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The Basics of Personal & Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness Overview Woodside Fire Protection District (WFPD) & our unique risks Stay Informed Get Ready Make a Plan Engaging with Your Neighbors Next Steps &

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The Basics of Personal & Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness

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Overview

  • Woodside Fire Protection District (WFPD) & our

unique risks

  • Stay Informed
  • Get Ready – Make a Plan
  • Engaging with Your Neighbors
  • Next Steps & Getting More involved
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Keeping it Real – The Facts

  • WFPD Resources

and Responsibilities

  • Town Responsibility
  • Personal Responsibility
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Stay Informed

www.SMCAlert.info – Primary notification system Portola Valley AM Emergency Broadcast: 1680 www.AirNow.gov Primary Radio Stations

  • KCBS AM 740
  • KQED FM 88.5
  • KSJO FM 92.3
  • KZST FM 100.1
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Keeping it Real – The Facts

  • Our Threats
  • Wildland Fire
  • Earthquakes
  • Landslides
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Ready – Wildfire Resiliency

  • Defensible Space
  • Hardening Your Home
  • Making a Plan
  • Go-Kit
  • Evacuate
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Get Ready - Outside

Firefighters need enough room around your home to defend it!

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Your Role as a Home Owner

Prevent Ignitions Maintain Access & Evacuation routes Maintain roofs Landscape smart Build with ignition resistant materials

Keep brush off roads

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Get Ready - Outside

Roofs: The most vulnerable part of your home. Eaves: Make sure eaves are clear of debris. Vents: Cover all vents with 1/8 inch or smaller metal mesh screening. Windows: Install tempered dual paned windows. Decks: Keep under your deck clear and use ignition resistant decking materials when possible.

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Seriously, Wood Decks

… pose special threats of ignition, and of spreading to the home. Fences too…

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Get Ready – Your Family

Cloud of Smoke

  • Make A Plan
  • Include all members of your household
  • Know all ways out
  • Have an out of state contact
  • Review it regularly
  • Assemble a Go-Kit
  • Include a list of essential items to pack
  • Don’t forget supplies for pets
  • Fill your gas tank
  • Park facing exit
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Before an Evacuation If there is time…

  • Inside Your House
  • Shut windows, close blinds
  • Turn of gas at the meter
  • Remove lightweight window coverings
  • Outside Your House
  • Gather flammable items from around deck/porch
  • Shut off Propane
  • Do not lock doors
  • Leave exterior lights on
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EVACUATION

A majority of the people who die in wildfires do so because they left too late.

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EVACUATION

  • Don’t wait to be told to

evacuate.

  • Obey all evacuation orders.
  • Drive calmly with your

headlights on for visibility.

  • Do not block the access

roadways.

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AFTER Wildfire

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Ready – EARTHQUAKES

When the Earth Shakes

  • Earthquake Proofing
  • Making a Plan
  • Disaster Supplies
  • During and After
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Get Ready - Before

  • Anchor heavy furniture
  • Secure appliances and office equipment
  • Secure cabinet doors with childproof fasteners
  • Locate and label gas, electricity and water shutoffs
  • Secure water heaters
  • Have flexible gas lines installed
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Get Ready - Before

  • Store heavy and breakable objects
  • n low shelves
  • Secure bookshelves and water

heaters

  • Move beds away from windows
  • Move or secure hanging objects
  • ver beds, sofas or chairs
  • Keep shoes and a flashlight in a bag

tied to a bed leg

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Get Ready – Make a Plan

  • Collect
  • Information
  • Share
  • With all members
  • Practice
  • Meet to review and practice

Search for open shelters by texting SHELTER and a Zip Code to 43362. Ex: Shelter 01234 (standard rates apply)

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Get Ready - Before

FOOD

  • You like
  • Require little or no cooking
  • r water for prep
  • Require no refrigeration
  • Do not increase thirst (e.g.

low salt)

  • Meet the needs of all

members

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Get Ready - Before

STORAGE

  • Inspect your food cache every 3 months
  • Use a marking pen to write your food’s

expiration date

  • Store in a cool, dark, dry place
  • Store food in airtight or tightly sealed

plastic or metal containers

  • Have a way to open & cook your food
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Get Ready - Before

WATER

  • Storage
  • Replacement
  • Disinfection
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Earthquakes – DURING

  • Do NOT get in a

doorway

  • Do NOT run outside
  • Do NOT believe

“triangle of life”

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Earthquakes - After

  • Make sure you and

your family are ok

  • Assess for damage
  • Check on your

neighbors

  • www.SafeandWell.org
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Earthquakes - After

UTILTIES Locate and label gas, electricity and water shutoffs

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You Are the Help Until Help Arrives

  • Call 9-1-1;
  • Protect the injured from harm;
  • Stop bleeding;
  • Position the injured so they can breathe; and
  • Provide comfort.
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First Aid Basics

  • Most likely injuries you will encounter:
  • Lacerations (cuts, bleeding)
  • Abrasions (scrapes)
  • Burns
  • Orthopedic Injuries (sprains, broken bones, neck & spine injuries
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Personal Safety

  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Gloves
  • Eye Protection
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First Aid - Cuts

  • Cuts
  • Control bleeding (pressure using gauze, elevation, wrapping with Kerlex,

lastly a tourniquet)

  • Disinfect the wound (Betadine solution or swab)
  • Close deep wounds (Steri-strips)
  • Dress the wound (sterile gauze, wrap wound if necessary with Kerlex or

Coban)

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First Aid - Scrapes

  • Scrapes
  • Control bleeding
  • Clean wound, remove particles (betadine solution, saline solution,

tweezers)

  • Dress wound (sterile gauze, tape, or kerlex wrap)
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First Aid - Burns

  • Burns
  • Cool the wound – 20 minutes cool water
  • Sterile Saline, sterile gauze or burnshield
  • Dress the wound (sterile gauze)
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First Aid – Sprains/Fractures

  • Sprains and Fractures
  • Ice
  • Elevate
  • If bone is protruding through skin, cover it (kerlex)
  • Immobilize (splint, ace wrap)
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Shock

Signs

  • Rapid and shallow breathing
  • Nausea, person feels cold
  • Failure to follow simple commands, such as

“Squeeze my hand” Treatment

  • Look for signs of injury
  • Lay person down
  • Elevate feet
  • Keep warm
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Get Ready – First Aid Kit

Fast and Easy Way to Get a Kit Together

  • Buy a basic premade kit
  • Supplement it with the items most likely to be

needed

  • Take contents out of packaging and familiarize

yourself

  • Arrange in order in they would be needed i.e.

gloves on top

  • Divide items into type of injury they would be used

for

  • Refresh kit after each use
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Ready Family First Aid Kit

For Purchase Online at: www.WPV-Ready.org $90.00

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If You Haven’t Already…

Make Sure You

  • Have working smoke

alarms and carbon monoxide alarms

  • Know how to use a Fire

Extinguisher – P.A.S.S.

  • Regularly check your

household appliances for wear and tear

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Know Your Neighbors

In an emergency your neighbors may be the only people available to help. Don’t wait until after a disaster to equant yourself with your neighborhood.

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Engaging Your Neighbors

  • Plan get-togethers regularly
  • Suggest a preparedness “theme”
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Call to Action

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Next Steps

  • Go to www.WPV-CERT.org and sign up for CERT
  • Supplemental Training - First Aid, CPR
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Thank You!!!

Selena Brown Public Education Officer/Emergency Prep Coordinator selenab@woodsidefire.org 650.423.1406 Vicki Coe CERT Instructor, Resident Emergency Prep Leader vickicoe@sbcglobal.net Emerson “Chip” Swan CERT Instructor, Resident Emergency Prep Leader emerson@cygnusoft.com