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Once there, just select Multnomah County and follow the prompts to enter your information. You can register up to five physical addresses, like your home, kids’ schools, work, a relative’s home, or other locations important to you. You can also register two email addresses, two cell phones, and a landline phone number, as well as a business phone and a TTY/TDD number.
When an incident occurs that affects an address you’ve registered, 9-1-1 or Emergency Management will send out Public Alert notifications by email, text message, and voice recordings. You get to decide how you want to be notified, and it can be all of these options, if you prefer. You can even choose what language you prefer from among 11 options: English, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Lao, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian or Vietnamese.
If you have family or relatives in other neighboring counties, you can register addresses in those counties, as well, at the Public Alerts website. To register addresses in other counties across Oregon, go to OR-Alerts.
This really is the best way to ensure that you receive critical, life-safety notifications when disasters occur. If you haven’t registered yet, do it now. If you’re already registered, check your information to make sure it’s current and that your opt-in preferences are correct. Preparing now helps ensure you won’t miss emergency alerts this coming wildfire season.
If you’re interested in learning more about Public Alerts, please reach out to Richard Higgins, Emergency Management, richard.higgins@multco.us.
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