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Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disaster Click on the image below to visit the sfcard website. 
San Francisco CARD is a dynamic network of San Francisco agencies determined to assure no one is forgotten in the event of disaster. San Francisco CARD is a coalition of traditional disaster responders and community service providers, dedicated to preparing the community to mitigate and respond to a major disaster and creating community linkages.
NEXT TIME, HOW READY WILL WE BE? In the event of disaster... • Will your organization have enough staff to continue service to your clients? • Do you have a list of volunteers? * Will they show up?
Has your staff been trained in the basics... • Search and Rescue • First Aid • Shelter Management • Hazard Mitigation * And how about your volunteers?
Are you internally organized to survive a disaster? • How will you communicate with your clients, volunteers and others? • Have you considered.. * Power (Generator?) * Telephones/HAMs • Do you have an evacuation plan? A "Go Kit"? Supplies - e.g.* Gloves to dig yourself out? * Heavy duty plastic bags - for raincoats? to cover broken windows? if toilets won't flush?
How can CARD help? • Training: CARD will come to your agency to train your employees in personal preparedness, the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), or volunteer management.• Planning: CARD can assist your agency in developing an agency disaster plan. Your plan will include four areas of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. • Exercises: CARD can assist with your disaster preparedness efforts by helping your agency coordinate regular disaster exercises. This helps identify problems in your disaster planning efforts before the disaster. • Coordination: CARD helps your organization network with other community-based organizations and with the City. • Information: Free monthly newsletter filled with helpful emergency preparedness tips.
For more information, or to become a member, you can reach San Francisco CARD • by phone at: (415) 558-2737• by FAX at: (510) 336-0719 • by Email at: [email protected] |