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Preparedness is Everyone’s job ! During the first few hours or days following a disaster, essential emergency services may not be available. Being 2 WEEKS READY at home is  the most important  thing you can do to help your family and the community​
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Below are some quick references to start planning and building your supplies
​​Washington Emergency Management Division recommends every family to be prepared to be on their own for a minimum of two weeks. (Click any item for more information)
  • TWO WEEK PLANS
  • ​Personal
  • ​Family
  • Children
  • Pets
  • Seniors
  • ​Until Help Arrives​
  • Home  -  Appartment  -  Mobile  
  • Work
  • Vehicle
  • Neighborhoods​
  • Disabilities
  • Financial First Aid
  • ​Safe Kids​
NOTE: the Home  and the RESOURCES  have a lot more information that will help you.
Parents with children and/or participate in PTA - check this out
Northshore Council PTSA 6.10

Here is an overview presentation on how to prepare for a Disaster, Emergency, Power outage or Bad weather (contact Robin for more info)
PREPAREDNESS

Family

Be a 2 Weeks Ready Family and support our community.
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Below is are guides you can follow to plan, prepare and practice 
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​Plan

​​The focus is on getting  “2 Weeks Ready” for a potential devastating earthquake: ​
  1. How will I receive emergency alerts and warnings?
  2. ​What is my shelter plan?
  3. What is my evacuation route?
  4. What is my family/household communication plan?
  5. You don't have to do it all at once. Prepare in a Year or Do 1 Thing
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Create a Plan 
  • Develop an Emergency Plan
  • Emergency Plan for Parents
  • Prepare! a Resource Guide
  • Be smart. Take part. Document and Insure Your Property.​
  • Be Smart. Know Your Alerts and Warnings.
  • Be Smart. Protect Your Critical Documents and Valuables
  • Be Smart. Take Part. Create Your Family Emergency Communication Plan
  • Be Smart. Take Part. Create Your Family Emergency Communication Plan Wallet Cards
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Kids 

  • 2 Weeks Ready - Youth
  • Quakesafe Coloring Book
  • FEMA Kids Coloring 
  • Earthquakes for Kids 
  • SciJinks Weather Page 
  • FEMA for Kids
  • Mickey & Friends Disaster Preparedness 
  • ​​Without Warning Earthquake Comic Book English
  • Without Warning Tsunami Comic Book English
  • Without Warning Tsunami Comic Book Spanish
Register Yourself After The Disaster
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Prepare

​Supplies kit is simply a collection of basic items your household may need in the event of an emergency. Try to assemble your kit well in advance of an emergency. You may have to evacuate at a moment's notice and take essentials with you.
  • Kid's Guide to Building a Disaster Supply Kit  (thanks Mia & Katie)​
  • King 5 - Prepare for 2 Weeks (Video) 
  • ​Peparedness 
  • ​Disaster Supplies Kit (PDF)
  • Recommended Supplies List (PDF)
  • Disaster Preparedness Kit Supply List 
  • ​AMAZON Survival Kits​​
  • Urban Survival Bug-Out Bag
  • ​Emergency Kits
  • ​​2 Weeks Ready - Business
  • 2 Weeks Ready - Communications​
  • 2 Weeks Ready - Community
  • 2 Weeks Ready - First Aid
  • 2 Weeks Ready - Food
  • 2 Weeks Ready - Neighbors
  • 2 Weeks Ready - Pets and Livestock
  • 2 Weeks Ready - Seniors
  • 2 Weeks Ready - Shelter
  • 2 Weeks Ready - Water
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KITS you can buy

  • RED CROSS KITS
  • ​Emergency Kits (Modular)
  • SOS Survival Products
  • RED CROSS KITS
  • ​Costco Emergency Kits and Supplies
  • ​AMAZON Survival Kits
  • ​Going Gear
  • ​Thyrm Cell Vault
  • Emergency Essentials​
  • Augas Farms Food Kits
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(Click on images for HOME info)
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  • Threats and hazards facing Washington State
  • Individuals and Families
  • Pets
  • Neighborhoods
  • Businesses
  • Schools
  • Watch our Preparedness Videos (in multiple languages)
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WATER
  • EMERGENCY DISINFECTION OF DRINKING WATER​​
  • How to Get Emergency Drinking Water from a Water Heater
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​Map Your Neighborhood (MYN)

​You learn to be self-reliant as a neighborhood, to organize effectively and to help neighbors in need, so the community's emergency responders can attend to the large rescues and the ongoing restoration of services. Knowing our neighbors has a multiplying effect. Learn the first 9 Steps to Take Immediately Following a Disaster to secure your home and protect your neighborhood
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Practice

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  • Hold a home evacuation drill.
  • Choose a nearby meeting place.
  • Have a plan for reuniting.
  • Anticipate transportation failures.
  • Designate an out-of-state relative to be a check-in contact for everyone.
  • Mobile apps, like the Red Cross’ earthquake app, can allow family members to communicate.
  • Keep photos of family members and pets in your wallet, in case they turn up missing.
  • Text messages often go through when phone service is down.
  • Secure your home by closing and locking doors and windows.
  • Unplug electrical equipment such as radios, televisions and small appliances. Leave freezers and refrigerators plugged in unless there is a risk of flooding.​
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  • Finding Hidden Water in Your Home
  • If there is damage to your home and you are instructed to do so, shut off water, gas and electricity before leaving.
  • Leave a note telling others when you left and where you are going.
  • Wear sturdy shoes and clothing that provides some protection such as long pants, long-sleeved shirts and a hat.
  • Check with neighbors who may need a ride.

The Big Shaker: Feelin' the Quake
Raising earthquake awareness with 'Big Shaker' at Westlake Park The Seattle Office of Emergency Management and the Seattle Parks Department held a preparedness event at Westlake Park on October 11th. The event featured the 'Big Shaker' a 22 foot long earthquake simulator capable of simulating an 8.0 earthquake. Check out the action as covered by the Seattle Channel. 

Keep Connected

Keeping everyone connected when disaster strikes is a key component at the Snohomish County Emergency Coordination Center.
How would you make sure everyone is safe?

To avoid trouble with land lines, establish a pre-arranged contact out of state. If someone is trying to call home in the disaster zone, the call may not go through.

Your chances are better outside the zone.

“​Everybody calls grandma, tells them where they are, how they’re doing, and what they’re going to do,” said Honaker. “That way you have one point of contact who can help coordinate things.”
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Amateur radio operators (usually called HAM radios) are often the glue that hold communications together in an emergency. There are about 16,000 in Washington state.
HAM radios can reach anywhere in the world without the issues linked to phone and cell service. In fact, emergency officials across the state depend on volunteers to keep them connected when disaster strikes.  Learn More About Getting Licensed
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Bothell, WA - RISKS

Washington has the second highest risk in the U.S. of a large and damaging earthquake because of its geologic setting. 3 major earthquake threats are  Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ), Seattle Fault and  South Whidbey Island Fault 

​Earthquake

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South Whidbey Island Fault  
The South Whidbey Island Fault is dangerous. It’s significantly larger than the Seattle Fault, and South Whidbey could hand us a magnitude 7.5 earthquake. A 7.5-magnitude earthquake is capable of causing major destruction over a large area. It could also set off quakes on connected faults. Many of the other earthquake faults in the region could be connected to the South Whidbey in a system similar to the San Andreas fault in California. Because the South Whidbey fault is shallow, running beneath Mukilteo and southeast to Woodinville, south Snohomish County could be at increased risk, Snohomish County emergency services director John Pennington said. “The reality is when this earthquake hits, there will be some heavy losses,” he said. Snohomish County is better prepared now for such a quake than it was several years ago, Pennington said.
What to Expect Bothell, WA has a very high earthquake risk, with a total of 983 earthquakes since 1931. The USGS database shows that there is a 81.93% chance of a major earthquake within 50 Km (31 miles) of Bothell, in the next 50 years. The largest earthquake within 30 miles of Bothell, WA was a 5.8 Magnitude in 1996. (Click on picture)
  • ​​Southern Whidbey Island fault zone - Washington State Military ...
  • M 7.4 Scenario Earthquake - Southern Whidbey Island fault-southern
  • South Whidbey fault has potential for major quake | HeraldNet.com
  • Quake fault under Whidbey linked to potential mainland dangers 
  • Seattle's Faults: Maps That Highlight Our Shaky Ground ​
  • Earthquakes and Faults
  • ​Washington Geologic Information Portal  - gives specific location risk information
  • Earthquakes Near Bothell
  • Earthquake Information for Bothell
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​Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ)

 The Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) is a 600-mile fault that runs from northern California up to British Columbia. It is an overlapping joint between tectonic plates, part of the Earth’s crust that floats on layers of molten rock. 
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In-fact the "Cascadia" unleashed one of the world's biggest quakes,  thought to be about a 9.0 on the Richter scale. 
It made history,  causing the largest earthquake in the continental United States on January 26, 1700 (reference The Orphan Tsunami of 1700 and Full-Rip 9.0), It caused a tsunami so big that it rampaged across the Pacific and damaged coastal villages in Japan. Scientists say a quake of that size is due roughly every 300 to 500 years.
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The Cascadia is capable of delivering a 9.0-magnitude quake. The quake  is expected to last 2 to 5+ minutes and then a Tsunami of up to 50 feet in height will impact the coastal area. The temblor and resulting tsunami could kill more than 11,000 people and injure more than 26,000, according to one FEMA model. Currently, scientists are predicting that there is about approximately a 40 percent chance that a megathrust earthquake of 9.0+ magnitude in this fault zone will occur in the next 50 years. This event will be felt throughout the Pacific Northwest.
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The Nisqually earthquake on February 28, 2001, was a deep, magnitude 6.8 earthquake, lasted 40 seconds, 10 miles northeast of Olympia. One person died of a heart attack, hundreds were injured, and various estimates place damage at between $500 million and $4 billion. Exact figures are not available, as insurance claims information is not available.

Seattle Fault

The Seattle Fault is a zone of multiple shallow east-west thrust faults that cross the Puget Sound Lowland and through Seattle (in the U.S. state of Washington) in the vicinity of Interstate Highway 90.
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​It’s considered capable of a magnitude 7. That may not sound like much more than the magnitude 6.8 quake of 2001 based on the numbers, but that the Nisqually quake occurred some 30 miles underground. Then consider that the Seattle Fault is a complex of faults with various branches that run at or just below the surface.

“The risk is complicated, but there are millions of people who live in the Seattle area,” said Forson. “What we know about this fault is that it’s ruptured may times in the past…it will happen again. We just don’t know when.”
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Across the northern portion of Bainbridge Island, light radar or lidar images taken from airplanes clearly show (below) what geologists say is the Seattle Fault running right on the surface. Another piece can be seen under the elevated lanes of northbound Interstate 5 in South Seattle not far from the Rainier brewery.
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  • ​Study about the Seattle Fault line (2004)
With the current preparedness levels of Washington (read the Cascadia Rising Report 2016), we can anticipate being without services and assistance for at least 2 weeks, if not longer, when the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake occurs. While this will be difficult to overcome, our citizens, businesses, schools, government, and communities as a whole can take steps to get prepared. Take action now by actively planning and preparing yourself and your community to be ready for two weeks for disasters. READ MORE....
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What to Expect (click on picture for article):

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Taken from a "visualization" of the Alaskan Way viaduct during a major earthquake. Credit:Washington Department of Transporation

Disaster or Emergency Specific Information

Earthquakes
  • American Red Cross Safety Checklist
  • Washington is Earthquake Country
  • Earthquake Home Hazard Hunt
  • FEMA Earthquake Safety Checklist
Tsunami
  • Tsunami Awareness in Washington State
  • Tsunami Lessons Learned Poster
Volcano
  • U.S. Geological Survey
Wildland Fire
  • Wildland Fire Preparation
 Winter
  • Holiday Cooking Safety 
  • Holiday Fire Safety
  • Take Winter By Storm
  • Winter Driving Guide
  • House Maintenance List
  • High Winds Checklist
  • Heavy Rains Checklist
Flood
  • Flood Safety in Snohomish County
  • Avoiding Flood Damage: Checklist for Homeowners
  • Flash Floods
  • Flood Hazard Safety Checklist
  • Flood Insurance
  • Mold Prevention After Flood Damage
  • Repairing a Flooded Home
Hazardous Materials
  • Shelter In Place / Refugio en el Lugar
Health
  • Flu Facts
  • Seasonal Flu Checklist
​Landslides
  • A Homeowner's Guide to Landslides​
  • Map Montague Creek and SR-530 Landslides Aerial View
  • ​Map Montague Creek and SR-530 Landslides Lidar View
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Get Involved

Community
  • Map Your Neighborhood program
  • Neighborhood Ambassador​
Training
  • Ham Radio Licenses - ARRL
  • Adult First Aid, CPR, AED Ready Reference 
  • Pediatric First Aid, CPR, AED Ready Reference 
  • Emergency Wound Care After a Natural Disaster 
  • Traumatic Brain Injury 
  • First Aid, CPR Classes - Snohomish County Fire District 7
  • ​Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  • Citizen Corps Partner Programs
  • Preparedness & Education - Snohomish County Fire District 7 
  • Preparedness & Education Snohomish County Fire District 1

​Volunteer
  • Ways To Volunteer | Community Service | Red Cross
  • Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
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Survival 

  • Survival Mastery
  • Basic Survival Skills
  • Plan, Prepare, Protect
  • ​Prepper Website
  • Emergency Essentials
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Build a Kit
  • Emergency Kits (Modular)
  • ​Communication and Music (video)
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FOOD


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