Emergency Alert System

(EAS)
Information Page for
Portland, OR
and Vancouver, WA

Note:  the Portland/Vancouver Operational Area includes the counties of
Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, and Washington in Oregon, and Clark in Washington.

 


 

Portland Local Area Emergency Communications Committee Co-Chairs:

Kent Randles K7YXZ
Senior Engineer
Entercom-Portland
Co-Chair, Portland/Vancouver Local Area Emergency Communications Committee (LAECC)
kent at randles dot com
503-535-0482

and

John White K7RUN
Chief Engineer
KKPZ/KDZR
Co-Chair, Portland/Vancouver LAECC
jdwhite at teleport dot com
503-242-1950

 


 

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Download the current FCC EAS AM/FM, TV, or Cable Handbooks (FCC Requirement!)

 

To get on the EAS-OR e-mail list, go to http://www.broadcast.net/mailman/listinfo/eas-or.
You can use this link any time to unsubscribe from the list, to switch to and from digest mode,
to check back issues of the list (which will be available after the list has been getting posts for a day or so), etc.

For the EAS Information on the National SBE Web Site go to: http://www.sbe.org/eas/eas.html


 

For ALL the required Oregon EAS Monitoring Assignments:

http://www.sbe124.org/or_eas/Oregon_EAS_Monitoring_Assignments.html

 

Oregon State EAS Plan

 

In addition to the two required EAS monitoring assignments in Portland/Vancouver,
LP-1 750 KXL and LP-2 92.3 KGON,
think about monitoring (in this order):

Local Relay Network 166.25 MHz
(first-generation audio for tests and alerts from Multnomah, Washington, Clark, and Columbia counties)

National Weather Service:  162.55 MHz (Portland office)

State Relay (SR): 91.5 KOPB-FM (the first generation audio for tests and alerts from the State)

Capital Operational Area (Salem) LP-1 KWVT TV Channel 17 (since Salem is in the Portland metro)

Washington State Relay Network (SRN):  155.475 MHz (except for RMT and CAE)

 


 

Sage Endec Factory Help

TFT EAS911 Factory Help

EAS Info and FAQ for Washington State broadcasters
(lots of good information for any broadcaster)

 


 

2008 PORTLAND/VANCOUVER 
REQUIRED MONTHLY TEST SCHEDULE

Posted:  1/1/08

JANUARY

Day

Date

Time

Source / Amber Alert

Scheduled Test Day

Thursday

Jan 10

 10:15 AM

TBD

Make-up Test Day

Wednesday

Jan 16

 

 

FEBRUARY

Day

Date

Time

Source

Scheduled Test Day

Saturday

Feb 9

6:15 am

ORES/LEDS, Salem

Make-up Test Day

Friday

Feb 15

12:15 am

ORES/LEDS, Salem

MARCH

Day

Date

Time

Source /

Scheduled Test Day

Tuesday

March 4

10:15 AM TBD

Make-up Test Day

Monday

Feb 10

 

 

APRIL

Day

Date

Time

Source

Scheduled Test Day

Wednesday

April 9

12:15 am

ORES/LEDS, Salem

Make-up Test Day

Tuesday

April 15

12:15 am

ORES/LEDS, Salem

MAY

Day

Date

Time

Source

Scheduled Test Day

Friday

May 9

10:15 AM TBD

Make-up Test Day

Thursday

May 15

 

 

JUNE

Day

Date

Time

Source

Scheduled Test Day

Monday

June 2

12:15 am

Washington County 911

Make-up Test Day

Sunday

June 8

6:15 am

Washington County 911

JULY

Day

Date

Time

Source / Fire Evacuuations

Scheduled Test Day

Tuesday

July 8

10:15 AM TBD

Make-up Test Day

Monday

July 14

 

 

AUGUST

Day

Date

Time

Source

Scheduled Test Day

Thursday

Aug 7

12:15 am

ORES/LEDS, Salem

Make-up Test Day

Wednesday

Aug 13

12:15 am

ORES/LEDS, Salem

SEPTEMBER

Day

Date

Time

Source / Tsunami

Scheduled Test Day

Wednesday

Sept 24

10:15 am

WXR / Western Oregon Only

Make-up Test Day

Tuesday

Sept 30

 

Western Local

Scheduled Test Day

Saturday

Sept 6

 

Eastern Local

Make-up Test Day

Friday

Sept 12

 

Eastern Local

OCTOBER

Day

Date

Time

Source

Scheduled Test Day

Monday

Oct 6

12:15 am

ORES/LEDS, Salem

Make-up Test Day

Sunday

Oct 12

6:15 am

ORES/LEDS, Salem

NOVEMBER

Day

Date

Time

Source

Scheduled Test Day

Wednesday

Nov 5

10:15 AM 

TBD

Make-up Test Day

Tuesday

Nov 11

 

 

DECEMBER

Day

Date

Time

Source

Scheduled Test Day

Friday

Dec 5

12:15 am

Washington County 911

Make-up Test Day

Thursday

Dec 11

12:15 am

Washington County 911

 

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