ARTICLE / LINKS. 7.3 the Coast Goes Flat! This is a self-participation event. At the very least, talk to every adjacent neighbor. We want to teach people how to prepare before disaster and how to shelter in place after a disaster. Earthquake: STORE WATER (1 gallon/day/per person) Fire: CREATE DEFENSIBLE SPACE around your house, AND […]
Coastside Fire Protection District Approves Coastside CERT Branches 1 and 2 Sponsorship
VIDEO LINK. A beautiful moment in Coastside Community history and a testament to the passion for disaster preparedness on the Coastside. Go to MONTARA FOG to watch the video. Thanks Montara Fog for recording a great moment in coastside history. Speaking passionately CERTs Cynthia Sherrill and Emily Kim, Mayor Harvey Rarback, Jim Holley from Red […]
Coastside Commmunications with Manager of Emergency Services for San Mateo County, Kevin Rose
VIDEO. Midcoast Community Council interviews OES Manager of Emergency Services for San Mateo County, Kevin Rose. Rose talks on means of communication on the coastside in an emergency: SMC Alert (sign up, 99k signed up, only 1 in 8 in SMCo; 760,000) WEA (wireless emergency alert-like CHP Amber alert) Emergency alert system on TV and […]
Brian Molver, OES Coastside Emergency Coordinator on our Incident Command System and Evacuation Plans
VIDEO. Office of Emergency Services (OES), Brian Molver , our Coastside Emergency Coordinator talks abour our coastal Incident Command System and Evacuation Plans at the 4/24/19 MidCoast Community Council Meeting. Fire, earthquakes, tsunami and storms are our disasters to prepare for. Observe, Act decisively move out of harms way. KCBS 106.9 FM / 740 AM […]
Video of Public Meeting with PGE, Comcast, Cal Trans, ATT ~ Wed. 4/25/19 @ 7pm @ HMBHS
VIDEO. Around 100 people showed up, but we know that a lot more people want to hear from these people regarding power and connectivity outages. Thanks to Senator Jerry Hill for organizing. Watch for yourself. You will learn a lot about how power, communications and agencies work on the coast. From the City of HMB: […]
Highway 1/Highway 92 Traffic Snafu Prompts City of HMB to Push for Better Inter-Agency Coordination
VIDEO. As many of you know, the evening of March 12 brought significant traffic delays to many frustrated residents of Half Moon Bay and the greater Coastside. The unexpected closure of the Tom Lantos Tunnel on Highway 1 required Coastside residents who use that route to take Highway 92 instead. However, on 92 there was planned […]
FRS/GMRS Radio (WalkieTalkies) Basic Training ~ Learn How to Communicate in a Disaster, Part 1
TRAINING POWERPOINT. Communications Neighborhood Command Post must maintain communications with all teams during an incident. Use whatever works: phone, cell, texting, pen and paper, smoke signals …. But when all else fails, radio still works. To be effective, we need to learn Emergency Radio Communications! About FRS Radios Also known as “Walkie Talkies” No license […]