Our eleventh annual Day of Preparedness saw more than 200 people visiting Fire Station 21 to learn about emergency preparedness and watch four key figures getting dunked in a very chilly dunk tank.

This is the weekend of readiness. On Saturday, come see us at our annual Day of Preparedness. On Sunday, join us for an afternoon garden party involving wine and emergency foods.

Saturday night’s (September 12) Birthday Bash and Fundraiser was a feel-good event.

Earthquake! As we learn how to adapt to new and more frequent, severe weather conditions, we have to expect more potential disasters.

Presented by the Food Resilience Team : A non-emergent emergency food tasting event with wine pairings, games, and demos.

Effective disaster response requires good planning, which comes from effective leadership. Your household leaders need to create communication plans, supply plans, transportation plans, and meet-up plans.

The Bainbridge Island Fire Department conducted a burn at the Bloedel Reserve on August 17. The Bainbridge Prepares TechOps Drone Team was there to support the operation.

A critical task, immediately after an earthquake, is to establish some form of communication. This is demonstrated well in This Is Chance!, a book written by islander Jon Mooallem about the 1965 Great Alaskan Earthquake. You might recognize this book as one of our community book reads.

You’re invited! Join us at our second Disaster Open House of the year, this time at Hyla. If you missed the last one (at Bethany Lutheran), if Hyla is your Hub, or if you’re just curious about how this Hub compares, stop by with your questions.

With 13 large wildfires currently burning in Washington State and more fires in British Columbia, Idaho, and Oregon, our air quality is, of course, being affected. In Washington State alone we’ve had 1,132 wildfires to date this year, burning 541,791 acres and sending our Air Quality Index (AQI) up into undesirable categories.

Rainwater catchment is great for both watering your food garden and maintaining an emergency water supply. Join us on our upcoming tour of a catchment system.

Meeting places are where we gather to exchange information, gather resources, and make a plan. In some situations, they’ll be where we go to get first aid.

It was a scenario no one likes to think about. A small airplane with nearly a dozen passengers aboard crashed into the Strait of Georgia during a thunderstorm and then burst into flames.

Although we had a dump of rain last week—0.60 inches—fire danger still lurks here and in neighboring communities. We’re four inches short of our average rainfall to date: 21.60 inches. Three major fires continue to burn in western Washington.

A disaster almost always means a power outage as well. How will you power the essentials when the lights go out?

The idea was for people to visit a Disaster Hub and talk to the people who know how to prepare: Bainbridge Prepares staff and volunteers. And that’s what happened. More than 120 visitors passed through the Bethany Lutheran Open House between 2 and 4 pm on June 7.

Want to grow food successfully and beautifully? Cynthia Carpenter, whose eye-catching garden you may have seen from north Highway 305, is one of the experts at Bay Hay, so she has knowledge to share. Our June Tour will give us a close-up look.

June 3 more than 70 BP volunteers gathered in the meeting space at the Bainbridge Island Rowing Boathouse to learn about the State of the Bainbridge Prepares Partnership.

Register here for Sunday’s (June 7) Disaster Hub Open House at Bethany Lutheran.

Twenty-three of Bainbridge Prepares’ Wilderness First Responders (Woofers) spent the entire weekend, May 30–31, in a 22-hour crash course at BIFD Station 21 to renew their WFR credentials.