Neighborhoods that are prepared for emergencies and disaster situations save lives, reduce the severity of injuries and trauma and reduce property damage. In addition, contributing as an individual and working together as a team helps develop stronger communities and improve the quality of life in the community.
The Map Your Neighborhood program guides you and your neighbors through simple steps to help enhance your preparedness for an emergency. These steps will help you to quickly and safely take actions that can minimize damage and protect lives. It is designed to improve disaster readiness at the neighborhood level, 5 to 20 homes or a defined area that you can canvas in 1 hour. It teaches neighbors to rely on each other during the hours or days before fire, medical, police or utility responders arrive.
To learn more about organizing a MYN group for your immediate neighborhood contact us; we'll answer your questions, provide training and materials, and support you along the way.
Joan Moye jmoye@wcfd11.org
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Disasters affect everybody, but not everybody is affected in the same way. All Washingtonians should prepare before disaster strikes, including individuals with access and functional needs.
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If you have a plan in place for your pets, you will encounter less difficulty when you need to act during an emergency. If local officials ask you to evacuate, that means your pet should evacuate too.
NFPA's Firewise USA program teaches people how to adapt to living with wildfire and encourages neighbors to work together and take action now to prevent losses.
A guide to Firewise Principles
Firewise Principles Toolkit (pdf)
DownloadWildfire risk reduction steps that can make your home safer during a wildfire.
Here are 7 FIREWISE tips that can reduce your risk.
By working together, residents can make their own property — and their neighborhood — much safer from wildfire.
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Whether you’re a kid or teen yourself, a parent or loved one, or work with youth, Ready Kids has tools and information to help before, during and after disasters.