About our partnership
The Bainbridge Prepares partnership has made Bainbridge Island the leading prepared community in Washington state. Our volunteer-led emergency preparedness network was voted the Volunteer Organization of the Year by the International Association of Emergency Managers in 2022.
Since launching in 2011, our 501c3 nonprofit has worked in partnership with the Bainbridge Island Fire Department (BIFD). The City of Bainbridge Island (COBI), which includes our town’s police and emergency management departments, joined our partnership in 2016.
Our shared mission is to create a safer and more resilient Bainbridge Island. We seek to continuously improve the resilience and readiness of our community and the ability to respond to and recover from natural and human-caused disasters. We view community preparedness through a lens of love rather than fear. Learn more in this presentation developed by our Executive Team about our unique partnership that we get to regularly deliver to audiences around the country.
Please visit our new sister nonprofit Prepare Your Community to learn how you can replicate the Bainbridge Model in your community.
Voted the Volunteer Organization of the Year by the International Association of Emergency Managers
