emergency centers, hotels or neighbors.
Emergency Alerts & Preparedness Newsletter
A quarterly e-newsletter sharing seasonal emergency preparedness tips and updates on EWEB's mitigation projects and plans. You'll also receive emergency notifications for events such as winter storms, wildfire or other significant events affecting EWEB power or water.
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Receive emergency alerts on your phone
Many mobile devices will now bring you wireless emergency alerts—real-time information directly from local and federal sources. Check out these alert options:
Lane Alerts - Lane County residents can get alerted about emergencies by signing up for Lane Alerts. This system provides you with critical information quickly in a variety of situations, such as severe weather, wildfire, evacuations or other emergency situations. You will receive time-sensitive messages wherever you specify, such as your home, mobile or business phones, email address, text messages and more.
American Red Cross: Earthquake Mobile App Receive alerts and notifications when an earthquake occurs, prepare your family and home, find help and let others know you are safe even if the power is out.
FEMA Mobile App Learn what to do before, during, and after emergencies with safety tips, and receive weather alerts from the National Weather Service for up to five different locations anywhere in the United States.
Make sure your current cell phone number is tied to your EWEB account
When you report a power outage via our toll-free reporting line, you can request a call back letting you know when your power is restored. You can also text 'stat' for a status update if you reported your outage using the texting service. To avoid extra steps during an outage, and to be placed on a restoration plan, please update your account with your current cell phone number by calling customer service at 541-685-7000, or by emailing EWEB.Answers@eweb.org.
Related Programs
Your Emergency Kit
Here are some ideas to help your family stay safe and comfortable during an emergency.
Your Water Plan
Here are some helpful instructions on emergency water storage and treatment for your home.
Your Food Plan
Here are some ideas for stocking your emergency food supply and planning for power outages.
