Oregon Statutes 401.094 – System for notification of emergencies; emergency management coordinators; rules
(1)(a) The Department of State Police shall maintain a system for the notification and interagency coordination of state resources in response to emergencies involving multijurisdictional cooperation between the various levels of government and private business entities.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 401.094
- Emergency: means a human created or natural event or circumstance that causes or threatens widespread loss of life, injury to person or property, human suffering or financial loss, including but not limited to:
(a) Fire, wildfire, explosion, flood, severe weather, landslides or mud slides, drought, earthquake, volcanic activity, tsunamis or other oceanic phenomena, spills or releases of oil or hazardous material as defined in ORS § 466. See Oregon Statutes 401.025
- state government: means the executive department, the judicial department and the legislative department. See Oregon Statutes 174.111
(b) The department shall provide the Oregon Department of Emergency Management with a service level agreement that describes the continued daily operations and maintenance of the system, the services and supplies needed to maintain the system 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and the policies and procedures that support the overall notification system.
(2) The notification system shall be managed by the Oregon Department of Emergency Management as a continuously available communications network and a component of the state’s emergency operations center.
(3) The notification system shall be the primary point of contact by which any public agency provides the state notification of an emergency or disaster, or requests access to state and federal resources.
(4) Each department of state government, and those agencies of state government identified in the statewide emergency management plan prepared under ORS § 401.052 as having emergency service or administrative responsibilities, shall appoint an emergency management coordinator as their representative to work with the Oregon Department of Emergency Management on the development and implementation of emergency plans and procedures.
(5) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall adopt rules relating to the planning, administration and operation of the notification system maintained under this section. [Formerly 401.275; 2021 c.539 § 16]
The amendments to 401.094 by section 16a, chapter 539, Oregon Laws 2021, become operative July 1, 2025. See section 155b, chapter 539, Oregon Laws 2021. The text that is operative on and after July 1, 2025, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall maintain a system for the notification and interagency coordination of state resources in response to emergencies involving multijurisdictional cooperation between the various levels of government and private business entities.
(2) The notification system shall be managed by the department as a continuously available communications network and a component of the state’s emergency operations center.
(3) The notification system shall be the primary point of contact by which any public agency provides the state notification of an emergency or disaster, or requests access to state and federal resources.
(4) Each department of state government, and those agencies of state government identified in the statewide emergency management plan prepared under ORS § 401.052 as having emergency service or administrative responsibilities, shall appoint an emergency management coordinator as their representative to work with the department on the development and implementation of emergency plans and procedures.
(5) The department shall adopt rules relating to the planning, administration and operation of the notification system maintained under this section.
[1983 c.586 § 8; renumbered 401.192 in 2009]