Tsunami & Earthquake Games!

Securing the D Block for Public Safety–without major fees to telecommunication companies

• John Cornelison
• 6/12/11

There is critical legislation regarding public safety organizations’ ability to communicate – without paying telecommunication companies huge fees (subsidies?!). A reprint on one side of this issue follows. (Note that VashonBePrepared has not taken a stance on this or any other legislative to date. We may in the future – our 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status only prevents us from spending a “substantial” portion of our budget for influencing legislation.)

Store food & water–or secure your furniture? Maybe do both…

• John Cornelison
• 5/10/12

National Public Radio’s Lucy Craft has a number of interesting posts about life in Japan post last year’s tsunami and earthquake. Today’s post, “After The Quake, Japanese Shop For Survival”, notes that local stores are selling lots of all-in-one emergency flashlights-radios-etc. – but concludes with the observation from one survivor of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, “city dwellers should focus on how to keep their furniture from crushing them alive” – not storing food as that will quickly arrive.

Emergency Preparedness & Response - 24 Hours Packed with Skills OR A 44-hour Course to Prepare You to Serve on the Response Team

• John Cornelison
• 3/10/18

Vashon Island CERT:

• Sponsored by Vashon Island Fire & Rescue….CERT is both a basic course and an active local team of citizens prepared to support the Fire Dept. or Sheriff
• A partner with VashonBePrepared, the local network of citizen groups and government agencies dedicated to leading our island in preparedness and response