Learn practical emergency applications and preparedness tips from a variety of demonstrations, classes, and presentations at a community preparedness day set for March 9 in Yucca Valley. There will be hands-on training, booths, and more, and it’s all free. Managing editor Tami Roleff says save the date…
The free community preparedness day will have booths and demonstrations that will give out basic first aid tips, bandaging kits, and information on what you need for 72-hour emergency kits; emergency plans for pets and families; how to store food and sanitize water; demonstrations on how to shut off your gas; and more. There will be presentations on how to stop bleeding using tourniquets, what to do if you encounter a downed power line; information about the Red Cross; a “pillowcase” project for kids; and a hands-only CPR demonstration. The free event is set for 10 to 2 March 9 at the Yucca Valley Community Center.
Presentations and class schedule:
Every 30 minutes: SB County Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle – “Until Help Arrives” with firemen teaching short ongoing classes for hands on CPR-
Come learn, practice or refresh your knowledge. (I am no longer physically able to perform CPR but I could direct someone on how to – or could I? Do I know the current method? What is the cadence? Where is my CPR reference guide? Better refresh my skills.)
10-11:30 a.m.: “Stop the Bleed.” Learn how to help in a bleeding emergency using tourniquets. Must pre-register on Eventbrite at www.Mbstopthebleed.eventbrite.com, or call Sunny at 760-366-4679. (Class limited to 35 participants.)
Noon: SCE’s Jennifer Cusack will cover downed wires and fast moving brush fires.
11 a.m. and 1 p.m.: Sunny Evans – American Red Cross – Pillow Case project. Presentation teaches children how to react and be prepared in a disaster and then, go home and teach their parents.
1:30 p.m.: American Red Cross by Dan Coleman. Learn what the Red Cross does, how they support victims, and how they can help you prepare.
CERT will be teaching cribbing (removable of persons from debris safely) and triage technique,
Morongo Basin COAD – solar cooking in spare tires.
