West Linn Ready - Emergency Management
The City of West Linn Emergency Management Program is responsible for coordinating and facilitating the mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery activities related to hazards, disasters, and emergencies witin city limits. The goal of the program is to protect public health and safety, while minimizing property loss and damage to the environment.
- Mitigation is the effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening or eliminating the impact of disasters through prevention.
- Preparedness is a continuous cycle of planning, managing, organizing, training, equipping, evaluating, monitoring, and improving activities to ensure effective coordination and capability to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from the effects of natural or man-made disasters.
- Response includes the mobilization of the necessary emergency services (police, fire, and ambulance) and first responders (public works) in the disaster area.
- Recovery works to restore, rebuild, and repair the affected area to its previous state after immediate needs are addressed and the emergency or disaster is resolved.
The City of West Linn will do its best to prepare and respond to an emergency or disaster, and will work in partnership with its residents to recognize that the responsibility for individual emergency preparedness resides with the community members.
How to Prepare - Be 2 Weeks Ready
Oregon has experienced a recent cycle of emergencies and disasters, including floods, drought, wildfires, ice storms, excessive heat, and a pandemic. Disasters can happen anywhere, at any time and it could take days to weeks for first responders or supplies to reach you. That’s why everyone should take steps to “Be 2 Weeks Ready.” Being 2 Weeks Ready means having an emergency plan and enough supplies for you and everyone in your household to survive for at least two weeks following a disaster.
The Be 2 Weeks Ready Program has been adopted by the City as a fun and accessible way to enhance community and household preparedness. Learn more here.
- Sign up for Clackamas County PublicAlerts!
- The City of West Linn utilizes Clackamas County's Public Alerts system to notify residents of critical and urgent issues affecting life and health safety. Please sign up now to ensure you receive emergency messages via email, text, or phone.
- Sign up for the City of West Linn news via FlashAlert!
- The City of West Linn, the West Linn Police Department and the West Linn/Wilsonville School District use FlashAlert for news, press releases and urgent notifications. Inactive accounts are regularly deleted from the system, so even if you have previously subscribed it's still a good idea to verify your account. The FlashAlert Messenger app can be downloaded from the Apple AppStore or Google Playstore to enable push notifications.
- Sign up for the West Linn Weekly email newsletter!
- Stay up to date with important local news of the City with our weekly e-newsletter.
- Download the West Linn Connect App!
- Ever wanted an easy way to get emergency alerts, report a pothole, or check the Music in the Park lineup? There’s an app for that.
For PGE customers whose power is out, PGE offers several ways to get updates or report an outage:
- Text updates: Please make sure PGE has your contact information up to date so we can update you with outage information via text message (outage texts are currently available for residential and small business customers with fewer than six accounts).
- Online: Go to portlandgeneral.com/outage to view PGE’s newly improved outage map.
- App: Download the PGE app at the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Links also available at portlandgeneral.com/app.
- Phone: Call 503-464-7777 or 800-544-1795 to report a power outage or downed line through our automated system. Customers can also request a call back when power is restored.
