PublicAlerts is an online connection for residents in the Portland region to real-time emergency information, including the following:
- Alerts and service disruptions involving roads and bridges, transit, public health, public safety, utilities, community services, schools and weather.
- Links for residents to sign up for community emergency notification systems through their county of residence.Sign up to receive notifications by landline phone, cell phone, email and/or text message.
- Resources on how to be prepared for any emergency and join community emergency response teams (CERT) and neighborhood emergency teams (NET).
Partner Agencies
PublicAlerts is administered by the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management on behalf of the region. The lead partners are the City of Portland and Clackamas, Clark, Columbia, Multnomah, and Washington counties.
The PublicAlerts web site currently includes information from the following agencies:
- 211info
- A Home for Everyone (AHFE)
- American Red Cross
- Beaverton Police Department
- City of Gresham
- City of Lake Oswego
- Clackamas County
- Clackamas County 9-1-1
- Clackamas County Disaster Management
- Clackamas County Sheriff
- Clackamas Fire District 1
- Clark County Public Health
- Clark County Public Works
- Clark County Sheriff
- Clark Public Utilities
- Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency(CRESA)
- Columbia County Emergency Management
- Columbia County Rider
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Hillsboro Fire & Rescue
- Legacy Health System
- Mt. Hood National Forest
- Multnomah County
- Multnomah County Animal Services
- Multnomah County Bridges
- Multnomah County Central Courthouse
- Multnomah County Elections
- Multnomah County Emergency Management
- Multnomah County Health
- Multnomah County Human Services
- Multnomah County Roads
- Multnomah County Sheriff
- National Weather Service(NWS)
- NW Natural
- Oregon Department of Transportation(ODOT)
- Oregon Office ofEmergency Management(OEM)
- Oregon National Guard
- Oregon State Police(OSP)
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network(PNSN)
- Pacific Power
- PGE (Portland General Electric)
- Port of Portland
- Portland Bureau of Development Services(BDS)
- Portland Bureau of Emergency Communications(BOEC)
- Portland Bureau of Emergency Management(PBEM)
- Portland Bureau of Environmental Services(BES)
- Portland Bureau of Transportation(PBOT)
- Portland Fire & Rescue(PF&R)
- Portland Housing Bureau
- Portland Office of Neighborhood Involvement(ONI)
- Portland Parks & Recreation(PP&R)
- Portland Police Bureau(PPB)
- Portland Water Bureau
- TriMet
- Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue(TVF&R)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Geological Survey(USGS)
- U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
- Washington County
- Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency(WCCCA)
- Washington County Roads
- Washington County Sheriff
- Washington State Department of Transportation(WSDOT)
- West Linn Police Department
In addition to direct information feeds from the above agencies, content is also provided by FlashAlert Portland.
Contact Us
Comments or questions? Interested in having your agency join PublicAlerts? Contact us.