Mass casualty events can happen at anytime and anywhere. At your workplace, at the game, during your commute, or even at your house. This free Stop the Bleed training will equip participants with the knowledge to save lives. Upon completion, participants will be able to: •Describe the progressive strategy for controlling hemorrhage. •Demonstrate wound packing […]
This will be a Tabletop Exercise for new and beginning hub members and those looking for some additional hands-on practice. The scenario will be an "easy" earthquake, a 5.7 magnitude quake on the Whidbey Island fault line. All hubs are welcome to participate! No need to RSVP, just show up and bring your hub-mates.
Learn how to care for and respond to injuries after a major disaster when 9-1-1 is overwhelmed or unavailable. This session provides practice on how to recognize and treat life-threatening conditions, how to conduct a patient assessment and how to creatively use household items as first aid materials. *First Aid certification is not given for […]
This hands-on practice workshop will help us hone our message passing skills. It's important to make sure that our messages are captured and passed accurately and efficiently and the focus will be the techniques to make that happen. The ACS team has a specific protocol and format and we should all get practiced on how […]
Help reduce damage caused during an earthquake. Learn to become an informed consumer or how to do home retrofit yourself. Retrofit experts will show how to assess your home’s needs and how to use the City of Seattle’s pre-engineered Home Retrofit plans to permit and retrofit your home. Learn more about the retrofit process and […]
Mass casualty events can happen at anytime and anywhere. At your workplace, at the game, during your commute, or even at your house. This free Stop the Bleed training will equip participants with the knowledge to save lives. Upon completion, participants will be able to: •Describe the progressive strategy for controlling hemorrhage. •Demonstrate wound packing […]
You are invited to this kickoff meeting of the Homer Harris area neighbors, working to organize a disaster/earthquake preparedness emergency hub. Special guest is Sandi Doughton, Seattle Times Science reporter and author of "Full Rip 9.0; the Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.
Doors open at 6:30 for visiting and light snacks, meeting starts at 7:00. This is our regular meeting to share information about citywide activities and what each hub is doing. If Zoom conference is added for this meeting, details will come out in the agenda.
Learn how a hub works at this tabletop exercise (inside, around a table) where we talk about the major functions of a hub and how a hub is laid out. South Park has a hub location and Georgetown is exploring how to get a hub established, so if you live in those neighborhoods, please attend. […]
An Urban Skills Fair is an event where you can visit multiple skill and information teaching booths, designed to help you be prepared for emergencies and learn skills that you can use in any situation where normal life is interrupted. At this event, they will be giving away 100 free emergency toilets, don't miss out! […]
