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Thurston County Emergency Management and other local partners meet with churches and other faith organizations on a quarterly basis to improve emergency preparedness and plan how to better serve the community. Our program builds upon the 3 Days, 3 Ways concept; Make a Plan, Have a Kit, Get Involved! 
The meetings are generally held the last Monday evening of the first month of each quarter. Location, Time, and date of next meeting will be posted here when scheduled. |
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| What can your church or organization do in advance to support emergency preparedness? | ||||
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Prepare your church or organization.
Develop and practice an evacuation plan for your facility. Develop
a continuity of operations plan for your organization. |
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Prepare your members
to be on their own for at least 3 days |
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Make and distribute preparedness kits for low income members. For a list of resources, click here. | |||
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Train congregation members to utilize Amateur Radio | |||
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Use prayer circles and phone trees to do wellness checks on vulnerable members after a disaster or storm. Take this one step further - have a plan to go in person to check on your most vulnerable members if phone services have been out for a prolonged period of time. | |||
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Sign up to be an American Red Cross Shelter. Contact the local American Red Cross office at (360) 352-8575 for more information. | |||
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Sign up to be a staging area for Search & Rescue operations. Facility Questionnaire | |||
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Coming Soon: Become a Community Point of Distribution (C-POD) - View informational video on C-POD. | |||
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Receive our Faith Communities Disaster Preparedness Workshop meeting notices and related news by e-mail. Sign up here: |
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