Due to recent road construction closures and detours, the entire Bainbridge community is now well aware of how the South End of Bainbridge Island is its own little island on a bigger island. That’s why the South End is throwing its own emergency preparedness party.

At the September 9 City Council meeting, councilmember Joe Deets read a proposed proclamation making September 2025 Community Preparedness Month.

We call it Day of Preparedness, and it’s the best time all year to meet with the trained volunteers and team leads at Bainbridge Prepares and its partners—the City of Bainbridge Island and the Fire Department—to learn how to prepare your household.

After reviewing 90+ applications from across the country over the past two months, the Board of Directors has selected the new Bainbridge Prepares’ Executive Director.