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Get ready to rumble: A guide to earthquake preparedness
The Seattle Times has a good bit of information on being prepared in case of a major earthquake. Please click here for the full article.
PENINSULA EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GUIDE
Click here for a link to a publication aims to properly educate and prepare the people of Clallam and Jefferson counties for a Cascadia Subduction event to reduce risks and ensure our communities are well equipped to handle this worst-case scenario.
This is a large, almost 10 meg file so give it some time.
This is a large, almost 10 meg file so give it some time.
Don't Be a Statistic
Please click here for a printable version
FEMA projects that nearly thirteen thousand people will die in the projected 9.0 magnitude Cascadia earthquake and tsunami. Another twenty-seven thousand will be injured, and the agency expects that it will need to provide shelter for a million displaced people, and food and water for another two and a half million.
The emergency planners are saying that along the I-5 corridor it will take between one and three months after the earthquake to restore electricity, a month to a year to restore drinking water and sewer service, six months to a year to restore major highways, and eighteen months to restore health-care facilities. On the coast, and in rural areas those numbers go up dramatically.
In isolated areas, such as Gardiner, residents are likely to spend three to six months without electricity, one to three years without drinking water and sewage systems, and may be years without access to nearby hospitals. Those estimates do not apply to the tsunami-inundation zone, which will remain all but uninhabitable for years.
None of the support from FEMA or other governmental agencies will occur anytime soon. We have been told repeatedly that our community will be an island isolated from normal land access. If you are not prepared to survive under harsh conditions for an extended period of time, you will become a statistic. It may be weeks before professional responders can get to us.
Our community is spread out over a broad, hilly and forested area. Search and rescue efforts on foot to reach the approximately 350 residences will take days while dealing with aftershocks, downed trees, flooding, and injured victims. Realistically, there is no way that the small number of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members will be able to reach all our neighbors in a timely manner. Sadly, there will be victims we will not reach at all. They will become a statistic.
The average recurrence interval between the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes has been about every 243 years. It has been 315 years since the last occurrence. We are overdue! Please do not let apathy delay your efforts to prepare for this potentially deadly event. Now is the time to begin stockpiling water, non-perishable foodstuffs, medicines, sanitation items and pet supplies sufficient to care for your needs for a minimum of 30 days and preferably much longer.
Immediately following the first earthquake we must turn off the propane and water and must address critical family needs. Once it is safe to do so please check on your neighbors. Do not enter homes with significant damage.. Ask neighbors to come outside to you. If possible, take notes on the nature of your neighbor’s health conditions. Share this information with emergency responders to help with timely response.
Remember! Don’t be a statistic!
The following links may help you prepare:
http://www.clallam.net/emergencymanagement/documents/30dayemergencysupplies.pdf
https://www.fema.gov/media-librarydata/1390846764394dc08e309debe561d866b05ac84daf1ee/checklist_2014.pdf
http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m9440096_EmergencyPreparednessChecklist.pdf
https://youtu.be/XoatCzTY_k0
FEMA projects that nearly thirteen thousand people will die in the projected 9.0 magnitude Cascadia earthquake and tsunami. Another twenty-seven thousand will be injured, and the agency expects that it will need to provide shelter for a million displaced people, and food and water for another two and a half million.
The emergency planners are saying that along the I-5 corridor it will take between one and three months after the earthquake to restore electricity, a month to a year to restore drinking water and sewer service, six months to a year to restore major highways, and eighteen months to restore health-care facilities. On the coast, and in rural areas those numbers go up dramatically.
In isolated areas, such as Gardiner, residents are likely to spend three to six months without electricity, one to three years without drinking water and sewage systems, and may be years without access to nearby hospitals. Those estimates do not apply to the tsunami-inundation zone, which will remain all but uninhabitable for years.
None of the support from FEMA or other governmental agencies will occur anytime soon. We have been told repeatedly that our community will be an island isolated from normal land access. If you are not prepared to survive under harsh conditions for an extended period of time, you will become a statistic. It may be weeks before professional responders can get to us.
Our community is spread out over a broad, hilly and forested area. Search and rescue efforts on foot to reach the approximately 350 residences will take days while dealing with aftershocks, downed trees, flooding, and injured victims. Realistically, there is no way that the small number of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members will be able to reach all our neighbors in a timely manner. Sadly, there will be victims we will not reach at all. They will become a statistic.
The average recurrence interval between the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes has been about every 243 years. It has been 315 years since the last occurrence. We are overdue! Please do not let apathy delay your efforts to prepare for this potentially deadly event. Now is the time to begin stockpiling water, non-perishable foodstuffs, medicines, sanitation items and pet supplies sufficient to care for your needs for a minimum of 30 days and preferably much longer.
Immediately following the first earthquake we must turn off the propane and water and must address critical family needs. Once it is safe to do so please check on your neighbors. Do not enter homes with significant damage.. Ask neighbors to come outside to you. If possible, take notes on the nature of your neighbor’s health conditions. Share this information with emergency responders to help with timely response.
Remember! Don’t be a statistic!
The following links may help you prepare:
http://www.clallam.net/emergencymanagement/documents/30dayemergencysupplies.pdf
https://www.fema.gov/media-librarydata/1390846764394dc08e309debe561d866b05ac84daf1ee/checklist_2014.pdf
http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m9440096_EmergencyPreparednessChecklist.pdf
https://youtu.be/XoatCzTY_k0
Help Gardiner Prepare with a Tax Deductible Donation
This is a fairly long but important bit of information concerning preparation for an emergency. Below is a small excerpt. Please click here to read the entire article. The main point is that the Gardiner Community could use your help in funding in case of an emergency.
Please click here for the entire article.
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The timing of a disastrous event is impossible to forecast. Geologists are strongly encouraging us to prepare now! The items needing funding mentioned above are high priority items. Not everyone is able to actively participate in emergency response. However, everyone can contribute to the survivability of our community.
For that reason, your Community Emergency Response Team is asking you to consider an annual tax-deductible donation of any amount to the "Gardiner Salmon Derby Association" earmarked for "Community Emergency Response".
Because the Gardiner Salmon Derby Association is a 501-(c)(3) non-profit organization all donations are tax deductible and donors will receive a receipt for their contribution for tax purposes. Donations may be mailed to the Gardiner Salmon Derby Association, PO Box 357, Sequim, WA 98382 or given to Pete Erickson, Treasurer of the Gardiner Salmon Derby Association. Enter “Community Emergency Response” in the remarks section of your checks.."
Please click here for the entire article.
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The timing of a disastrous event is impossible to forecast. Geologists are strongly encouraging us to prepare now! The items needing funding mentioned above are high priority items. Not everyone is able to actively participate in emergency response. However, everyone can contribute to the survivability of our community.
For that reason, your Community Emergency Response Team is asking you to consider an annual tax-deductible donation of any amount to the "Gardiner Salmon Derby Association" earmarked for "Community Emergency Response".
Because the Gardiner Salmon Derby Association is a 501-(c)(3) non-profit organization all donations are tax deductible and donors will receive a receipt for their contribution for tax purposes. Donations may be mailed to the Gardiner Salmon Derby Association, PO Box 357, Sequim, WA 98382 or given to Pete Erickson, Treasurer of the Gardiner Salmon Derby Association. Enter “Community Emergency Response” in the remarks section of your checks.."
STEUPUP
STEPUP Special Training in Emergency Preparedness for Unique People Brought to you by The Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management
A Special Four-part Series for People with Functional & Access Needs (People with Disabilities, Senior Citizens and Vulnerable Populations)
Please click here for full information
A Special Four-part Series for People with Functional & Access Needs (People with Disabilities, Senior Citizens and Vulnerable Populations)
Please click here for full information
Emergency Preparedness
There is an increasing interest in how to prepare for natural disasters, earthquake, floods, tsunami, and the like.
This first section deals primarily with causes and overall impact.
In April, CCFD 3 Asst. Fire Chief, Dan Orr gave, what we affectionately call, the “Chief Doom” presentation to a Miller Peninsula audience at the Jamestown tribal center. The following YouTube link takes you to a video made of that presentation. It is basically, the same presentation given to our Gardiner community late last year. The presentation is introduced by Francisco de la Cruz, Gardiner CERT member who lives on East Sequim Bay Rd. and Mark Ozias, county commissioner.
https://youtu.be/XoatCzTY_k0
This link below is a video of Jim Buck and Washington National Guard and others’ hour-long presentation to a state legislative work session. We all need to see the entire presentation. The first presenter spends time on earthquakes. The impact and response to one is addressed by the 3 remaining presenters. Jim’s presentation about Clallam County impacts begins about the 22 minute mark. This is not a surviving in your home presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjbBx6tMfR0&feature=youtu.be
This is a BBC documentary on the rupture of the Cascadia Zone fault.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR95-T6DvQM
This first section deals primarily with causes and overall impact.
In April, CCFD 3 Asst. Fire Chief, Dan Orr gave, what we affectionately call, the “Chief Doom” presentation to a Miller Peninsula audience at the Jamestown tribal center. The following YouTube link takes you to a video made of that presentation. It is basically, the same presentation given to our Gardiner community late last year. The presentation is introduced by Francisco de la Cruz, Gardiner CERT member who lives on East Sequim Bay Rd. and Mark Ozias, county commissioner.
https://youtu.be/XoatCzTY_k0
This link below is a video of Jim Buck and Washington National Guard and others’ hour-long presentation to a state legislative work session. We all need to see the entire presentation. The first presenter spends time on earthquakes. The impact and response to one is addressed by the 3 remaining presenters. Jim’s presentation about Clallam County impacts begins about the 22 minute mark. This is not a surviving in your home presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjbBx6tMfR0&feature=youtu.be
This is a BBC documentary on the rupture of the Cascadia Zone fault.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR95-T6DvQM
MAKE A CHECK LIST
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Very Important! Do not procrastinate get that checklist done. FEMA and the Red Cross have suggestions. I have also included a Microsoft Word version that you can download and edit. Microsoft has a free version of Office you can use for editing. I have not tried the online version.
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Turn Off Utilities
Regardless of type of emergency you should be prepared to turn off your utilities, gas, water, etc. Please see https://ccfd3.org/uploads/Community%20Outreach/Earthquake%20Safety.pdf
Earthquake
Things to do before, during, and after an earthquake - https://ccfd3.org/uploads/Community%20Outreach/Earthquake%20Safety.pdf