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

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A transcript is available online. 

Greenhill Human Society Executive Director Cary Lieberman joins Tiffany to talk about how to prepare for evacuation with your pets, tips to help reduce their stress during an evacuation, and community resources that help people with their pets before and during an evacuation. 

Episode resources:

• Greenhill Humane Society website
• Pet preparedness information from Greenhill
• FEMA pet preparedness information

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A transcript is available online. 

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Animal Welfare Officer Isabel Merritt with Lane County Animal Services (LCAS) joins Tiffany and Devon to talk about evacuating livestock during an emergency and how LCAS supports large animal owners by setting up a large animal shelter or taking care of animals left behind during an emergency. 

Episode resources:

• The Humane Society of the United States livestock preparedness guide
• Greenhill Humane Society
• Lane County Animals in Disaster (LCAID) resources
• Ready.gov large animal tips (scroll to bottom of page)
• Contact Lane County Animal Services with questions or to become a volunteer: [email protected] 

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A transcript is available online. 

**If you would like to have a question answered on the upcoming Q&A episode, please send your question to [email protected] or call 541-682-4526 to leave a recorded message for us to use on the podcast.**

Kevin Woodworth, retired Sheriff's deputy and current president of the Mohawk Valley Fire District, joined Tiffany and Devon to talk about how he helped create a culture of preparedness in the Mohawk Valley and how they keep it going outside of times of disaster.

Kevin also talks about the radio project that ensures the rural residents in the Mohawk Valley can communicate with one another and first responders when other options no longer work.  

Episode resources

• Mohawk Valley Fire District website
• Mohawk Valley Emergency Preparedness Facebook Group

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A transcript is available online. 

**If you would like to have a question answered on the upcoming Q&A episode, please send your question to [email protected] or call 541-682-4526 to leave a recorded message for us to use on the podcast.**