BP Has a Busy Saturday
Bainbridge Prepares volunteers played three home games on Saturday May 9: They supported the Fire extinguisher event at the Winslow Wharf Marina, spoke to community members about emergency preparedness at the Farmers’ Market, and provided key support at the Trillium Run.
Fire Extinguisher Event
Bainbridge Prepares co-hosted the event with Eagle Harbor Yacht Club, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, and Cintas Fire Protection.
The well-attended event resulted in
78 fire extinguishers inspected and tagged.
30 new fire extinguishers sold (primarily to replace expired extinguishers).
40 extinguishers turned in for safe disposal.
80 expired handheld flared turned in for safe disposal.
47 shell-type flares turned in.
In addition, the Coast Guard Auxiliary performed boat safety inspections, Bainbridge Prepares volunteers staffed an information table for community education, and people were able to practice putting out fires using water-filled fire extinguishers.
Farmers’ Market
Map Your Neighborhood Team Leads Becky Poppleton, Christina Aitchison, and Dan Poppleton staffed the BP information table at the Market. They spoke to nearly 100 people including new residents and off-island and international visitors, encouraging them to visit the BP website and join the Prepare in a Year program.
About 30 kids and some engineering students from Seattle participated in Guess the Number of M&Ms for the chance to win a LifeStraw water bottle. The winner, who walked away with the jar of M&Ms and the water bottle, guessed 557 M&Ms—there were 560.
The winner of the M&Ms, Mason, with his parents
Trillium Run
Two teams supported the Trillium Run event: Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Traffic Control subteam.
The Traffic Control team worked the parking areas to eliminate fender-benders and gridlock.
The MRC deployed two full teams, one to Prue's House (in the Grand Forest East, on the course for the 10 KM runners) and the other to the race's start/finish line at Battle Point Park.
Amateur radio operators on both teams kept operations synchronized.
First Aid treatment covered a couple of falls, a few skinned elbows, some muscle aches, and one turned ankle.