► AnAssembly Point at the Rancho Nicasio for volunteers and for dissemination of disaster information,

► A Disaster First Aid Post at the Nicasio school.

Click here to download the Property Information form in .pdf format


Take responsibility for yourself and your family by preparing your own Personal Preparedness Plan:

► Stock and maintain emergency food and water for your family, pets and livestock to last at least a week. Have a Disaster Kit ready (see below).

► Prepare and discuss with family members your Evacuation Plan.
This should have two elements:

    a. The immediate evacuation plan, for use if your house catches fire, and

    b. A more orderly evacuation plan when you may have time to gather your pre-determined valuable articles, for instance when a brush fire is approaching.

► Make sure you all know how to get to your planned emergency exits even in the dark and smoke.

► Pre-position emergency equipment including fire extinguishers, pry bars, first aid kit. Make sure everyone knows where the emergency equipment is and how to use it.

► Train everyone in the household to keep shoes and a flashlight beside their bed. After an earthquake you may have to get past broken glass to reach your emergency exit.

► Consider holding an occasional fire drill to test your hoses, extinguishers and evacuation plans.

► Establish a communications plan among your family. What will you do if one of the family is away when disaster strikes? What if there are no phones working? What if roads are blocked or bridges down?

► In a disaster the local phone network may be overwhelmed while long distance still works. Ask someone outside the area to be your central contact. Provide a list of people you would like them to contact in a disaster and tell the people on your list to call your contact not you. That way you only send one message to reach everyone.

► Know your neighborhood Rally Point and your Neighborhood Liaisons. In a disaster communicate with your Neighborhood Liaisons to let them know your status. Keep their phone numbers handy. Check your own safety and that of your family. Volunteer to help others by reporting to your Neighborhood Liaison at the Rally Point.

► ► If you have children, make sure they understand and practice the evacuation plan and that they know the neighborhood rally point. You could be trapped, and they will need to know how to get help independently.

Please review the other Disaster pages on this web site.

The following documents will help in your personal preparedness planning: