Disaster / Earthquake Readiness Workshops and Expo

Saturday, December 3, 2011, from 10-4 pm, The John Muir Inn, Napa, CA

For 6 hours in one place, you’ll find the supplies, equipment, instruction, demonstrations, and documents needed to get your household ready for serious emergencies.

Live Demonstrations:  learn how to store and disinfect water, safely turn-off utilities, use safety, self-defense, and communication devices, protect your home in an earthquake,  safeguard assets, and select worthwhile supplies and equipment for disaster essentials such as lighting, communications, and sanitation.

Ready-Made 3-day “Go” Bags and First-Aid Kits: We’ll disassemble several ready-made “Go”Bags and first-aid kits so you can see the quality and contents for yourself.

Build-your-own “Go” Bags: We’ll provide supply lists and and have essential, high- quality contents available for 3-day “Go” Bags you can build for home, work, car and school, for yourself, family members and for gifts. A limited number of  stocked “Go” Bags will be available to purchase. A separate registration and fee for Go Bag contents are required for Build-Your-Own “Go” Bag participants.

Food, first-aid and hygiene packs, light sources, radios and other communication devices, water storage containers and water purification items, sanitation, self-defense and other equipment, along with carriers, will be on-hand

Household Disaster Plan: You can also put together your own disaster plan so you can easily contact and reunite family members, locate emergency services, communicate with advisers, turn off utilities, access critical records and items, and obtain safe medical care, when options are limited

$60 fee includes 2.5 hours of disaster preparedness instruction, Defying Disaster’s preparedness documents including communication, reunification, utility emergency and pet plans, and emergency medical information forms, 3-day “Go” Bag supply lists for home, car, school and work, demonstrations, and a Defying Disaster Tote Bag.

Advance reservations required. To reserve a space, send $40 deposit and contact information to Defying Disaster, P.O. Box 5927, Napa, CA 94581. There is an additional charge if you wish to build your own “Go Bag”. For further information, please call Roz Potter at 707.255.7146 or use the form on this website’s “Contact” page. Partial scholarships are available ($20 total cost).