Get Organized

Upcoming Neighborhood Meetings

Check out our Calendar to see if there are any upcoming meetings in your neighborhood. Want to add a meeting to our calendar? Email us at coastsidecert@gmail.com.

Documents for Running a Meeting

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Running your neighborhood meeting? These documents might be useful.

• An Overview of Coastside CERT

• Agenda from the Multi-Neighborhood Meetings we hosted at the end of June

• Meeting Sign-in Sheets

• Meeting Feedback Form

• Neighborhood Email Lists

• Neighborhood Roster Summary

• Neighborhood Contacts Submission

Also File of Life is a great tool to distribute in your neighborhood. It is a magnetic envelope with personal medical information that folks can stick to their refrigerator. Our Coastside first responders are already trained to look for this envelope. We suggest that you discuss how to fund the purchase and distribution of this fairly inexpensive tool; it is a great recruiting talking point and giveaway. Use the order form to make your purchase. We suggest that you purchase (FOL-RM) With Standard Card as well as FOL - DCL Door Decal, which are stickers placed on your front door or front window to let first responders know to look for the File of Life. if you don't have a magnetic refrigerator, you can also place these stickers on a kitchen cabinet or drawer that contains the File of Life.

Neighborhood Recruitment Documents

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We worked with the Arleta Park neighborhood to create this flyer:

• Neighborhood Intro and Information Flyer (English/Spanish) - Print it double-sided

The Moss Beach neighborhood created the following documents for their own recruitment efforts and shared them back to our program for other neighborhoods to use:

• Recruitment Brochure (trifold)

• Recruitment Brochure Companion Guide - Read this document for advice on updating the trifold (linked above) for your own neighborhood.

• Contacts Spreadsheet - If you have volunteered to contact your neighbors, you can use this spreadsheet to track your progress.

• Talking Points document - Use this document to hone your own talking points or print it out to leave it with the Recruitment Brochure if your neighbor isn't home.

• Contact Follow-up Email - After your neighbor has agreed to coordinate with the rest of the neighborhood effort, use this email to follow up with them and provide some useful information and links.

The Frenchman's Creek neighborhood created the following document and shared them back to our program for other neighborhoods to use:

• Recruitment Brochure

Need brochures and emergency plans? Check out FEMA's resources:

• You can review and download emergency kit checklists at Ready.gov's Build a Kit page.

• Order free brochures using this PDF form. You can order up to 150 of each and they will take 4-6 weeks to arrive.

• Download emergency, evacuation, communication and sheltering plans on Ready.gov's Make a Plan page.

Have your own documents you want to share or need some help? Email us at coastsidecert@gmail.com.

Walkie Talkie and Ham Radios

When traditional telecommunications like cell phones and internet are unavailable, we use radios to communicate. Communities should become familiar with using walkie talkie radios for short range communication with their neighbors, and ham radios for longer distance communication with other coastside communities or emergency personnel.