Learn practical emergency applications and preparedness tips from a variety of demonstrations, classes, and presentations at a community preparedness day set for this Saturday, March 9, in Yucca Valley. There will be hands-on training, booths, and more, and it’s all free. Rebecca Havely says it’s a great opportunity for residents to learn how to help themselves and their neighbors in different types of emergencies…
Some of the presentations during the free community preparedness day are about the American Red Cross and the Red Cross’s Pillowcase Project for kids. There’s also a class on hands-only CPR. Learn how to stop bleeding using tourniquets in a free class. Registration is required for this class. There will be booths and demonstrations on basic first aid; ham radio; emergency plans for you and your animals; how to store food and water; how to install emergency phone apps; CERT demonstrations, and more. The event is set for Saturday, March 9 from 10 to 2 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
http://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.
