| EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION |
- To become part of our Block Preparedness community network,
contact us at epvolunteer@paneighborhoods.org
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EVENTS
Council & PAUSD have declared September as Emergency Preparedness month |
- SEPTEMBER 6: Greenmeadow “Emergency Preparedness Show and Tell” with PANDA trailer at
their Labor Day picnic from 5:30-7:30 in the park.
- SEPTEMBER 11: Quakeville -- A City Sponsored pilot program for neighbors to experience what
life would be like in a major disaster. The event will be based on an earthquake scenario and will feature
an overnight camp out with centralized information on status and relief efforts. There will be PAN
Neighborhood and Block Preparedness Coordinators, PANDAs and HAMs (ARES/RACES). There will
be a first aid tent with demos conducted by the Red Cross and the Boy Scouts. Also there will be
an emergency preparedness show-and tell. Location Juana Briones Park starting at 3:30PM.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Lydia Kou at lkou@apr.com.
- SEPTEMBER 11: Open House for the Mobile Emergency Operations Center (MEOC) at 4pm
at Juana Briones Park. PANDA trailers will also be on-site.
- SEPTEMBER 11: Airport Day from 10 Am to 4 PM. See http://www.paloaltoairport.aero/. The event
showcases the Palo Alto Airport, showing the many useful functions that the airport supports. There
will be displays of all kinds of airplanes from vintage aircraft dating from prior to WWII to modern
aircraft withthe latest Electronic Navigation Equipment.
- SEPTEMBER 13: Council Study Session on Emergency Preparedness (Citizen Corps Council)
at 6PM at City Hall - Council Conference Room.
- SEPTEMBER 18: Safety Faire at USGS, 345 Middlefield in Menlo Park from 10AM until 2:00 PM.
Stop by the Palo Alto/Stanford Citizen Corps Council tables. This FREE faire features family
preparedness.
Participants will have an opportunity to meet with the many preparedness stakeholders.
There will be give-aways, demos and lectures by USGS.
Please note: The CCC plans a safety faire on May 1, 2011 at the Stanford Shopping Center.
- SEPTEMBER 21: New 2 hour class - Personal Preparedness, a Palo Alto adaption of the national
“Get Ready” curriculum. View flyer.
Location: Friends meeting hall 957 Colorado (between Greer and Louis) at 7PM.
Contact: epvolunteer@paneighborhoods.org.
- SEPTEMBER 22: California Hospital Association meeting in Sacramento -
presentation by Officer Ken Dueker on "active shooter"
- SEPTEMBER 23: California Hospital Association meeting in Sacramento -
presentation by Bernadette Burnes-Line of Stanford on "drive through triage" b
- SEPTEMBER 25: PANDA Triage & treatment class from 9 AM to 4 PM at Cubberely H6.
- SEPTEMBER 26: Annual Midtown Ice Cream Social, featuring community building PLUS ice cream,
chili, popcorn and more. Community information tables will include emergency preparedness
information and how to get families supplied.
Location: Hoover Park -- Cowper near Colorado
- OCTOBER 3: Gamble Garden Community Day includes a neighborhood and preparedness focus
with tables for both PAN (Palo Alto Neighborhoods) and Emergency Preparedness.
Location: 1431 Waverley.
- OCTOBER 7: Stanford Campus wide evacuation. Time - unannounced, start with campus sirens.
- OCTOBER 9: NPC/BPC Training -- 10AM Foothill Auditorium at Cubberley Campus.
View flyer.
- OCTOBER 21: Awards Ceremony and Keynote in City Council Chambers with a kick off by
City Manager Jim Keene, 7 PM.
- OCTOBER 21: The Great California Great Shake Out - www.shakeout.org. Various organizations
(City Hall, Red Cross, etc.) will Duck, Cover and Hold at 10:21 AM.
- OCTOBER 21: Open House for the Mobile Emergency Operations Center (MEOC), at 5pm before
the awards ceremony -- outside city hall.
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 Block Preparedness Coordinator Program
BPC Emergency/Disaster Preparedness Committee Purpose
Neighborhood Disaster Preparedness Introduction
Block Coordinator Program printable brochure
Block Coordinator Program Manual 
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| Order Preparedness Supplies |
| Sign up for Palo Alto CANS (the Community Alert and Notification System) |
| Neighborhood Lessons Learned from the recent power outage |
| Photos from the June 19 EP Drill |
| How to fill and use sandbags.
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| See Updated Flu Information.
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Learn more about The Association Of PANDA (Palo Alto Neighborhood
Disaster Assistance) -- see also District 3 News |
| In next 30 years, more than 99% chance of 6.7 or larger earthquake. (article) |
| Disaster Preparedness is Big Business in Palo Alto (Palo Alto Weekly) |
City Council Review of the City Emergency Management/Operations Plan
City Presentation to Council PAN Presentation to Council |
| Pandemic Influenza Presentation |
| May 2009 PAN Emergency Preparedness
Celebration and Awards Event
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| PAN Emergency Preparedness Fair photos and presentation to Council |
Red Cross Safe and Well website
If you have been affected by a disaster, this website provides
a way for you to register yourself as “safe and well.” |
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