Lane County Emergency Manager Tiffany Brown talks big picture about what emergency management does when disaster strikes. 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• When It Hits The Fan webpage (you're here!)
• Ready.gov preparedness resources
•  Sign up to receive emergency alerts at LaneAlerts.org.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• When It Hits The Fan webpage (you’re here!)
• How to use bleach to make water safe to drink
• Lane County's 12-Week Guide to Getting Two Weeks Ready
• Oregon Department of Emergency Management's Two Weeks Ready Campaign
• Ready.gov preparedness resources

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A transcript is available online.

Lane County Sheriff Cliff Harrold talks about what it's like to make the decision to evacuate people from their homes, what that means for residents, and how each level of evacuation requires different actions from the people affected. 

Resources for this episode:

• Download an evacuation guide.
• Review a large animal evacuation guide. 
• Check out our wildfire season preparedness webpage. 

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A transcript is available online.

• Register for Lane Alerts
• Update your existing Lane Alerts account
• Watch a short video about emergency alerts
• Infomation about FEMA's IPAWS system

Episode scheduled for release on September 19.

Emergency Manager Tiffany Brown talks about how to be ready and what to take with you when sheltering at home is not an option.

Go Bags should have the supplies needed to sustain you for 72 hours: water, medications, warm layers, etc.

Tiffany also covers the 6 Ps – the 6 categories of things you should take with you when you need to evacuate your home: People and pets, prescriptions, Personal computer, Papers, Pictures, Plastic.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ready.gov
• Evacuation Guide with 6Ps
• Request a Pocket Guide

Listen online or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

A transcript is available online.