Mark your calendar for the third annual EVCNB Food Can Tsunami for Saturday, April 27, 2024 from 10 am until 1 pm. 

As reported by Rockaway Beach Fire & Rescue:

Today (February 24, 2024) members of Rockaway Beach CERT participated in a mass casualty incident drill as part of their final task for becoming official CERT members.

Lee Hiltenbrand has been a volunteer for EVCNB for many years, sharing his extensive technical and mechanical skills for the good of the organization and the community. He now serves as the lead for our Mass Care group and the Public Works Augmentation Team (PWAT).

Winter is a quiet season for our Clusters but Cluster leaders are working hard behind the scenes, planning social & educational events for their neighborhoods and tending emergency supplies — but some social events happened too…

Tillamook County now boasts 12 new licensed Ham Radio Technician class radio operators thanks to EVCNB and a group of dedicated ham radio instructors.

The “Top Chef” Cooking Contest was a HUGE success.

At its January meeting, the EVCNB Board of Directors announced the retirement of President Margaret Steele, M.D. and named Trish Johnson its new President. Brad Hart has been named Vice President.

Pastor Celeste Deveney and longtime volunteer Bobbi Mosher of Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church were on hand to receive a donation of 10 Go-Bags from EVCNB.

EVCNB volunteers Kris Campbell, Karen Sarnaker, and Trish Johnson (l to r) presented five stocked Go-Bags with Spanish language instructions to Pastor George Lufkin at St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church in Nehalem in December 2023.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Watch for our area. In a weather briefing today, the NWS-Portland stated that the coast and coast range have a good probability of light snow and freezing rain. Freezing rain is a very dangerous condition where utility and emergency response is delayed and extremely dangerous to our responders.

EVCNB says a sad but grateful goodbye to Paul Knight as he and his wife Betsy move away from our area. For some time, Paul has been a key leader for emergency preparedness in Wheeler and he was the leader of the Wheeler Emergency Team for many years. Paul has represented Wheeler as the cluster leader for the Prepare Your Neighborhood program at EVCNB and he was a key person on the GoBag team for EVCNB, as well as Emergency Communications. Paul has been an effective advocate for the specific needs of Wheeler in terms of its topography, aging population, lower income citizens, and the presence of the Nehalem Bay Health Center.

Here we are again going into the cold weather season when power outages should be on everyone’s radar. Strong winter winds and heavy rains can take a toll on power lines and plunge our homes into darkness. You can–and should–take steps now, before the lights start flickering.

The earth didn’t move on October 19, 2023. Still, millions of people worldwide practiced an earthquake safety drill as part of the Great ShakeOut. In Oregon, it is estimated that more than 600,000 people practiced the “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” drill.

In early November, EVCNB's website was upgraded! We took the opportunity to incorporate feedback we'd received since the last site launched in 2020. We hope these improvements make the site easy to use and will help you find what you need quickly.

Let us know what you think!

Karen leads two important teams within EVCNB: Yellow Radio and GoBags. Under Karen’s leadership, the Yellow Radio program has seen a steady increase in trained radio users across the Nehalem Bay region. She has also had a major impact on the GoBag team's efforts, researching products, negotiating pricing and implementing the Pop-Up Shops that have been so successful in getting GoBags out into the community. Recently, Karen has been working to make GoBags more affordable without sacrificing quality. She’s also worked with local agencies to see that GoBags donated by EVCNB are distributed to home-bound seniors and others in need.

Bayside Gardens Pet Calendar update and 2024 Events are announced.

The Great ShakeOut is an international event that happens in October. It encourages people to practice earthquake safety and evacuation. Several Clusters participated in the event this year, including Manzanita Beach, Middle Neahkahnie, Pine Ridge and Southside.

The Southside cluster took it a step further! Learn more…

Classic Ridge has made great progress on their Emergency Supply Shed.