Prepared Neighborhoods

Prepared Neighborhoods is a new citizen-led initiative from Sustainable Bainbridge to promote emergency preparedness for no-power and low-power situations. This initiative ties into and promotes the five-year emergency preparedness plan led by our Fire Department.

Emergencies could include both short-term no-power scenarios, such as winter storms, and medium-term low-power scenarios as when an earthquake affects bridge access and interrupts food and fuel delivery. We seek to learn together and provide mutual aid at both an individual street and larger neighborhood level. Through strong local relationships as neighbors, our town can weather any storm.

• Bainbridge Fire Department: helping citizens become part of the solution in our own neighbiorhoods
• Bainbridge Police Department: including a map of where you can find written Incident Updates posted during emergencies
• Map Your Neighborhood program materials
  
• Preparedness talk by Fire Chief Hank Teran
  
• Preparedness talk by Phyllis Mann, Director of Kitsap County Office of Emergency Management (KCDEM))
• Kitsap County: emergency management resources
• One page summary "Storms Happen" for winter storm preparation; more details at Ready.gov.

Twitter is a useful tool for citizens staying in touch with professionals during an emergency. Here's the quick reference guide for Twitter communication: @bainbridgefire (Fire Dept), @InsideBI911 (Inside Bainbridge), and @Kitsapdem (KCDEM).

You can sign up for regional alerts and warnings, and report power outages to PSE by calling (888) 225-5773.

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