The mission of Yamhill County Emergency Management is to provide a program that educates County residents in the Mitagation of, Prepardeness for, Response to and Recovery from all hazards either natural or manmade.
What's New in Emergency Management
http://www.co.yamhill.or.us/emerg_mgmt/index.asp?sel=new
Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
The Yamhill County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan is now posted online. This is an effort to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from natural hazards and their effects. In the long term, mitigation measures reduce personal loss, save lives, and reduce the cost to the nation of responding [view table of contents of documnents posted].
Prepare Oregon Disaster Education Presentation Center: Offered by American Red Cross
Disasters can occur at any time with little or no warning. Because of this we focus on what we can control: our preparedness level.
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KLYC 1260 AM - Mcminnville, OR
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VOLUNTEERs -
Organized or affiliated volunteer response groups shall be preidentified.
These groups will include (but not be limited to): Yamhill
County Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT),
Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD), Sheriff’s
Office volunteers, cadets, posse and reserves, Amateur Radio
Emergency Services (ARES/RACES) volunteers, Red Cross (RC)
volunteers, Salvation Army (SA) volunteers, Civil Air Patrol (CAP),
and the Medical Reserve Corps.
Note: All volunteers will not be expected to operate at a level beyond
the extent of their training.
Volunteer Action Center (VAC) -
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WARNING -
Yamhill County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (YCARES)
National Alert Warning System (NAWAS)
Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington Weather -
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/
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Real Time Earthquake -
http://www.co.yamhill.or.us/emerg_mgmt/index.asp?sel=earthquake
EARTHQUAKE -
Seismic Zone = 3
The Mount Angel Fault, a crustal fault located less than
fifteen miles east of Yamhill County, produced a 5.7 magnitude quake
in 1993.