Free workshop on preparing your family, home and neighborhood against the risks of mountain living, from wildfires and earthquakes to accidents and injuries.
Sponsored by South Skyline Emergency Preparedness Organization (https://ssepo.org) and South Skyline FireSafe Council (https://https://www.southskylinefiresafe.org/).
Choose from two Sessions: Saturday, July 27th in La Honda or Saturday August 10, Saratoga Summit (Same content both days)
REGISTER TODAY: https://www.ssepo.org/community-days-registration.html
In depth sessions: Practical skills you can use and ideas you can act on, taught by expert practitioners. Tasty free lunch served too!
- Learn the latest techniques and requirements from CalFire to harden and defend your Home, work on your defensible space, and dispose of your brush afterwards.
- Get latest info on home insurance issues and what to do if you are cancelled.
- Stop-The-Bleed Training – Official Program with certificate – see https://www.stopthebleed.org/
- Neighborhood Emergency Organization and Communication
- MacGyver Medicine – Solving first aid challenges in the mountains with what you have.
- Learn how to use a fire extinguisher and use cribbing to free a trapped person.
- Meet with United Policyholders, Midpeninsula Open Space, San Mateo Medical Reserve Corps, Brush Hog, South Skyline Fire and Rescue and more!
PLACE:
Session #1 Sat 7/27
La Honda Elementary School 450 Sears Ranch Rd, La Honda, CA 94020
Session #2 Sat 8/10
CAL FIRE CZU Station #21 (Saratoga Summit)
12900 CA-35 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos, CA 95033
SCHEDULE:
9:30 Registration
10:00-12:15 Home Hardening & Defensible Space
11:30-3:30 Tables with organizations and vendors
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:40 Stop The Bleed, Neighborhood Communication, MacGyver Medicine, Fire Suppression and Cribbing
3:40-4:00 Wrap Up
WHAT TO KNOW :
Bring a water bottle for refills!
Wear comfortable clothing
QUESTIONS? info@ssepo.org
REGISTER TODAY: https://www.ssepo.org/community-days-registration.html