Welcome to Neighbors Ready!

Tips for Getting Prepared
When a disaster strikes, emergency services will be overwhelmed. You'll want to be prepared. We invite you to:  

• Take a step-by-step approach to preparedness, starting with the quick and easy first. 
• Be 2 Weeks Ready. Check out this new program to help you and your communities get prepared. 
• Organize your Neighborhood. Your survival may depend on your neighbors. 
• Learn more by reading our latest blogs. 

• Subscribe to our Newsletter or contact us with a question or comment.

Free Event: Be Wildfire Aware - May 17, 2026
Learn about practical ways to reduce wildfire risk and build resilience on Sunday, May 17 (10am - 4pm) at the World Forestry Center (4033 SW Canyon Rd, Portland). Check here for details. 

Wildfires: Be Ready. Be Set. Go Now!

As we head into Summer, it's a good idea to prepare your home and family for potential wildfires. Now is a great time to reduce your wildfire risk by creating a defensible space through fire-smart landscaping and improvements to your home. Get ready and know what to do if you have to evacuate; download the Wildfire Evacuation Checklist by Oregon Emergency Management to make it easy.  For more information, check out our Wildfire Safety webpage. 

Click to download the infographic

Click images to download the checklists

​​Prepare to Go

First Steps. Quick & Easy.
Our region has many disasters, where you may need to evacuate. Getting yourself prepared to leave may save your life. Take these first steps to prepare yourself. 

• Pack go bags & emergency kits ​
• Pack a first-aid kit
• Register for alerts to stay informed
• Make a family emergency plan​​

​Prepare Your Home

What's next?
​Prepare your home and household so you can survive for long periods of isolation and scarce supplies, when you must shelter in place. 

• ​Store water & supplies​
• Prepare for sanitation & hygiene
• Supply your emergency food pantry for cooking 
• Take care of home hazards​

Prepare Your Neighborhood

We are in it together!
After a disaster, our first responders may months to respond. Get organized with your community to better survive: 

• Prepare your neighborhood
• Be 2 Weeks Ready, become a Community Host
• Plan for evacuation
• Organize community caches 
• Participate in events and meetings

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Red Cross: Free Smoke Alarm Installation

A working smoke alarm can cut the risk of death from a home fire in half. The Red Cross Home Fire Campaign aims to reduce death and injury by installing free smoke alarms in homes that need them. If you are in Oregon or in Southwest Washington, you can contact the Red Cross Cascadia Region to schedule an appointment online. To learn about Red Cross services in other states, please contact your local chapter.

You May Have as Little as 2 Minutes to escape a burning home before it's too late

Ready News! Blogs

Read Our Blogs

Eating without Electricity. Lincoln Thomas describes how to feed yourself during an extended power outage.

• Day 1 - Menu strategy: Eat Fresh Foods First
• Day 2 - Food Use & Storage Strategies
• Day 3 - Meals from Canned Foods
• Day 4 - Foraging Basics
• Day 5 - Pantry Soup Warmed by Tea Candles

Click image to find out how to make a salad from foraged greens, from the blog series, "Recipes after a Disaster" (image and blog by Lincoln Thomas)

Preparedness Blogs

• Evacuation: Can you avoid gridlock? 
• How to protect your home from wildfire
• Disaster Preparedness for Older Adults Booklet
• Be Geo-Hazard Smart: Aware & Prepared​
• ​​How to find earthquake faults in your area
• Which Beaverton schools are safe during an earthquake
• Emergency Resiliency Hub? What's That?

​What's in the big green box? Click to learn more about our Emergency Resiliency Hub

Neighbors Ready! Free Booklets

Get Prepared Now!​
​Download our Get Prepared Now! Booklet. This booklet contains all kinds of information to help you get prepared.

Download Get Prepared Now! Booklet

Survival Handbook
Thanks to Arjun Vinsel, Eagle Scout from Troop 618, for authoring this downloadable Survival Handbook and for organizing our Be Ready Disaster Survival Workshop!  ​

Click to download the Survival Handbook by Arjun Vinsel, Eagle Scout from Troop 618

Our overnight campers at our Survival Workshop 2024.