Palisades Neighborhood Association

Additional emergency notifications may be available. Use the content below for informational purposes only. Do you have something to add to this page? Please include it in the comments below.

Contact Info:

• Fallen trees across roads, street lights not working, plugged street drains, water main leaks, etc.:
  City of Lake Oswego Maintenance and Motor Pool: 503-635-0280 Mon-Fri: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. After Hours Emergency: 503-635-0238
• Emergency Calls: Call or Text 911 for life threatening emergencies.
• Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call 988
• General Community Information: Call 211

Sign up for public alerts:

Enroll in www.clackamas.us/publicalerts.

• Get emergency messages: Lake Oswego uses the ClackCo Public Alerts emergency notification system to distribute critical emergency messages via telephone, text or email to registered participants. Fire Departments (including those in Multnomah and Washington Counties) will be covered by ClackCo Public Alerts and are urged to sign up to receive these emergency notifications. Messages relayed include notices to evacuate or shelter-in-place, information relating to flooding, water contamination, shelter locations, gas leaks, missing children or elderly people, and other important emergency information.

Online websites and apps:

• Weather Updates:
  • National Weather Service
  • Weather.com
    
• Power Outage Information – Sign in or register https://portlandgeneral.com/outages
  • Report a power outage: After signing in, click the orange box at the bottom of your screen.
  • View power outage map and updates
    
• Visit the City of Lake Oswego’s website.
  

• NextDoor.com Notifications: Turn on notifications from the City Of Lake Oswego via NextDoor.com for up-to-date info from the City of Lake Oswego. During the Jan. 2024 winter storm there were almost daily posts.

Communication within your immediate neighborhood.

• If there is internet: Visit NextDoor Palisades Group – Join this growing group to connect with others in our neighborhood.
  
• If there is cell service: Establish text and/or phone trees in your neighborhood.
  
• If there is no cell service: Use FRS (Family Radio Service) radios

Please note that FRS radios do not have the same capabilities as cell phones and are not used in the same way to communicate. For instance, you can not contact the police or fire departments via an FRS radio.