Title 32, Military Affairs; Emergency Services

(1) To aid and advise the Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission in the performance of its functions, the commission may establish such advisory and technical committees as it considers necessary. These committees may be continuing or temporary. The commission shall determine …

(1) The Governor may assign and make available for use and duty in any county, city or district, under the direction and command of the State Fire Marshal or a designee of the State Fire Marshal, any personnel or equipment resources of a county, city or district for the purpose o…

If county, city or district personnel are assigned and used under ORS 401.930 to respond to a structural collapse or threat of imminent structural collapse in another county, city or district, the personnel have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities as they h…

(1) If county, city or district equipment is assigned and used under ORS 401.930 to respond to a structural collapse or threat of imminent structural collapse in another county, city or district, the state: (a) Is liable for any resulting loss of, or damage to, the equipment. (b)…

If county, city or district personnel are assigned and used under ORS 401.930 to respond to a structural collapse or threat of imminent structural collapse in another county, city or district and the response prevents the personnel from performing their duties in the county, city…

Personnel assigned under ORS 401.930, the state or a county, city or district is not liable for any injury to person or property resulting from the performance of any duty under ORS 401.930 or an assignment, use or response under ORS 401.930. However, this section does not confer…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Transient lodging facility” means a hotel, motel, inn, condominium, any other dwelling unit or a public or private park that is made available for transient occupancy or vacation occupancy as those terms are defined in ORS 90.100. (b) “Tsunami in…

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management, in consultation with the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, shall establish by rule a uniform tsunami warning signal, including rules specifying the type, duration and volume of the warning signal and the locatio…

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management or the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries may seek and accept gifts, grants and donations from any source to finance all or part of the duties assigned under ORS 401.950 and 401.952. [Formerly 401.864; 2021 c.539 §53] …

For the purposes of this section and ORS 401.962, 401.965 and 401.970: (1) “Abnormal disruption of the market” means any emergency that prevents ready availability of essential consumer goods or services. (2) “Essential consumer goods or services” means goods or services that: (a…

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that during an abnormal disruption of the market, some merchants and wholesalers have taken unconscionable advantage of consumers by charging grossly excessive prices for essential consumer goods and services. (2) To prevent merchants and wholes…

(1) As used in subsections (1) to (4) of this section, the terms “merchant” and “wholesaler” do not include a public body as that term is defined in ORS 174.109, a public utility as defined in ORS 757.005 (1)(a)(A) or an electric utility as defined in ORS 757.600. (2) A merchant …

The remedies provided in ORS 401.965 (1) to (4) and in the amendments to ORS 646.607 by section 6, chapter 223, Oregon Laws 2007, are in addition to any other remedies that may exist under the law. [Formerly 401.108] ANIMAL RESCUE

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) During an evacuation after a major disaster or an emergency, many pet owners are reluctant to leave their pets and are willing to risk their lives to protect their pets. (2) Animals are important to their owners and the presence of an anim…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Companion animal” means a domestic animal commonly kept as a household pet. (b) “Service animal” means an animal that assists or performs tasks for a person with a sensory, emotional, mental or physical disability. (2) The State Department of Agr…

(1) As used in this section, “livestock” means cattle, horses, sheep and any other animals designated by the State Department of Agriculture. (2) The State Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Emergency Management and local governments, shall pr…

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, ordinance, policy or order to the contrary, any official of a public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, must grant credentialed or documented representatives of news media organizations access to scenes of wildfires or natural di…

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall convene a committee composed of equal numbers of news media and public safety agency stakeholders to develop the following voluntary guidelines for implementing ORS 401.980. (a) Recommendations for essential elements of basi…

Any person knowingly violating any provision of this chapter, or any of the rules, regulations or orders adopted and promulgated under this chapter, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. [1967 c.480 §8; 1977 c.248 §4; 1983 c.586 §41; 2009 c.718 §48] …

The state, counties and cities may, in collaboration with public and private agencies, enter into cooperative assistance agreements for reciprocal emergency aid and resources. [Formerly 401.480]

In carrying out the provisions of ORS chapter 401, the Governor and the executive officers or governing bodies of the counties and cities may request and utilize the services, equipment, supplies and facilities of existing departments, offices and agencies of the state and of loc…

The state shall reimburse a local government for the compensation paid and the actual and necessary travel, subsistence and maintenance expenses of employees of the local government while actually serving at the direction of the Governor or the Director of the Oregon Department o…

ORS 402.105 may be cited as the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. [Formerly 401.041]

The Governor shall participate on behalf of the State of Oregon with other states legally joining in the compact in a form substantially as follows: ______________________________________________________________________________ EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT Article I - …

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) In order to minimize the impact of an event that overwhelms the resources of the state government or a local or tribal government, one government entity should be able to make resources available to another government entity as quickly as …

As used in ORS 402.200 to 402.240: (1) “Event” means an incident that overwhelms or may overwhelm the resources of a participant. (2) “Local government” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.116. (3) “Participant” means the state or a local or tribal government that particip…

(1) There is created an intrastate mutual assistance agreement called the Oregon Resource Coordination Assistance Agreement. (2)(a) The state government and, except as provided in this subsection, each local government is a participant in the agreement. (b) A local government may…

(1) A participant may request assistance to: (a) Prevent, mitigate, respond to or recover from an event; or (b) Work on its own or with other participants in training, drills or exercises. (2) A request for assistance must be made by or through the presiding officer of the govern…

(1) A responding participant may withhold resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection and services for the responding participant. (2) For purposes of the operational and tactical objectives required by the requesting participant, the resources of a respond…

Subject to any limitations and conditions the governing body of the requesting participant may prescribe, if an employee of a responding participant holds a license, certificate, permit or similar documentation that evidences the employee’s qualifications in a professional, techn…

(1) The intent of the intrastate mutual assistance agreement created under ORS 402.210 is to provide for nonreimbursable assistance to a requesting participant. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a responding participant may request reimbursement and a requesting…

If a person is an employee of a responding participant and the person sustains injury in the course of providing requested assistance, the person is entitled to all applicable benefits, including workers’ compensation, normally available to the employee while performing regular d…

(1) Assistance rendered by an employee of a responding participant is a governmental function. (2) Employees of a responding participant are agents of the requesting participant. (3) The requesting participant shall defend, save harmless and indemnify an employee of a responding …

The Governor shall participate on behalf of the State of Oregon with other governments legally joining in the compact in forms substantially as follows: (1) ______________________________________________________________________________ PACIFIC NORTHWEST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARRAN…

(1) ORS 402.250 (1) may be cited as the Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement. (2) ORS 402.250 (2) may be cited as the Regional Emergency Management Advisory Committee Terms of Reference or as Annex A to the Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement. (3) ORS…

It is the policy of the State of Oregon to: (1) Encourage and support the development of public safety networks and an emergency communications system and the rapid deployment of broadband or other communications services in areas of the state in which the services do not exist; …

As used in ORS 305.823 and 403.105 to 403.250, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Account” means the Emergency Communications Account. (2) “Automatic location identification” means a component or capability of the emergency communications system that provides automatic d…

The Department of Revenue may by rule adjust the definition of “interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service” given in ORS 403.105 to conform to subsequent amendments to 47 C.F.R. 9.3. [2015 c.247 §5]

(1) A provider, a 9-1-1 jurisdiction, a 9-8-8 coordinated crisis services system or the employees or agents of a provider, a 9-1-1 jurisdiction or a 9-8-8 coordinated crisis services system may be held civilly liable for the installation, performance, provision or maintenance of …

(1) The primary emergency telephone number within this state is 9-1-1, but a public or private safety agency shall maintain both a separate 10-digit secondary emergency number for use by a telephone operator or provider and a separate 10-digit nonemergency number. (2) Every publi…

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall: (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, adopt rules relating to the emergency communications system, as deemed necessary by the department. (b) Plan, implement, administer, operate and maintain the emergency communications…

(1) A 9-1-1 jurisdiction shall create and maintain a 9-1-1 jurisdiction plan for emergency communications services provided within a 9-1-1 service area pursuant to ORS 403.105 to 403.250 and rules adopted by the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. The 9-1-1 jurisdiction sh…

(1) At the request of a law enforcement agency, a provider of communications service for cellular devices shall provide the call location information, or the best available location information, of a cellular device that is: (a) Used to place an emergency call requesting emergenc…

(1) A provider may not block delivery or forwarding to a public safety answering point or a 9-8-8 coordinated crisis services system of location information, a call-back number or other identifying information related to an emergency call. (2) Automatic number identifications rec…

(1) As used in this section, “workplace”: (a) Includes hallways, lobbies, conference rooms, rest rooms, break rooms, elevators, laboratories, warehouse space and other areas of a building in which employees or volunteers perform work or that are accessible on a regular basis by e…

A person that provides telephone service through a coin or credit card operated pay station telephone in an area served by the emergency communications system shall convert every coin or credit pay station telephone to permit calling 9-1-1 and “O”-operator without depositing a co…

All public safety answering points must be capable of receiving emergency calls through a TTY or other device capable of receiving an emergency call from individuals with hearing or speech impairments. [Formerly 401.773; 2015 c.247 §14]

A 9-1-1 jurisdiction must have a disaster recovery plan for the components of the emergency communications system within the 9-1-1 service area. The disaster recovery plan must include at a minimum: (1) Recovery procedures for service that is interrupted, preventing transmission …

Public or private safety agencies may enter into agreements requiring that an emergency unit dispatched by a public safety answering point must render emergency services without regard to jurisdictional boundaries. [Formerly 401.780; 2015 c.247 §16]

A governing body may not enforce contractual provisions that have the effect of punishing or penalizing a public or private safety agency for failure to meet mandatory response times during a declared state of emergency in which the public or private safety agency has allowed age…