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Volunteer Emergency Registry

The Voluntary Emergency Registry (VER) is a cooperative effort of the City of Portland and Multnomah County to identify and assist people who may need extra help during an emergency.

VER is a list of persons who would need help evacuating their home during an emergency or would be unable to evacuate without special assistance or notification from emergency response personnel. The registry also includes people who would be unable to remain at home,without assistance, following a disaster.

Information in this list will be provided to the Portland Office of Emergency Management (POEM), Bureau of Emergency Communications (911) and other emergency response personnel from the City of Portland, Gresham and Multnomah Count, depending on which type of registration you choose.

The two registration types include:

• All Emergencies – Information will be released whenever there is an emergency at that your address. 
• Disaster Only – Information will only be released if a disaster is declared by authorized City, County, or State officials.

To fill out an application online, go to:  http://multnomah.or.networkofcare.org/aging/erf.aspx

A paper application and/or assistance filling out the application is available by calling (503) 823-2036.

If you are a person with a disability and would like to volunteer as a member of your Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET), contact William Warren at (503) 823-4421 with the Portland Office of Emergency Management (POEM).  Tell him that you are a person with a disability and you would like to attend the next NET training.

You can find more information about NET by clicking on the following links:

• http://www.portlandonline.com/oem/index.cfm?c=31667
• http://www.pdxprepared.com