When help is delayed, being prepared can make all the difference.
An earthquake, flood, or other emergency could make it harder for help to reach your neighborhood. What you do in those first moments matters.
Don't wait for an emergency to find out if you're ready.
What happens before help arrives?
Most of us expect to call 911 and get help. But when an emergency affects many people at once, roads may be blocked, power may be out, and responders may have more calls than they can handle immediately.
That doesn't mean help isn't coming. It means you and your neighbors may need to make important decisions before it gets there.
Knowing what to do is something you can start working on today.
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Our community. Our responsibility. Our future.
rEPAct brings neighbors together to learn, share experiences, and build practical skills that can make a difference in an emergency.
We're starting in East Palo Alto and Belle Haven because every family deserves the opportunity to prepare, no matter their background or circumstances.
You don't have to do everything at once. You just have to take the first step.
Don't just read what to do.
Practice making the decisions.
rEPAct offers access to interactive training powered by rEMPAct, a separate technology platform founded in our community. Its scenarios help you practice making choices and learning from the outcomes before an emergency happens.
Choose a situation
Practice responding to realistic challenges, such as an earthquake or a power outage.
Make your decisions
Choose what you would do next and see how the situation unfolds.
Learn and build confidence
Review your choices and strengthen your readiness, one mission at a time.
rEPAct brings the community together. rEMPAct provides the training technology.
Hear why we're doing this.
Watch our introduction to learn what rEPAct stands for and why preparing together matters.
Watching is optional. You can register and begin your journey without watching the video first.
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Getting started is easy.
Tell us your community
Enter your email, city, ZIP code, neighborhood, and optionally your street name—never your house number.
Check your email
You'll receive a unique one-time verification code from the approved rEMPAct email service.
Begin your training
Verify your email, complete registration, and explore your first preparedness mission.
Your privacy matters to us.
We want to help you prepare, not collect more personal information than we need.
That's why registration doesn't ask for your house number, apartment number, or full home address. Your neighborhood and optional street name can help make training relevant to local conditions without requiring your exact address.
We use your email to verify your registration and support your account. We aim to limit access to personal information and use community-level summaries rather than identify individual households.
Less information collected means less sensitive information to protect.
A street name, neighborhood, and email can still be identifying when combined. We don't claim that registration is anonymous. Our full privacy policy and technical safeguards must be finalized and verified before launch.
What we don't need
✕ House number or full street address
✕ Apartment or unit number
✕ Social Security number
✕ Government ID
What we do ask
Email for account verification, city and ZIP code, neighborhood, and an optional street name.
You can't choose when an emergency happens. You can choose to prepare.
Join the local pilot, learn at your own pace, and take a practical step toward protecting yourself, your family, and your neighbors.
Pilot eligibility: East Palo Alto and Belle Haven • Email verification required • No payment