For all the natural
beauty that surrounds us, we pay a price -- with the steep terrain, dry
weather half of the year, heavily wooded hillsides, fires, earthquakes
and other natural disasters, and proximity to San Francisco -- living here
requires a different attitude toward emergency preparedness than
most suburban communities.
Marin County Preparedness website is also a good resource.
Sarah Gordon, a library educator in Laramie, Wyoming suggested this site for earthquake preparedness. Who knew we had readers in Wyoming! Thanks, Sarah.
Home Preparedness - What to do in an Earthquake
And Jessica King, also in Laramie, Wyoming suggested this site for a guide on surviving tornadoes! We don't get many tornadoes in Mill Valley, but
here's how to prepare just in case.
Tornado Protection and Survival
The Southern Marin Emergency Response Planning
Group is offering a program of civilian emergency response training (CERT).
The intention of this training is to give volunteers a higher level of
basic skills in fire-fighting, search and rescue, disaster, medicine, and
preparedness.
The South Marin Fire Department's website
describes the CERT training as follows:
In the aftermath of the Loma Prieta
Earthquake, the importance of civilian volunteers during a disaster was
clearly demonstrated.
In a large disaster, the use of volunteers
may be even more widespread and more necessary. With this in mind, the
Southern Marin Emergency Response Planning Group (or CERT, Community Emergency
Response Team) has undertaken a program of civilian emergency response
training. The intention of this training is to give volunteers a higher
level of basic skills in firefighting, search and
rescue, disaster medicine, and preparedness.
This training will be utilized in three
specific ways:
1.Emergency Response Team
Members will be:
1.Better prepared in self-suffciency following a disaster.
2.Able to provide emergency assistance to their family and neighbors.
3.Able to work as a team in their neighborhood in the event of a disaster.
2.It is the groups' goal to
provide this training to the civilian population as identified and coordinated
by the neighborhood, work place, church, or other grouping.
The manual describes the course and includes
reference material. It is the groups reference for Emergency Response Team
capabilities
and their overall contribution to the
disaster preparedness of our area.
For information regarding the CERT training
in your area, please contact the person(s) listed below
City of Mill Valley:
Mike St. John
Mill Valley Fire Dept.
Phone 389-4130
Strawberry, Alto,Reedlands, Bel Aire:
Chief Chris Tubbs
Southern Marin Fire District
Phone 388-8182, Fax 388-8181
Tamalpais, Homestead Valley, Almonte:
Chief Chris Tubbs
Southern Marin Fire District
Phone 388-8182, Fax 388-8181
City of Sausalito:
Chief Chris Tubbs
Southern Marin Fire District
Phone 388-8182, Fax 388-8181
Tiburon/Belvedere:
Tiburon Fire District
Phone 435-7200, Fax 435-7205
Marin City:
Greg Jennings
Marin County Fire Dept.
Phone 446-4463 or 332-9120
Southern Marin Fire District Station #4:
309 Poplar Street
Tam Valley
Phone 380-1101
Corte Madera:
Corte Madera Fire Dept.
Phone 927-5077
