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Seniors get tools for emergency prep

Agencies strive to ready older residents for disasters, more

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Emergency supplies typically found in “go bags” sit on a table Tuesday at Clark Regional Emergency Services. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Emergency supplies typically found in “go bags” sit on a table Tuesday at Clark Regional Emergency Services. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Emergency supplies typically found in “go bags” sit on a table Tuesday at Clark Regional Emergency Services. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Emergency supplies typically found in “go bags” sit on a table Tuesday at Clark Regional Emergency Services. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Emergency supplies typically found in “go bags” sit on a table Tuesday at Clark Regional Emergency Services. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Emergency supplies typically found in “go bags” sit on a table Tuesday at Clark Regional Emergency Services. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Emergency supplies typically found in “go bags” sit on a table Tuesday at Clark Regional Emergency Services. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Emergency supplies typically found in “go bags” sit on a table Tuesday at Clark Regional Emergency Services. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Emergency supplies typically found in “go bags” sit on a table Tuesday at Clark Regional Emergency Services. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Emergency supplies typically found in “go bags” sit on a table Tuesday at Clark Regional Emergency Services. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Jodi Blackwood, an emergency management coordinator at Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency, helps older residents across Clark County think more broadly and deeply about emergency preparedness at home. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Jodi Blackwood, an emergency management coordinator at Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency, helps older residents across Clark County think more broadly and deeply about emergency preparedness at home. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Jodi Blackwood, an emergency management coordinator at Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency, helps older residents across Clark County think more broadly and deeply about emergency preparedness at home. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Jodi Blackwood, an emergency management coordinator at Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency, helps older residents across Clark County think more broadly and deeply about emergency preparedness at home. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Older adults face heightened risk in the event of an emergency or natural disaster. The Clark County Commission on Aging wants to mitigate that risk by helping seniors adequately prepare.

In January 2024, the Commission on Aging and Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency began hosting monthly conversations to give older adults tools to prepare for a potential emergency while still maintaining their sense of independence. Although the monthly conversations concluded at the end of 2024, the Commission on Aging and Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency have not stopped their efforts to teach older adults the importance of emergency preparedness.

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