Annual Test For Subscribers Of Lane County’s Local Emergency Alert System On Thursday, May 14 At Noon - 04/30/26

Lane County Emergency Management will test the subscriber-based local emergency alert system – Lane Alerts – on Thursday, May 14, at 12:00 p.m. The test will include emails, recorded voice calls and text messages depending upon each subscriber’s provided contact information.

“Our annual Lane Alerts test is an important part of making sure our community is ready and able to receive critical alerts in the event of an emergency,” said Lane County Emergency Manager Monica Larcom. “We hope every resident in Lane County chooses to sign up and participate in the Lane Alerts system. It’s the first tool responders request when there is an urgent need to share life-safety information with large numbers of community members. Testing Lane Alerts during National Wildfire Awareness Month helps us all keep wildfire preparedness in mind as we head into fire season.” 

Residents should go to www.LaneAlerts.org to create a free Lane Alerts account and select where and how they would like to receive emergency alerts.

Lane Alerts allows people to opt-in to receive notifications via phone call, text message and email based on locations they care about. At minimum, people signing up must provide their name and one method of contact. Residents can provide multiple addresses to receive notifications about emergency events that may affect their home, workplace, child’s school, etc. The types of emergencies that people may receive alerts about include evacuations, severe weather, flooding, police activity, and more.

Residents who already have a Lane Alerts account, but who haven’t logged in recently, will need to update their account to Everbridge Community the next time they log in. Everbridge is the company behind Lane Alerts. This new feature allows users who have multiple profiles to manage them all with one log-in. (An example of someone who might have multiple profiles is a person who lives in Linn County but works in Lane County. That person could have signed up to receive location-based emergency alerts at work and at home that would have originally required two separate accounts.) As part of the update, users will create a new Everbridge Community log-in and follow prompts to link existing accounts, including their Lane Alerts account. Everbridge has detailed instructions for converting to Everbridge Community available.

More about Lane Alerts:

When will Lane Alerts be used?
Lane Alerts will be used to notify people about imminent threats to their safety, as well as informational notifications that affect locations they choose to include in their profile.

Who should sign up for Lane Alerts?
Everyone living or working in Lane County should sign up for Lane Alerts. 

Should everyone in my household have their own Lane Alerts profile?
Yes. If multiple household members need to be notified, each person should have their own profile.

Will I still get emergency notifications if I don't sign up?
There are multiple types of emergency alerts. Some do not require residents to sign up, including landline phone calls or alerts that appear on television screens and radio broadcasts. Signing up for Lane Alerts will provide emergency responders with more and better ways to reach people with emergency information, including text messages.

Learn more about the different types of emergency alerts by watching a short video.
 

Lane Alerts partner agencies include Lane County Emergency Management, Lane County Sheriff’s Office, and Central Lane Communications Center.

The system is powered by the State of Oregon’s OR-Alert program and Everbridge. Learn more about OR-Alert at www.oralert.gov. 

###