Sheriff Marin County In Partnership With Our Communities
    

 

Individual and Family


You should begin a process of learning about potential threats to become better prepared to react during a natural or man-made disaster or other emergency. While there is no way to predict what will happen, or what your personal circumstances will be, there are simple things you can do now to prepare yourself and your loved ones.

Some of the things you can do to prepare for an emergency or disaster, such as assembling a supply kit and developing a family communications plan, are the same for both a natural or man-made emergency. However, there are important differences among disasters that will impact the decisions you make and the actions you take. With a little planning and common sense, you can be better prepared for the unexpected.

Get Ready Marin—this free two-hour disaster preparedness course trains Marin residents on how to prepare for, survive through, and recover from any type of disaster.  Classes are held throughout Marin County.  Multiple languages.  Click here for links to Get Ready classes in your town.

 

72hours.org—online information on how to prepare yourself and loved ones for any major emergency or disaster.

American Red Cross—learn how to prepare yourself or loved ones for any disaster with an online or in-person disaster preparedness course or materials.  First Aid, CPR, AED, Pet First Aid and other classes also available.  Multiple languages.

Bolinas Disaster Council--offers free disaster preparedness training in your neighborhood in Bolinas.  Also provides a household preparedness checklist.  Contact bolinasdavid@gmail.com for details.

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)--Public safety agencies will not have the resources to be everywhere at once and some residential areas may be isolated.  The CERT training program provides you with the skills to take care of yourself, your loved ones, and help your neighbors following a disaster.  CERT is a series of classes that covers general emergency preparedness, disaster first aid, hazardous materials, light search and rescue, fire prevention and suppression, working as a team, basic Incident Command System, and includes a disaster simulation.  Download the Marin County CERT Student Manual.

 Fairfax Disaster Council—offers free disaster preparedness training for individuals and businesses in your Fairfax neighborhood.  Contact Michael Rock at mrock@townoffairfax.org for details.

Hamilton Wireless—conducts classes to help you acquire an amateur radio license and offers communications classes after you are licensed on radio basics, on-air protocols, nets and passing messages.

Inverness Disaster Council-- offers free disaster preparedness training in your neighborhood in Inverness.  Contact mejanevait@gmail.com for details.

Marin County Fire Department—provides disaster preparedness, fire safety, evacuation, CPR, and defensible space trainings or materials.  Also conducts school fire safety drills.

Marin County Office of Education—preparedness materials are available for parents/guardians and school staff.

Marin County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services—Provides emergency preparedness guidance through brochures and pamphlets on all hazards that can affect the county including earthquake, tsunami, wildland fire, flooding, landslides, hazardous materials, mass casualty events and terrorism.  Hazard explanations, effects that will result, mitigation efforts to reduce the hazard’s results, and measures to be taken to survive are covered in these materials.  Multiple languages.

Mill Valley Emergency Preparedness Commission—Free two-hour fire class for residents to learn about fire risk in your area and what you can do about it (fire safe landscaping, evacuations, etc.).  Offered August through October. 

San Geronimo Valley Disaster Council--offers free disaster preparedness training in your neighborhood in San Geronimo Valley.  Also provides brochures and checklists.  Contact basha@disasterreadyconsultants.com.