Personal Preparedness

In the event of an emergency, the City of Cottage Grove asks that its citizens be prepared should emergency services be unable to help immediately. Attached below is the PDF for FEMA's book "Are You Ready", which has a lot of information on personal preparedness.

Shown above and linked here are the City's Emergency Preparedness Videos, which will continue to be updated in the coming years.

Here are some things you should look into.

Basic Preparedness

For information on basic preparedness, go to https://www.fema.gov/

https://www.ready.gov/

or look at the attached book.

Emergency Response Resources

Be sure to know who to contact in the event of an emergency, and know who the emergency resources are on a local, state, and federal level. Information on this can be found on the right hand tab.

Natural Hazards

Know the hazards and necessary preparations for the following natural hazards:

  • Floods
  • Flash Floods
  • Tornadoes
  • Hurricanes
  • Thunderstorms and Lightning
  • Winter Storms
  • Extreme Cold
  • Extreme Heat
  • Earthquakes
  • Volcanoes
  • Landslides
  • Debris Flow
  • Tsunamis
  • Fires
  • Wildfires

For information on natural hazards, go to https://www.fema.gov/

https://www.ready.gov/

or look at the attached book.