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This is a crucial step in ensuring community resilience and preparedness. By having a dedicated team, you can better understand the specific needs of residents and develop tailored strategies to address those needs at different stages of a disaster. This proactive approach can significantly enhance the community's ability to respond effectively and recover swiftly from crises.

A neighborhood block leader is a volunteer who leads a small team of neighbors in their neighborhood, preparing for and responding to potential disasters. They are the point of contact for their block and help implement neighborhood disaster response plans.

A block captain is a neighborhood leader who acts as a liaison between residents and emergency responders. They are trained in basic emergency skills and are responsible for organizing and preparing their blocks for disasters. They also help with communication and resource coordination during and after emergencies

Amateur radio, commonly referred to as ham radio, and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Since ham radio can offer a dependable communication network even in the event that other communication systems are unavailable, CERT frequently views having a ham radio license as an important communication skill.

In colaboraton with the City of East Palo Alto, Menlo Fire District, the Red Cross, and FEMA, rEPAct educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact our area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. he quality of our produce and are confident that you will love it too. If for any reason you are not satisfied with your box, let us know and we will make it right.

rEPAct Community Emergency Response Team members will work with a local community youth coordinating structure, such as the Youth Community Services (YCS) and others youth serving groups in East Palo Aalto, to help facilitate a local community youth emergency management response and recovery effort before, during and after a disaster. rEPAct, with assistance from other emergency management entities, will help train volunteers to assist neighborhoods during a disaster and provide immediate support until professional responders arrive.