Emergency Preparedness

PREPARE - PREVENT - RESPOND - RECOVER

For Licensed Facilities

The following fact sheets are to be used specifically if you operate a licensed facility in Oregon. Please reach out to your Local Public Health Authority with any questions.

• Flooding (pdf)
• Power Outage (pdf)
• Biologically Contaminated Water (pdf)

Food service managers can get helpful handbooks with tools and checklists from The Twin Cities Metro Emergency Handbook for Food Service Managers.

Guidance from the Food and Drug Administration - Food and Water Safety During Power Outages and Floods

For the General Public

• USDA - Food and Water Safety Info [English/Spanish] (pdf)
• OHA - Radiologically Contaminated Food and Water (pdf)
  
• CDC - Food Safety for Power Outages
  

Emergency Preparedness in Oregon

• Read more about Oregon's efforts toward preparedness at the OHA Preparedness Program webpage

Emergency Preparedness Nationally

• View the FDA's Food Defense and Emergency Response webpage
  
• View the FDA's Food Defense Tools and Educational Materials