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Show Your Cards on November 13th!

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Each year, RSCA provides all homes and businesses in Redwood Shores with a RED/GREEN Disaster Signal Card designed to help emergency responders quickly assess who needs immediate help and who is OK, in a disaster scenario, and for use in drills occasionally.  This year, it was printed in the center page of this PILOT, so you can tear it out and keep it (and hopefully never need the red side). Please keep this card where you can locate it quickly. Also keep tape nearby so that you can quickly put it where it can be seen clearly from the street. This may be in a front window or on your front or garage door depending on the layout of your particular neighborhood. If you need assistance, this card will help get the quickest response. The card should not be displayed year-round.

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November is Disaster Preparedness Month

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In addition to being the advocate for issues affecting Shores residents and businesses, RSCA is dedicated to helping everyone stay safe and prepared for possible disasters or emergencies.

There are some safety issues unique to the Shores and residents should be aware and plan ahead to stay safe. The November edition of The PILOT includes some helpful tips. For many years, RSCA has provided each household with a RED/GREEN Disaster Signal Card designed to help emergency responders quickly assess who needs immediate help and who is OK. Again this year, it is printed on the back cover and inside back cover of this PILOT.

Keep this card where you can locate it quickly!

Also keep tape nearby so that you can quickly put it where it can be seen clearly from the street. This may be in a front window or on your front or garage door depending on the layout of your particular neighborhood. Especially if you need assistance, this card will help you get the quickest response. The card should not be displayed year-round.

“Show Your Cards” Drill on November 17th!

On Saturday, November 17th local CERT members will gather with RCFD Emergency Preparedness Outreach Coordinator, Christy Adonis to conduct a “windshield survey” looking for the GREEN/OK cards displayed where they can be seen from the street. “Show Your Cards” on November 17th to show your awareness of Shores issues and that you are reading The PILOT, and show support for the CERT program that is in transition from Redwood City and San Carlos to San Mateo County.

With changes in city leadership and uncertainty about further public safety cut-backs, it is more important than ever for Shores residents to know how to prepare their homes and families for disaster. Suggestions and checklists are included in the November edition of The PILOT to help you prepare for a range of situations. Please take the time to read, plan and make sure that your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues are safe and prepared.

Show Your Cards on Disaster Preparedness Day

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Sunday, November 24th

For our third year in a row, the Redwood City Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) in co-operation with Redwood Shores Community Association (RSCA) will be conducting a Emergency Drill on Sunday, November 24th.

On that day, we ask residents to display the RED/GREEN signal cards that were distributed each of the past two years to every household via the Pilot. CERT teams will survey all of Redwood and Belmont Shores looking for those cards.

The Disaster Signal Card allows residents to signal for help when landline telephone, cell phone and online communications are not working. This tool for Redwood Shores will improve the ability of first responders such as fire and police departments as well as our Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) to quickly identify homes in need of help.

Redwood Shores Disaster Signal Card

Redwood Shores Disaster Signal Card

The CERT teams are made up of Redwood City volunteers who have been trained in First Aid and Disaster Procedures. In an actual disaster, those teams would be looking for homes in distress. Homes that displayed a green card would be helping by allowing the teams to quickly move on.

Please help to prepare for a disaster by showing your card so that we can help you. Put them in your front window so they are visible from the street!

If you are new to Redwood Shores this year, you can request a Disaster Signal Card by sending an email to with your name and address. Please include the date that you moved into your new home.

November is Disaster Preparedness Month (2012)

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Before the winter weather settles in, RSCA would like to remind everybody this November to prepare your home for the possibility of a disaster. This month’s issue of The PILOT focuses on suggestions and checklists for preparing your home. Last year, the Redwood Shores Community Association (RSCA) provided articles on many different aspects of Disaster Preparedness, but the article that was probably the most significant was the one that provided instructions on how and when to turn off your gas supply. For that reason, we are again addressing the topic of gas shut-off in this issue.

In addition, the printed version of The PILOT once again includes red/green Disaster Signal Card for newcomers to Redwood Shores and for those of you who may not have put your card aside last year. This tool will improve the ability of first responders such as the Fire and Police departments, as well as our Community Emergency Management Teams (CERT) to quickly identify homes in need of help when landline, cell phone and on-line communications are not working.

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Following last year’s distribution of the signal cards, CERT held a drill that proved that all of Redwood Shores could be surveyed in as little as five hours if roads were mostly clear for travel. CERT will be holding a follow-up drill this year on Saturday, November 17th when you will be asked once again to “Show Your Cards” so that they can be seen from the street. We urge all residents to cooperate with this local disaster drill.

Everyone who lives in Redwood Shores knows that the possibility of a major disaster is real. Although there are several possible causes of a future disaster, the greatest threat is from an earthquake. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a once in a hundred year quake which means that we are now overdue for another major quake. Although there is nothing we can do to prevent an earthquake, you CAN prepare your home and family.

In this issue you will find information on:

  • Making a family disaster plan
  • Getting Information during a disaster
  • Preparing your home for a big shake
  • Creating a Go Bag
  • Creating an Emergency Supply Kit
  • Preparing pets for a disaster
  • Preparedness at our schools
  • Instructions on when and how to turn off your gas

 

In addition to informative articles dealing with preparedness, RSCA is providing a new Disaster Signal Card which will allow residents to signal for help when landline telephone, cell phone and on line communications are not working. This tool for Redwood Shores will improve the ability of first responders such as fire and police departments as well as our Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) to quickly identify homes in need of help.

Please remove the Signal Card from this magazine and read the instructions. On Saturday, November 17th, Redwood Shores CERT will hold a Disaster Signal Card drill. Residents are asked to “Show Your Cards” (GREEN side only!) that day so they can be seen from the street. On that day CERT teams will practice surveying our neighborhoods. We urge all residents to cooperate with this local disaster drill.

Disaster Signal Card Drill

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Inside the November issue of The Pilot you will find a Disaster Signal Card — green on one side and red on the other. KEEP THIS CARD WHERE YOU CAN GET TO IT EASILY!

Everyone who lives in Redwood Shores knows that the possibility of a major disaster is real. Although there are several possible causes of a future disaster, the greatest threat is from an earthquake. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a once in a hundred year quake which means that we are now overdue for another major quake. Although there is nothing we can do to prevent an earthquake, you CAN prepare your home and family for one. To help us prepare for such a disaster, the Redwood Shores Community Association (RSCA) has decided to is devoting this issue of our monthly The PILOT to Disaster Preparedness.

In The Pilot this month, you will find information on:

  • Making a family disaster plan.
  • Getting Information during a disaster
  • Preparing your home for a big Shake
  • Creating a Go Bag
  • Creating an Emergency Supply Kit
  • Preparing pets for a disaster
  • Preparedness at our schools
  • Instructions on when and how to turn off your gas

In addition to these informative articles dealing with preparedness, RSCA is providing a new Disaster Signal Card which will allow residents to signal for help when landline telephone, cell phone and online communications are not working. This tool for Redwood Shores will improve the ability of first responders such as fire and police departments as well as our Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) to quickly identify homes in need of help.

Redwood Shores Disaster Signal Card

Redwood Shores Disaster Signal Card

Look for this card in your November 2011 issue of The Pilot. If you did not receive your card, please email

Please remove the Signal Card from the magazine and read the instructions for its use. On Saturday, November 12th and Sunday, November 13th, Redwood Shores CERT will hold a Disaster Signal Card drill. Residents are asked to ‘Show Your Cards’ (GREEN side ony!) that day so they can be seen from the street. On that day CERT teams will practice surveying our neighborhoods. We urge all residents to cooperate with this local disaster drill.