Be Informed

Know what disasters could affect your area

For our planning efforts we use the following list of hazards that could potentially impact Yakima County.

Natural

Technological

Human-caused

  • Chemical/Biological/Nuclear Incident
  • Cyber incident
  • School and Workplace Violence


Know How to get Emergency Alerts

We use an system called Alert Yakima for notifications during disasters.  

Sign-up for email/cell phone disaster notification. Be sure to add your address so when evacuations  are done we can capture your phone from the map.  Alert Yakima Signup/Login