Toolkits for Emergency Managers

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management has created several toolkits to help local and tribal emergency managers with developing continuity of operations plans and communicating hazard-specific disaster event information.

Damage Assessment Forms and Templates

Please see our damage assessment page for forms, guidance and templates for use during disasters.

Pre-translated Messages

Regional Disaster Preparedness Organizations has compiled more than 1,200 urgent written messages about a variety of hazards. The messages are in 26-32 languages. You can use these messages free of charge to create social media or website content, emergency alerts, educational fliers, etc.

Social Media Graphics Toolkits

Other Hazard-Specific Disaster Communications Toolkits

OEM has developed hazard specific communication toolkits for emergency management partners in the state to use during and after a disaster event.

For more information about hazard-specific disaster communications toolkits, contact:

OEM Public Affairs

503-934-3310

OEM_PublicInfo@oem.oregon.gov

NEMA's Building Fiscal Preparedness in Emergency Management Primer

Recognizing the importance of this moment, the National Emergency Managers Association has developed a resource to elevate best practices and help states further develop their fiscal preparedness. The Building Fiscal Preparedness in Emergency Management highlights dedicated disaster reserves. It covers the importance of disaster funds and the key characteristics that help make them successful, and it showcases model practices from diverse disaster states. This easy-to-use product is intended to help states develop their own funds or enhance pre-existing funds with these suggestions.

December 2015 Pacific Storm Event Toolkit

The toolkit includes information to share about the disaster declaration process for the 2015 Pacific Storm. The toolkit includes current talking points, fact sheets about the federal and state declaration process, a social media toolkit, information from Department of Land Conservation and Development about flood recovery, as well as a press release template.