VashonBePrepared Partners

Partners in Community Preparedness with:

King County

Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR)

Vashon Island School District (VISD)

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Team

Marine Emergency Response Team (MERT)

Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)

Vashon-Maury Island Radio Club (VMIRC, an ARES Affiliate)

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Neighborhood Emergency Response Organizations (NERO)

Vashon Island Emergency Management Area (VIEMA)

Voice of Vashon (VoV KVSH 101.9 FM, 1650 AM, TV channel 21)

In addition to these formal and regular partners, VashonBePrepared more informally works with a wide variety of other island and county entities such as the Vashon Chamber of Commerce, KC Transportation Department, WA State Ferries, KC Water Taxi District, the Vashon Airport, Ace Hardware, Thriftway, Island Lumber, Williams Heating, and any number of other firms and organizations.

Who Are All These Groups?!

VashonBePrepared provides a mechanism where all interested parties can collaborate, and where common objectives, such as public education, fundraising, and motivating our community to prepare can be done most equitably and efficiently.

Our core partners have disaster preparedness, mitigation, operations, or recovery as part of their core missions. Others partners are simply motivated given Vashon's special spirit and our unique vulnerabilities.

Some organizations are involved in preparations, when they are generally operating autonomously, while some are active during an actual disaster - where the typical behavior is a formal chain of command.

The VashonBePrepared coalition adheres to the principles of the National Response Framework and the National Incident Management System (NIMS), including Incident Command System. Handy overview PDF's of the National Response Framework and planning guides are quite useful to understand the big picture.

VashonBePrepared's Informal Associations



	Vashon Island Fire and Rescue Vashon/Maury Island Fire Department www.vifr.org

	Vashon-Maury Community Council The Vashon-Maury Community Council represents the interests of the Vashon-Maury Island community to King County and other government and non-governmental organizations in lieu of a municipal government. www.v-mcc.org

	Vashon Chamber of Commerce The Vashon-Maury Island Chamber of Commerce cultivates a vital environment for commerce and creates opportunities for Island businesses and organizations to prosper, while enriching the unique quality of life for every Islander. https://www.thisisvashon.com

	Voice of Vashon Voice of Vashon is our community radio station, providing broadcast and online media resources that enable islanders to create, produce and distribute locally oriented, community-inspired programming. www.voiceofvashon.org

	Vashon Beachcomber Vashon's weekly newspaper. www.vashonbeachcomber.com


	Washington State Emergency Resources A site for lists of state and other government emergency services wa.gov/health-and-safety

	King County Emergency Management King County's comprehensive Emergency Mangement Site kingcounty.gov/depts/emergency-management.aspx

	FEMA Washington State Resources FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, maintains a page of resource contacts for Washington State, as well as a number of other useful links. www.fema.gov/locations/washington

	American Red Cross The American Red Cross provides emergency aid all over the world, including, if necessary, here on Vashon and Maury Islands. www.redcross.org

	U.S. Geological Survey As an unbiased science organization, the USGS is dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten us. www.usgs.gov

	Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington UW's site for Geophysical studies, including the study of Earthquakes. ess.uw.edu