Twenty volunteers from the Medical Reserve Corps of Bainbridge Prepares gathered at Bainbridge Fire Station 21 this past Saturday, April 27, to refresh their skills in managing and inserting intravenous lines (IVs). The four-hour training was a collaboration between Bainbridge Prepares and the University of Washington Medical Center’s (UWMC) Community Partnership Council.

You can enhance your home and boat safety with a fire extinguisher upgrade May 11 at the Winslow Wharf Marina. The fire extinguisher and boat safety event—co-sponsored by BP, Eagle Harbor Yacht Club, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, and Peninsula Fire—is intended to help people keep their homes and vessels fire safe and Coast Guard–regulation compliant.

A healthy soil ecosystem can be the difference between an ok garden and a thriving one. In the Veg Club May 7 session learn why and how to support soil life easily to make your garden happier and more resilient. 

The Bainbridge Prepares Interpretation Team are those folks who show up during emergencies at Disaster BHubs and other key sites—such as at our numerous COVID vaccination and testing clinics—to provide language interpretation for people who don’t speak English. On May 24, they’re celebrating their skills and the community with a Spanish Dance Party at Sister’s Cider House.

At Bainbridge Prepares, we’ve got so much to appreciate this week, which is National Volunteer Week and, in the State of Washington, Volunteer Appreciation Week. That’s because more than 750 of you selflessly give of your time, energy, and creativity to help your community through the emergency preparedness and response efforts of Bainbridge Prepares.

On January 23, Futurist Bob Johansen (iftf.org) and community organizer Scott James (preparedneighborhoods.com) discussed “Being Future Ready in the Noisy Now” for an audience at Eagle Harbor Books. This 55-minute interactive conversation is now available for viewing on video.

FEMA Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah) in partnership with iThrive Games Foundation has just released Disaster Mind, an online educational game for teens designed to improve disaster decision-making skills.

The International Association of Emergency Managers is offering scholarships to full-time undergrad and full- and part-time graduate students pursuing degrees in emergency management, disaster management, or closely related fields.

PBS Terra is the branch of PBS Digital Studios that shows science and nature content. Their latest video on tsunamis—What's the ONE THING You Can Do To Survive a Tsunami? Cascadia Subduction Zone—focuses on the threat to our region,

The task for April is to prepare a go bag. This task involves gathering important items that you need to take with you when you have to leave quickly. But this is also a good time to prepare commuter and vehicle bags. A vehicle bag contains emergency supplies and stays in your vehicle. A commuter bag carries portable essentials and goes with you to school or to work.

Last Sunday evening, March 24, Bainbridge Prepares hosted a Child Safety and Reunification Town Hall to address the issue of child reunification in disasters on the Island.

On Monday morning, March 25, the Bainbridge Island Fire Department (BIFD) asked the Bainbridge Prepares Technical Operations Team (TechOps) for support in responding to a water rescue. A boat was in distress on South Beach Drive, and BIFD wanted TechOps to provide drone observation of the boat.

In our April session, meet (virtually) the many beautiful, friendly, and powerful insects that protect our gardens from pests. Learn to support these often unseen and unappreciated allies so they're ready to go to work when pests arrive. It’s easier and more fun than you might think. Everyone everywhere at all levels of experience is welcome.

It is with sadness that we learned today of the passing of Tom Ettel.

The Bainbridge Prepares Child Safety and Reunification Town Hall happens tomorrow March 24, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Team can answer all your questions about emergency water storage and emergency sanitation. You’ll find team representatives at Bay Hay and Feed Saturday, March 23.

A partnership between Bainbridge Prepares, the City, the Bainbridge Island Police Department, the Bainbridge Island Fire Department, and the Kitsap Public Health District is offering training to the public on how to respond to drug overdose.

The March 2024 session of Veg Club—Want to grow food better, earlier, and longer?—is now available online.

Early this year, Bainbridge Prepares lost a dear friend and colleague. Marit Saltrones died on January 2 in her Seattle apartment after a long illness. She was 69.

This month, we’re focusing on sustainable water storage and conservation tips to make sure you have a safe and clean water supply when you need it most.