At the foundation of our Community’s emergency readiness are two fundamentals: prepared households and prepared neighborhoods.

Yesterday, September 29, at 2:05 p.m., a 4.2-magnitude earthquake rattled some windows and put some nerves on edge. The adorable earthquake caused no damage, but it wasn’t exactly tiny, and it was clo...

Saturday night’s (September 12) Birthday Bash and Fundraiser was a feel-good event.

Effective disaster response requires good planning, which comes from effective leadership. Your household leaders need to create communication plans, supply plans, transportation plans, and meet-up pl...

On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Bainbridge Island Fire Department is hosting a remembrance ceremony in partnership with American Legion Colin Hyde Post 172 and the Bainbridg...

Bainbridge Prepares is finally old enough to get a learner’s permit. (Don’t tell anyone, but we’ve been driving change for a while now already.) Our 15th birthday is just an occasion to celebrate ever...

The Bainbridge Island Fire Department conducted a burn at the Bloedel Reserve on August 17. The Bainbridge Prepares TechOps Drone Team was there to support the operation.

A critical task, immediately after an earthquake, is to establish some form of communication. This is demonstrated well in This Is Chance!, a book written by islander Jon Mooallem about the 1965 G...

You’re invited! Join us at our second Disaster Open House of the year, this time at Hyla. If you missed the last one (at Bethany Lutheran), if Hyla is your Hub, or if you’re just curious about how thi...

With 13 large wildfires currently burning in Washington State and more fires in British Columbia, Idaho, and Oregon, our air quality is, of course, being affected. In Washington State alone we’ve had ...

Meeting places are where we gather to exchange information, gather resources, and make a plan. In some situations, they’ll be where we go to get first aid.

It was a scenario no one likes to think about. A small airplane with nearly a dozen passengers aboard crashed into the Strait of Georgia during a thunderstorm and then burst into flames.

Although we had a dump of rain last week—0.60 inches—fire danger still lurks here and in neighboring communities. We’re four inches short of our average rainfall to date: 21.60 inches. Three major fir...

A disaster almost always means a power outage as well. How will you power the essentials when the lights go out?

The idea was for people to visit a Disaster Hub and talk to the people who know how to prepare: Bainbridge Prepares staff and volunteers. And that’s what happened. More than 120 visitors passed throug...

Want to grow food successfully and beautifully? Cynthia Carpenter, whose eye-catching garden you may have seen from north Highway 305, is one of the experts at Bay Hay, so she has knowledge to share. ...

June 3 more than 70 BP volunteers gathered in the meeting space at the Bainbridge Island Rowing Boathouse to learn about the State of the Bainbridge Prepares Partnership.

Register here for Sunday’s (June 7) Disaster Hub Open House at Bethany Lutheran.

Ensure that, during a disaster, you and your family will keep safe from secondary emergencies such as fires, broken glass on the floor, falling objects, and downed wires.

BI's publicly owned, historic Johnson Farm orchard has lots of apples that we can donate to Helpline House food bank, but only if they’re worm-free. To protect them without any chemicals, we need to t...

Bainbridge Prepares in inviting you to visit our upcoming Disaster Hubs Open House at Bethany Lutheran Church. This is your opportunity to ask question of BP volunteers, learn how to prepare, and find...

We need your help to make Bainbridge “Tomorrow Ready.” The Tomorrow Ready campaign will fund at least six Functional Exercises for approximately 300 Bainbridge Prepares volunteers to practice rapid ...

Last year Fruit Club and Veg Club members sent thousands of pounds of home-grown produce to Helpline House. The food banks still need our help. Join us for a community gathering to revel in what we ac...

Bainbridge Prepares volunteers played three home games on Saturday May 9: They supported the Fire extinguisher event at the Winslow Wharf Marina, spoke to community members about emergency preparednes...

This month, May 5 at 6:30 p.m., Veg Club teaches you how to protect your garden by supporting the many beautiful, friendly, and powerful insects that control pests. Learn to recognize and invite these...

A disaster will likely make roads impassable. How will you move around the island to seek first aid, information, and other resources? If needed, how will you evacuate?

This past sunny Saturday, April 25, about 30 volunteers gathered outside a home in Blakely Harbor. They were gathered to participate in a wildfire evacuation exercise.

Saturday, May 9, you can take care of all your fire extinguisher needs: Get your extinguishers inspected, serviced replaced, and upgraded. You can also practice using them.

Women’s Work: The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmers sheds light on an essential history. The movie, which came out in 2024, focuses on the largely unknown and hidden experience of women farme...

Since assuming the position of Bainbridge Prepares’ Executive Director in early March, Stephen Richardson has immersed himself into learning about BP’s culture by meeting with 100 BP volunteers.

A disaster is likely to result in serious injuries, overwhelming the capacity of first responders. What will you be able to do to help your injured family members and neighbors?

Veg Club is hitting your screens again to teach you how to be more resilient. This time, expert gardener and BI Fruit Club founder, Darren Murphy, is going to show you how he grows lots of vegetables,

BP’s new Executive Director Stephen Richardson and Devin James, Co-Chair of the BP Board, recently sat down with Reed Price, the Executive Director of the Senior Center. The occasion was the Somethi...

If you haven’t reserved your tickets yet, do it now. Already 70 people have signed up for the Rainwater Collection for Emergencies presentation hosted by the Bainbridge Prepares’ Water Sanitation Hygi...

This month in our Prepare in a Year program, we’re focusing on communication: the technology and the plans required to keep you and your family connected. Take a few minutes in March to think through ...

You know that substance that falls throughout a good part of the year and makes mud, turning floors into dust rinks and dog undercarriages into shake-triggered couch-destruction devices?

When a disaster occurs, the first thing people want to do is find out what happened, get a sense of what will happen, and make sure the people they care about are okay. This month we focus on communic...

Preparing for emergencies can be expensive. When it comes to building an emergency food supply, the high cost is exacerbated by the fact that food expires more quickly than other resources. Add to tha...

Healthy eating improves gut health, and one of the best ways to achieve that is through growing and eating your own food. But some of us don’t have space for a large garden.

Last year was a big one for Bainbridge Prepares as the organization moved into its 15th year of operation, struggled through some growing pains, and achieved some crucial organizational milestones. We...

In a large-scale earthquake, the South End is likely to be cut off from the rest of the Island, and residents there want to make sure they will have access to key emergency supplies so they can manage...

The second most-important supply, after water, is food. In a disaster, grocery stores will likely be closed for a while. But even if they are able to open, their supply will be cleared out quickly, ...

The Bainbridge Prepares’ Food Resilience Team Veg Club, as always, is itching to get started on another season of abundant growth.

This month the Prepare in a Year topic is water. Do the Prepare in a Year activity (submit the form if you want to enter to win a prize), but also teach yourself more on the topic.

We’re starting our Prepare in a Year 26 program with water because, without it, you’re not going to last very long after a disaster.

Prepare in a Year 26 starts now. You can take care of all of your worries about being prepared for disasters by following our monthly readiness program, which tackles one topic per month.

The Dumpster Fire of 2025 is coming to an end. We can hope for a better 2026, but there will certainly be more natural and unnatural disasters near and/or far in the upcoming year.

The two most important things you can do to prepare for emergencies are to ready your household and connect with your neighbors.

After our series of atmospheric rivers, we are now being gifted with blizzards in the Cascades and Olympics. Try not to travel through the mountain passes, but if you must then be sure to add these it...

With the wind whipping us all over the place today, it seems like a good time to remind everyone about Bainbridge Island Fire Department and Puget Sound Energy rules regarding downed wires: