Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 264, Issue 9

[Joann Noll (joann.noll]

Disaster prep
Daybreak Cohousing in Portland OR has had an active Emergency Prep team for
most of our 17 years of existence. The focus has been on: both
individuals and the community increasing the amount of water saved in case
of earthquake or other disaster; encouraging residents to have their own
supply of emergency food; having training days, knowing how to prepare and
how to our supplies; First Aid training, e.g. Stop the Bleed, Narcan, AED;
educating about what to do in the event of toxic air (earthquake or railway
accident;) purchasing and maintaining supplies for the community from an
annual budget or special project fund: AED, solar power stations, Narcan,
first aid supplies, propane, camp stoves, some shelf stable food (oats,
lentils, eg.). We have other events: water relays for emptying and
refilling our 50 gallon water barrels, National Oatmeal Day with outside
cooking of oatmeal, Stone Soup community meals; speakers from our county
bureau.

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> A few months ago Cohousing-USA offered a Zoom presentation to encourage
> communities to have organized preparations for climate disasters.
> An Eno Commons we have an ad hoc committee working to organize disaster
> prep for our community.
> In two months we?ll be presenting our ideas in a (hopefully) full
> community event.
> We?d like to know if any other communities have an organized disaster
> response plan, and if any other communities are working to develop plans in
> response to the Zoom presentation.
> Thank you.
> Ed Sutton
> Eno Commons
> Durham NC
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