Planning

EMERGENCY KIT
Household Registry Form
Family
Muir Beach Area Disaster Council
Marin County

Practicing

Preparing

Earthquake Preparation
Retrofitting Your Home
Fire Safe Home
Water & Food Kit
First Aid Kit

Where to Get Help

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PLANNING

EMERGENCY KIT

Disaster Supplies Kit
Muir Beach Area Disaster Council Recommended Food Supplies
Emergency Preparedness Calendar Checklist

We made it through the fire season without a burn, and the tsunami may have messed up Crescent City again, but it missed Muir Beach. We may be good, but we sure are lucky. And now the storm window is opening, and it looks like it might me another corker like last winter when our neighbors at the bottom of Shoreline were flooded out of their homes.

The Muir Beach Area Emergency Preparedness Committee has been meeting regularly. Its members have contacted their neighbors to distribute emergency preparedness information and to complete the Household Registries. More than two-thirds of these Household Registries are now on file with their Neighborhood Liaisons, the Muir Beach Volunteer Fire Department and the Emergency Preparedness Committee. We are better prepared than most communities, but we still have a long way to go.

In addition to making sure that all of our Household Registries are complete and up-to-date, the Emergency Preparedness Committee strongly recommends that each and every household have appropriate first aid, emergency and food supplies to last at least a week. Please check out the Disaster Supplies Kit and the Recommended Foods List for specific recommendations, and make sure that you, your family and your friends are prepared.

If all this emergency preparation and purchasing of supplies seems like a bit much at once, please consider the attached Emergency Preparedness Calendar Checklist and break your emergency preparations and purchases into twenty-six weekly installments. To help make this as easy as possible, please check this website and/or your community bulletin board once a week and we’ll post that week’s emergency suggestions.

Finally, the Emergency Preparedness Committee also feels that first aid, CPR and Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) should also be a high priority for as many of our neighbors as possible. Accordingly, we are scheduling a first aid and CPR class for the end of January and a CERT class for the beginning of March. We’ll publish the details shortly on this website.

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Household Registry Form

Muir Beach Residents, please download both pages of the Household Registry Form, fill them out, and put them in the Muir Beach Volunteer Fire Department mail box across from the Pelican Inn.

This Household Registry provides the information necessary to ensure that the Muir Beach community, its Volunteer Fire Department and other responders are prepared to take action knowledgably and effectively to everything from individual emergencies to regional disasters. It helps the community understand and organize the skills, equipment and supplies available. It has been completed by nearly everyone in the Muir Beach Area, and is provided to all new residents. If your Household Registry is not on file or needs to be updated, please download the attached Household Registry form and return it to the MBVFD Fire Chief John Sward in the Muir Beach Volunteer Fire Department mail box.

Household Registry Form - Page 1 (PDF)
Household Registry Form - Page 2 (PDF)
(Be sure to download and complete BOTH pages)

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Family

Preparing Your Family for an Emergency (PDF)

Family Communications Plan (PDF)

Tips for Preparing Children (PDF)

Tips for the Elderly (PDF)

Tips for the Physically Challenged (PDF)

Tips for Pet Owners (PDF)

Emergency Supplies Checklist (PDF)

Disaster Supplies Kit (PDF)

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Muir Beach Area Disaster Council

Neighborhood Liaison/Community Coordinator/Disaster Council Contacts (PDF)

Muir Beach Area Disaster Council: Definition and Tasks (PDF)

Muir Beach Area Emergency/Disaster Contingency Plan (PDF)

Organization and Structure Progression Guide (PDF)

Muir Beach Area Disaster Council Activation Chart (PDF)

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Marin County

Office of Emergency Services
www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/ES/main/index.cfm

Emergency Assistance Resources in Marin
www.marin.org/comres/emergency.cfm

PrepareNow.org
www.preparenow.org/marinccg.html

Marin County Schools Emergency Preparedness Services
http://mcoeweb.marin.k12.ca.us/emerprep/

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PRACTICING

Community Emergency Response Training (C.E.R.T.)

Information
http://southernmarinfire.sharepoint.apptix.net/cert.aspx

Training Manual
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/disaster/EEP/Cert_Man2005.pdf (PDF)

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First Aid

Mayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.com/health/FirstAidIndex/FirstAidIndex

First Aid Guide
www.firstaidguide.net/

Kids Health
http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe

Emergency Info for Parents and Caregivers
http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/sheets/emergency_contact.html

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CPR

Learn CPR: You Can Do it!
http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/

Pocket CPR Guide
http://www.d-r-d.com/383/pocket.html

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PREPARING

Earthquake Preparedness

Getting Ready for the Big One - Sunset Magazines complete guide

University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources Environmental Health & Safety
General Earthquake Safety

County of Marin Emergency Services - How to Strap Your Water Heater
www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/ES/main/Mitigation/h2oheat.cfm

How to Secure Your Furniture (PDF)

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Retrofitting Your Home

Why Bother to Retrofit Your Home
www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/ES/main/Mitigation/why_retrofit.cfm

ABAG Home Quake Safety Toolkit
www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/fixit/fixit.html

Plant fire resistant plants around your home - see this detailed list of firewise plants.
www.firesafemarin.org/plantlist.htm

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Fire Safe Home

Make Your Home Fire Safe (PDF)

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Water and Food Kit

Emergency Supplies Checklist (PDF)

Emergency Preparedness Calendar (PDF)

Emergency Supplies Checklist http://www.redcross.org/static/file_cont3615_lang0_1395.pdf (PDF)

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First Aid Kit

Assemble a first aid kit for your home and one for each car.

(20) adhesive bandages, various sizes.
(1) 5" x 9" sterile dressing.
(1) conforming roller gauze bandage.
(2) triangular bandages.
(2) 3 x 3 sterile gauze pads.
(2) 4 x 4 sterile gauze pads.
(1) roll 3" cohesive bandage.
(2) germicidal hand wipes or waterless alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
(6) antiseptic wipes.
(2) pair large medical grade non-latex gloves.
Adhesive tape, 2" width.
Anti-bacterial ointment.
Cold pack.
Scissors (small, personal).
Tweezers.
CPR breathing barrier, such as a face shield.

Non-Prescription Drugs

Aspirin or nonaspirin pain reliever
Anti-diarrhea medication
Antacid (for stomach upset)
Syrup of Ipecac (use to induce vomiting if advised by the Poison Control Center)
Laxative
Activated charcoal (use if advised by the Poison Control Center)

American Red Cross
www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_3_,00.html

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Where to Get Help

www.co.marin.ca.us/disaster/AgencyLinks/midc.cfm#disasterresources

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