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City acting emergency manager urges River Road residents to build 72-hour 'go bags' and review evacuation plans
Summary
Acting Emergency Manager Althea Sullivan told the neighborhood meeting that residents should plan both for sheltering in place and for evacuation, carry 72-hour go-bags, and sign up for lane/county alerts; she also described coordination with hazmat and broadcast systems for large incidents.
Althea Sullivan, the acting emergency manager for the City of Eugene, framed community preparedness around two choices—evacuate or hunker down—and urged residents to follow a practical preparedness checklist that includes a 72-hour go bag, spare medications and a communication plan.
"The key takeaway I want you to leave tonight with is that it doesn't always go level 1, level 2, level 3," Sullivan said, underscoring that residents may only receive limited notice for some hazards and should prepare in advance. She described options for alerts (opt-in LaneAlerts, Wireless Emergency Alerts and NOAA radio), explained that broadcast channels such as KLCC are part of county fallback communications, and said the city coordinates with fire hazmat teams and utility partners after incidents near industrial sites such as the railyard.
