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Make a Resolution to Stop the Bleed in 2024
One of the very best things you can do in 2024 to prepare for emergencies is to take a Stop the Bleed (STB) class. In this class you’ll learn exactly what to do in a crisis when someone is bleeding heavily and will die without intervention.
Bainbridge Is Now Tsunami and Storm Ready
The National Weather Service (NWS) just awarded Bainbridge Island with its TsunamiReady® and StormReady® designations. The designations mean the City has followed NWS guidelines for enhancing public safety in face of the likelihood of a post-earthquake tsunami reaching the island’s shores or of storm surges that affect the coastline.
BP Gets Its Party on
More than 100 fun-loving BP volunteers crammed into the Senior Center event room Friday night, December 15, to celebrate preparedness, our prepared community, and, most important, one another.
BP Studies Resilience Hubs in Seattle
BP founder Scott James, City of Bainbridge Island Emergency Management Coordinator Anne LeSage, and City Climate Mitigation Officer Autumn Salamack attended a seminar on resilience hubs at Seattle’s Centro de la Raza yesterday, December 12.
This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of Preparedness
Instead of giving people things they don’t need this year, why not show them how much you care by giving them the gift of preparedness? There are tons of preparedness gifts to choose from, in a wide range of prices that can work as Hanukkah gifts, stocking stuffers, host gifts, and even presents for the entire family.
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.
Prep Your Vehicle for Mountain Snow
The National Weather Service (NWS) is forecasting 6 to 15 inches of mountain snow for today December 7 and tomorrow in the Olympics and Cascades above 3,000 feet, including all the passes. If you are planning on driving through the mountain passes, take a moment to prepare your vehicle for the weather.
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.
Why BP Needs Your Support
People sometimes get confused about the Bainbridge Prepares (BP) partnership, thinking that the City funds our nonprofit, or that BP is the City, or that City Emergency Management Coordinator Anne LeSage does many of the things that, in fact, our own BP leadership does. Let’s take a moment to clarify this fantastic partnership that helps keep our community resilient.
King Tide Advisory for Tuesday, Wednesday
If you live or spend time on the beaches or low-lying areas, be aware of high King Tides Tuesday and Wednesday mornings this week (11/28 and 29).
This Giving Tuesday Support Bainbridge Prepares
This year for Giving Tuesday, you can support Bainbridge Prepares’ Island Resilience Campaign, to make Bainbridge safer and more resilient through growing community-focused programs like our Child Reunification Center, neighborhood-based Disaster Hubs, Emergency Volunteer Flotilla, and more than 20 Disaster Preparedness teams.
Water Storage Equipment Now Available at Bay Hay and Feed
Looking for ways to store water for emergencies? Local feed store Bay Hay and Feed now offers two excellent items to help you: water storage tanks and water stabilizer treatment.
BP Celebrates Two Important Anniversaries
Coincidentally, November features the work anniversaries of two of our favorite people: Loren Bast, our beloved executive director who makes miracles happen, and Anne LeSage, the multitasking wizard also known as Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of Bainbridge Island.
“If You Can’t Grow Food in Your Community, You Are Not Prepared”
John Fossett, the adult services librarian at the Bainbridge Public Library, once attended a virtual preparedness summit at which a woman said, “If you can’t grow food in your community, you are not prepared.”
Prepare in a Year Month 11: Shelter 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.
Giving Thanks/Holiday Meal Program
Last year, our “BIG WEELS” team partnered with Island Volunteer Caregivers, the Senior Center, St. Cecilia Church, Helpline House, the Rotary Club, main coordinator Laura Van Dyke, and many, MANY others to help deliver hot turkey dinners to individuals in need during some nasty winter weather.
Remembering Rick Nakata
Rick Nakata, a cherished volunteer known for his dedicated service to organizations like Bainbridge Prepares and the Bainbridge Island Fire Department, passed away from liver cancer on October 16, 2023.
Fall Back & Take a Few Steps Forward
The fall time change, which, in case you haven’t figured it out yet, happened last night, is a great reminder to take care of some semiannual home preparation tasks.
Time for a Family Discussion About the Child Reunification Center
More than 5,000 kids attend school, day care, or other programs on Bainbridge. On any given day, a good percentage of the parents/caretakers of those children may be working off island. What happens if on a school day a disaster occurs that shuts down the bridge and ferry system?
Getting Ready on a Budget
Getting prepared for disaster should not be an activity possible only for people with financial means. A community is not truly prepared unless everyone in it is prepared. There is no equity unless everyone is able to feel relatively safe.