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Media Advisory: Oregon's First Evacuation Assembly Point (EAP) Equipment Will Be Set Up In Tillamook On Wednesday (Photo) - 08/22/23

MEDIA ADVISORY

Oregon’s first evacuation assembly point (EAP) equipment will be set up in Tillamook on Wednesday

WHAT: Tillamook County and ODHS Office of Resilience and Emergency Management emergency preparedness exercise 

WHO: 

  • Mary Faith Bell, Commissioner, Tillamook County
  • Randy Thorpe, Emergency Manager, Tillamook County 
  • Chad Knowles, Operations Chief, ODHS Office of Resilience and Emergency Management
  • Kevin Tucker, President, Near Space Corporation
  • Eric Waters, Business Development Manager, Near Space Corporation
  • Michele Bradley, General Manager, Port of Tillamook Bay

WHEN: 

  • Wednesday, August 23, 2023
  • The Tillamook County Board of Commissioners will hold a public meeting in a tent at the evacuation assembly point 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Media is welcome to attend this meeting. If attending the meeting, please arrive by 8:30 A.M. to set up.
  • Media availability will occur directly after the meeting, in the same space. 11:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. 
  • There will be time to get photos and videos of the various tents that comprise the EAP after 11:30.

WHERE: 5255 Long Prairie Road, Tillamook, OR. See attached map. Look for signs for Able Readiness 4, the name of this emergency preparedness exercise. 

WHY: ODHS’ Office of Resilience and Emergency Management (OREM) supplied Tillamook County with two Conex boxes that contain food, water, tents and medical supplies to support 100 people at the EAP for two weeks in the event of an emergency. Evacuation assembly points are short-term locations for people to gather while emergency responders work to access the impacted area. The Tillamook-area EAP is located at Tillamook Municipal Airport. All 17 EAP tents will be set up on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of an emergency preparedness exercise. OREM, as the lead state agency for mass care (e.g. shelter, food and water), has staged these supplies in Tillamook because coastal communities will be isolated from responders in the immediate aftermath of the Cascadia earthquake. During this exercise, OREM will train community leaders on how to set up the EAP. 

This news release was sent when the containers were delivered to Tillamook. 

HOW: For interviews or additional information please contact Sara Campos (she/her), OREM public information officer at sara.k.campos@odhs.oregon.gov or 971-208-1947.

Attached Media Files: Tillamook EAP Location - 5255 Long Prairie Road,

Media Advisory: Oregon's First Evacuation Assembly Point (EAP) Equipment Will Be Set Up In Tillamook On Wednesday (Photo) - 08/22/23

MEDIA ADVISORY

Oregon’s first evacuation assembly point (EAP) equipment will be set up in Tillamook on Wednesday

WHAT: Tillamook County and ODHS Office of Resilience and Emergency Management emergency preparedness exercise 

WHO: 

  • Mary Faith Bell, Commissioner, Tillamook County
  • Randy Thorpe, Emergency Manager, Tillamook County 
  • Chad Knowles, Operations Chief, ODHS Office of Resilience and Emergency Management
  • Kevin Tucker, President, Near Space Corporation
  • Eric Waters, Business Development Manager, Near Space Corporation
  • Michele Bradley, General Manager, Port of Tillamook Bay

WHEN: 

  • Wednesday, August 23, 2023
  • The Tillamook County Board of Commissioners will hold a public meeting in a tent at the evacuation assembly point 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Media is welcome to attend this meeting. If attending the meeting, please arrive by 8:30 A.M. to set up.
  • Media availability will occur directly after the meeting, in the same space. 11:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. 
  • There will be time to get photos and videos of the various tents that comprise the EAP after 11:30.

WHERE: 5255 Long Prairie Road, Tillamook, OR. See attached map. Look for signs for Able Readiness 4, the name of this emergency preparedness exercise. 

WHY: ODHS’ Office of Resilience and Emergency Management (OREM) supplied Tillamook County with two Conex boxes that contain food, water, tents and medical supplies to support 100 people at the EAP for two weeks in the event of an emergency. Evacuation assembly points are short-term locations for people to gather while emergency responders work to access the impacted area. The Tillamook-area EAP is located at Tillamook Municipal Airport. All 17 EAP tents will be set up on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of an emergency preparedness exercise. OREM, as the lead state agency for mass care (e.g. shelter, food and water), has staged these supplies in Tillamook because coastal communities will be isolated from responders in the immediate aftermath of the Cascadia earthquake. During this exercise, OREM will train community leaders on how to set up the EAP. 

This news release was sent when the containers were delivered to Tillamook. 

HOW: For interviews or additional information please contact Sara Campos (she/her), OREM public information officer at sara.k.campos@odhs.oregon.gov or 971-208-1947.

Attached Media Files: Tillamook EAP Location - 5255 Long Prairie Road,