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500 NW 6th Street
Grants Pass, OR 97526
Phone: 541-474-5300
Contact: Board of County Commissioners
Email:
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00-5:00

Staying Informed

Find out about emergencies in your area!

Effectively communicating emergency information requires a partnership between local government, emergency responders, the media and the public. Although emergency information is made available, the public must make a conscious effort to seek out that information.

Information is available in a variety of sources and formats. Depending on the emergency, one or more sources may be used. Please follow these agency Facebook pages, and feel free to share pertinent information on your own pages as it becomes available. We ask that you be patient if you experience a delay in seeing incident information posted to official websites and/or social media accounts. Although you may hear about an incident from unofficial sources, information must be verified as accurate and important before officials can share it.

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Josephine County Emergency Management
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/josephinecountyEM/

Oregon Department of Forestry
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ODFSouthwest/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

Illinois Valley Fire District
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ivfire/

Rural Metro Fire Department
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RuralMetroFireJosephineCounty/

Grants Pass Department of Public Safety
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/grantspassdps.gov/?fref=ts

Wolf Creek Fire District
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Wolf-Creek-Rural-Fire-Protection-District-146938622057413/?fref=ts

Williams Fire District
Facebook – Currently Not Available

Applegate Fire District
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Applegate-Valley-Fire-District-137249386333612/?fref=ts

Josephine County Sheriff’s Office
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jcsosheriff/?fref=ts

Citizen Alert - www.co.josephine.or.us/alert Receive notifications about emergencies in your area via telephone, text or email. During an emergency, local officials or emergency responders can send information about the disaster, including evacuation notifications or shelter in place advisories, to members of the public who have signed up to receive these alerts. This system is populated with landline telephone information, however if you don't have a landline phone, we don't have your information!

Email Alerts from the Emergency Email and Wireless Network: www.emergencyemail.org

Sign up to have breaking news and weather alerts sent to your email or wireless device. Alerts include weather advisories and warnings sent by the National Weather Service.

Local Media

Our local media does a fantastic job at providing timely information to the public during emergencies. Most television stations and newspapers have breaking news on their websites, as well as Facebook and Twitter feeds. Some radio stations have websites also.

Local TV Stations	Local Radio Stations	Local Newspapers
KOBI News 5	KLDR	Grants Pass Daily Courier
KTVL News 10	KAJO	Illinois Valley News
KDRV News 12

Fire-Related Websites:

www.SWOfire.com - Southwest Oregon fire information from the Oregon Department of Forestry

http://wildfireoregondeptofforestry.blogspot.com/ Information about current fires on Oregon Department of Forestry lands

inciweb.nwcg.gov - InciWeb Incident Information System contains information about wildfires around the nation

fsapps.nwcg.gov/afm/ – current large Forest Service Incidents

gacc.nifc.gov - Northwest Coordination Center Fire Situation

Wildfires Near Me - https://wildfiresnearme.wfmrda.com/ is a beta web application that focuses on keeping you informed about wildfires in your area. You tell the app all the places you care about and you will receive an email or text message when a fire is possibly threatening that location.

Smoke:

http://www.co.josephine.or.us/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=129 provides local smoke forecast and fire information.

www.oregonsmoke.blogspot.com – current air quality conditions and related information throughout the state.

www.deq.state.or.us/aqi - current air quality index

airquality.weather.gov/sectors/pacnorthwest.php#tabs – Air Quality Forecast Guidance – Pacific Northwest

Road Conditions:

Visit www.tripcheck.com or call 411 before you travel to find out about the latest road conditions and closures in Oregon.

Visit www.dot.ca.gov or call (800) 427-7623 for information about road conditions and closures in California.

Please do not depend on just one source of information to keep you and your family safe!