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Have You Mapped Your Neighborhood Yet? Here’s What to Do

November 12, 2022

Map Your Neighborhood (MYN) is the program selected by Bainbridge Prepares and its partners—the City of Bainbridge Island (COBI) and Bainbridge Island Fire Department (BIFD)—for structuring our community’s preparation for a large-scale emergency. MYN operates on the premise that prepared households can form prepared neighborhoods to provide assistance and support during the early hours and … More Have You Mapped Your Neighborhood Yet? Here’s What to Do

BARN Podcast Series on BP Wraps Up: Here’s How to Listen

November 6, 2022

Bainbridge Community Broadcasting, a public service of BARN, or the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, recently completed its seven-part podcast series on Bainbridge Prepares. You can listen to all or any of the podcasts via the following links. 1. BAINBRIDGE ISLAND: WE’RE ON IT TOGETHER! Join us today in this first of a 7-part series about … More BARN Podcast Series on BP Wraps Up: Here’s How to Listen

Gideon Neighborhood Shows Island How Emergency Prep Is Done

September 27, 2022

During the recent Cascadia Rising emergency prep simulation, the Gideon Map Your Neighborhood group made the simulation real. Cascadia Rising is an annual Pacific Northwest exercise to help agencies practice their response to a 9.0 subduction zone earthquake followed by a 100-foot tsunami. This year’s exercise happened June 13–16. Gideon Neighborhood prepared in advance for … More Gideon Neighborhood Shows Island How Emergency Prep Is Done

Team Spotlight: Disaster Hubs Management

September 15, 2022

Each month, we will be featuring a different Bainbridge Prepares team so you can get to know them and their mission. Today’s spotlight is on the Disaster Hubs Management (Hubs) Team led by Phil Fergusson, Kathy Hannula-Bral, and Alice Ostdiek. Mission The Hubs Team’s primary mission is to support and enhance the City’s disaster response … More Team Spotlight: Disaster Hubs Management

Bainbridge Neighborhoods Underprepared

August 27, 2022

An August 25 article in The Bainbridge Review reports that only 35 percent of island neighborhoods have gone through the Map Your Neighborhood (MYN) program, which is the foundation of Bainbridge’s disaster preparedness strategy. According to that strategy, every neighborhood should be trained in the MYN system. In MYN, residents organize in neighborhood teams each … More Bainbridge Neighborhoods Underprepared