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Prepare in a Year 2024: In November, Shelter in Place
The task for November is to prepare for sheltering in place. Sheltering in place is not something we have much reason to do in western Washington. But when we do, it is of utmost importance to do it right. Almost always, the occasion will be a chemical, biological, or radiological event.
Don’t Get Discouraged—It’s Not Too Late to Prepare
I recently spoke to a neighbor who said that she had been planning to do Prepare in a Year and had saved the information from our series of monthly articles but that she had so far not done any of the preparation activities. I told her it didn’t matter that it was October; she could still start now. Doing anything, I said, is better than doing nothing.
Prepare in a Year 2024: In October Prepare for Earthquakes
The task for October is to prepare for earthquakes by gathering supplies, readying your household, and practicing what to do when the shaking starts.
Prepare in a Year 2024: In September Stash Under-the-Bed Supplies
The task for September is to stash your under-the-bed supplies. Under-the-bed supplies are those items you can reach for when you’ve been awakened by a crisis, such as an earthquake.
Prepare in a Year 2024: In August Get Utility Safe
The task for August is to get utility safe. Utility safety largely consists of familiarizing yourself with the turnoff valves for gas, water, and electricity and making sure your gas systems and electrical systems are safe.
Prepare in a Year 2024: In July Get Fire Safe
The task for July is to get fire safe. When talking about fire, we are referring to fire prevention, preparation, and swift and appropriate response.
Prepare in a Year 2024: In June Get 3 Weeks Ready
The task for June is to get 3 weeks ready. In the event of a large-scale emergency, Bainbridge Islanders are likely to be isolated for at least three weeks. The bridge might be down and the ferry might be out of service.
Prepare in a Year 2024: In May Gather Important Documents
The task for May is to gather important documents. The idea is to make sure you have these documents ready if you need to evacuate. During a disaster is not the time to try to think through the paperwork you will need. Such considerations will require quick and easy access to documents that could be inaccessible after a disaster or destroyed by it.
Prepare in a Year 2024: In April Get Ready to Evacuate
The task for April is to prepare a go bag. This task involves gathering important items that you need to take with you when you have to leave quickly. But this is also a good time to prepare commuter and vehicle bags. A vehicle bag contains emergency supplies and stays in your vehicle. A commuter bag carries portable essentials and goes with you to school or to work.
Prepare in a Year 2024: In March Ready a Water Supply
The task for March is to create a water supply. This task involves storing an emergency water supply, protecting your existing water supply, gathering water treatment methods, and identifying backup water sources. Read more about water supplies here.
Prepare in a Year 2024: In February Make an Action Plan
The task for February is to make an action plan. Creating an action plan involves deciding what to do when a disaster strikes and practicing it in advance. There are three main steps to creating an action plan.
Make a Climate Smart Communications Plan When Traveling
The Prepare in a Year task for January is to create a communications plan. The City’s Climate Smart Team is focusing on creating a Climate Smart Communications Plan for when you’re traveling.
Is Pickleball the Key to Emergency Prep on Bainbridge?
Bainbridge Island takes its pickleball quite seriously. Ever since the game invention right here in 1965 by Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell, and Barney McCallum, islanders have devoted time, energy, and intense emotion to the sport. Maybe that is why pickleball lends itself perfectly to emergency preparedness.
Prepare in a Year 2024: In January, Make a Communications Plan
You can prepare your household for emergencies in one year by taking a few small steps each month. In January, make a communications plan.
Ready? Set? Go! Prepare in a Year 2024
The Bainbridge Prepares partnership is excited to announce Prepare in a Year 2024, a year-long participatory event for the entire community.
Join the Prepare in a Year Movement and Win Prizes
BP is announcing an exciting emergency preparedness program set up for 2024. Our goal is to get as many Islanders as possible prepared in 2024 for emergencies.
Prepare in a Year Month 12: Home Hazard Hunt
It’s December and it’s raining cats and dogs and a few large farm animals as well. So what are you going to do to prepare for emergencies at such a time? Stay inside and look around! This is a good time to review everything you’ve done on this 12-month journey to prepare—and feel good about all that hard work. It’s also the time to make sure you haven’t missed anything.