Coos County Emergency Management

05/15/2026

Our Community Wildfire chat is in full swing in Power!

04/28/2026

🚧ROAD CLOSURE🚧

04/09/2026

Had a great turn out for the Tsunami Road Show tonight at the Hales Center for the Performing Arts!🎭 Thanks to Oregon Emergency Management, ODHS, Dogami and NOAA Medford office for the incredible talks on emergency management and disaster preparedness!

03/29/2026

03/25/2026

🌊 IT’S NOT JUST ONE WAVE.

(Close your eyes and imagine a tsunami for a moment. Then keep reading).

There’s a common mistake people make: thinking a tsunami is a single, giant wave that hits and then it's over. The reality is much more dangerous.

A tsunami is actually a series of powerful, long-lasting surges caused by a massive "shove" of the ocean—usually from an undersea earthquake.

💡What you need to know:

No "Season": Unlike hurricanes or snowstorms, tsunamis can strike 24/7, 365 days a year.

The "Wall of Water": It often looks more like a rising flood or a fast-moving tide that just doesn't stop.

The First Wave isn't Always the Biggest: Subsequent waves can be larger and more destructive hours after the first hit.

👉Share this with friends and family who lives near the coast to keep them safe.

Knowledge is your best defense. Learn the science and stay safe:
👉 https://www.weather.gov/safety/tsunami-about

02/16/2026

Compass Outreach will be hosting a warming center tonight, February 16th, at Faith Lutheran Church in North Bend.

They will also be open on February 17th and 18th.

The warming center will open at 6:30 p.m. in the evening and close at 8:00 a.m. the following morning.

12/17/2025

A strong atmospheric river will move into the area Thursday and continue into Friday. This will bring a period of moderate to heavy rainfall. Areas most impacted will be Coos, Curry, Douglas and Josephine Counties with widespread amounts of 3 to as much as 6 inches. Ponding of water on roadways is likely with quick rises on streams, creeks and rivers. Mud and rock slides are possible and there is also the potential for river flooding. Please keep checking the forecasts for potential flood watches and/or warnings.

Please be careful when traveling as debris and landslides may impede traffic.

12/15/2025

Active weather returns this week as the first in a series of fronts arrives late tonight into Monday. This front will be rather weak compared to the Tuesday and late week systems. Expect increasing winds and light to moderate rain along/west of the Cascades into Monday. Late Tuesday into Wednesday, a stronger front arrives with gusty winds area wide, strongest along the coast and east of the Cascades (damaging winds possible). Widespread rainfall is also expected, heaviest along the coast and Cascades. With snow levels remaining high (6000-8000 ft), winter impacts are minimal at this time. Showers linger into Wednesday and snow levels lower to around 4500-5000 ft, which could bring some light snow to the Cascades. An atmospheric river arrives on Thursday, bringing another round of strong winds and moderate to heavy precipitation, both of which are expected to last longer than the Tuesday front. Snow levels rise again to 6000-7000 ft so winter weather impacts will be minimal with the heaviest precipitation which expected through Thursday. Precipitation intensity winds down on Friday, but snow levels lower to around 35000-4000 ft Friday night, which could bring some minor snow impacts to the Cascades and East Side areas into Saturday morning. Gusty winds will make for difficult driving conditions and some power outages may be possible. Currently, there is little to no flooding concerns due to low rivers and little to no snowpack, though we may need to monitor the Coquille River towards the end of the week. Ponding on roadways is possible during periods of heavy rain. Stay tuned for updates as details are refined over the coming days.

12/15/2025

A portable generator delivers the power you need just when you need it. Like when storms knock out power or even when tailgating at a big game. But some users don't understand the dangers of the emissions.

Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas that can kill if portable generators are used indoors. That's scary stuff. But now the good news. To protect yourself from carbon monoxide emissions, all you have to do is Take it Outside!

Take it Outside is a safety program developed by the Portable Generator Manufacturers’ Association.

Take it Outside means never running your portable generator inside your home, garage, shed, or basement — where emissions can build up — or near windows or doors where emissions can find their way inside.

It’s critical to pre-pan where you will set up a portable generator so emissions can’t find their way into occupied areas.

When you Take it Outside, you distance yourself from the dangers of carbon monoxide.

For more tips on portable generator safety, please visit TakeYourGeneratorOutside.com.

11/25/2025

What You Should Know about the Holidays
Cooking Safely
Keep an eye on food when cooking.
Holiday Travel
Be weather wise, know the weather forecast during your travel
Learn the weather/climate risks risk for the area you are travel to and know what to do before, during and after such events
Stay off the road during and after a winter storm.
During the winter keep the proper emergency winter road tools in the truck of your automobile such as an ice scraper, shovel, gloves, blanket, emergency flares or reflectors, rock salt, first aid kit, extra windshield washer, etc.
Holiday Decorating
Turn off holiday lights at night or when you leave the house.
Keep candles away from flammable materials.
Keep your Christmas Tree watered, don’t let your holiday tree dry out.
Holiday Shopping
Shop securely online over the holidays.
Make a communications plan with your family and friends while you’re together during the holidays.
What You Should Know about the Holidays
Cooking Safely
Keep an eye on food when cooking.
Holiday Travel
Be weather wise, know the weather forecast during your travel
Learn the weather/climate risks risk for the area you are travel to and know what to do before, during and after such events
Stay off the road during and after a winter storm.
During the winter keep the proper emergency winter road tools in the truck of your automobile such as an ice scraper, shovel, gloves, blanket, emergency flares or reflectors, rock salt, first aid kit, extra windshield washer, etc.
Holiday Decorating
Turn off holiday lights at night or when you leave the house.
Keep candles away from flammable materials.
Keep your Christmas Tree watered, don’t let your holiday tree dry out.
Holiday Shopping
Shop securely online over the holidays.
Make a communications plan with your family and friends while you’re together during the holidays.