Bellevue Site Safety Summit Introduction to CERT April 13, 2017

DISASTER VS EMERGENCY Types: Natural, Technological, Intentional Qualities of a Disaster: Unexpected Emergency personnel overwhelmed: 85,000/20 Lives, health, and the environment are endangered

Preparing for Disaster Disaster planning doesn’t have to be Complicated Expensive Time-consuming

Concentric circles of preparedness

Prepare in a Year

Have a plan Food and water for at least 2 weeks Supplies: radio, flashlight, fire extinguisher Evacuation and Transportation: home, work, school, place of worship Meeting place and out-of-area contact Important documents

Have Emergency Supplies Ready Food and water Hygiene Cooking equipment First Aid Clothing and bedding Medication Rescue equipment Tools

One Gallon of Water Per Person, Per Day

Go-bags for the Home and Car

Fire Extinguishers for Home and Car

Program designed to help neighborhoods prepare for disasters

Invite the Neighbors! Get supplies and support from your OEM or the State Define “neighborhood” Print invitations Personally invite neighbors Post sign Reminds folks Marks meeting location

Your MYN Meeting “Shingle” 9 Steps – After Disaster Neighborhood Gathering Site Skills / Equipment Inventory Neighborhood Mapping Map and Contact List Help / OK Cards DVD “Shingle”

Make a Map

Develop Contact List Gather information from everyone in the neighborhood even those who did not attend Note assistance needs frail elderly, disabled homes with small children, pets Distribute to everyone

Develop skills and supplies list Use the shingle as a starting point Get information from those who were not present at the meeting Share the information with all neighbors

Community Emergency Response Team Training CERT training uses a FEMA curriculum to help you prepare to help your household, your neighbors, and your community in the event of a disaster when emergency services are unable to reach you in a timely manner.

BOOK LEARNIN’

Search and Rescue

Fire Suppression

Medical Triage and Disaster First Aid

The Incident Command System

Other Topics Include Terrorism and CERT Disaster Psychology

Disaster Simulation Final Exam

Kirkland CERT #13

Emergency Coordination Fire Police Public Works Volunteers: ARES King County OEM State EMD FEMA

Sheltering Shelter Supplies: ADA cots, vests, pet crates Kirkland ARC Volunteer Shelter Team Partner with American Red Cross American Humane Society Local businesses Local churches

Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Amateur Radio (ham radio) volunteers Assist public safety agencies during disaster Fill communications void left by downed telephone lines and power outages - quickly linking and coordinating relief efforts. is integrated into the County and State Office of Emergency Management. ARES responders perform a number of tasks Back-Up Emergency Communications Inter-Agency Communications - connection Health and Welfare Information In non-emergencies, ARES volunteers may assist local authorities by providing supplemental communications for various local events

Emergency Information Subscribe to receive emails regarding local news and alerts www.rpin.org Contact your city OEM Emergency Information Hotline Contact your city OEM

More Emergency Information Radio stations with emergency broadcasts: NOAA KIRO 710 AM or 97.3 FM/KOMO 1000 AM or 97.7 FM Subscribe to receive emails regarding local news and alerts www.rpin.org