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.  

Next Meeting:  

Faith Communities Preparedness Workshop
Monday, October 25, 2010   7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location:  To be Announced


Slideshow from July 26, 2010 Meeting:
           *Disaster First Aid

Material from April 26th, 2010 Meeting:
         *Disaster First Aid
               
 Materials from the January, 2010 Meeting:
           *Supporting your Community Health Needs (Dr. Dianna Yu)
           *Parish Nurse Program Presentation (Ed Quarles)

Useful Information:
             *What churches must do by June 12-and why

 

  NEW 

**Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd    Emergency Communications Plan

 

Training Opportunity:  Community Points of Distribution are locations established by local jurisdictions to provide life sustaining commodities such as food and water in the aftermath of an emergency or disaster.  View informational video on C-POD

A training course for Community Points of Distribution (CPOD) Managers (IS-26) is being offered on June 16th, 2010 from 8 am until 5:00 pm at Camp Murray, WA.  For more Details, click here.

 

What can your church or organization do in advance to support emergency preparedness?  
 
Prepare your church or organization.  Develop and practice an evacuation plan for your facility.  Develop a continuity of operations plan for your organization.  

 *Business Continuity Worksheet
*Reciprocal Arrangement
*Business Continuity Presentation
 
Prepare your members to be on their own for at least 3 days 

*Request an emergency preparedness workshop
*Have a Standard Plug-In Telephone
 *Message from Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
*Crisis Counseling
*Prepare Yourself   

 

Prepare in a Year Program

2010 Newsletters:     

 
Make and distribute preparedness kits for low income members.  For a list of resources, click here.
Train congregation members to utilize Amateur Radio
 
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.
 
Sign up to be an American Red Cross Shelter.  Contact the local American Red Cross office at (360) 352-8575 for more information.
 
Sign up to be a staging area for Search & Rescue operations.  Facility Questionnaire
 

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Thurston County Emergency Management
 2703 Pacific Avenue SE, Suite B
Olympia, WA 98501-2036

Phone (360) 754-3360
Fax (360) 704-2775
 
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