The 7.0 earthquake off the California coast initially triggered a tsunami warning, with 15 minutes until first impact on the Oregon coast.
Presenter: After a record wildfire year in Oregon, and after seeing the unexpected impacts of Hurricane Helene elsewhere in the nation, what lessons did we learn in 2024? At the Senate committee overseeing emergency management Dec. 10, Erin McMahon:
[00:00:15] Erin McMahon (Oregon Department of Emergency Management, director): My name, for the record, is Erin McMahon. I am the director of Oregon’s Department of Emergency Management. I’m just going to be here today to give you a brief overview of some of the things that we have accomplished with Oregon’s Department of Emergency Management over the past year.
[00:00:31] At the core of OEM’s mission, of course, is to lead those collaborative statewide efforts to help Oregonians prepare in times of crisis. By working inclusively with our partners and our communities that we serve, we aim to ensure the capabilities to protect, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disaster…