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What is emergency preparedness?

The term refers to the steps you take to make sure you are safe before, during and after an emergency or natural disaster. These plans are important for your safety in both natural disasters and man-made disasters. Examples of natural disasters are floods, blizzards, tornadoes and earthquakes. Man-made disasters can include explosions, fires, chemical and biological attacks.

Dean Bender is the Emergency Manager.

What is RSS?

Use RSS to get automatic web content updates from Polk County.  RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.

Polk County Environmental Health licenses food establishments annually, conducts two semi-annual inspections, conducts plan reviews and provides food safety

The following resources are provided by Polk County Community Development for your reference and convenience.

Following is a list of links that will jump to the main text of the Rickreall Junction Transportation Facility Plan.

I am thinking about buying a piece of property outside city limits. I am wondering if the property has an approval for a septic system. How do I find out?

Personal property is, by Oregon law, taxable in the county in which it is located as of January 1.

Polk County Public Health provides the following document for your reference and convenience. Documents are provided in Portable Document Format (.pdf).

The Board of Commissioners Journal Archives application allows you to search the archived records of the Polk County Board of Commissioners. These records are searchable in the following categories: