SCVCC Emergency Preparedness Plan

San Jose Office of Emergency Services
The San Jose Office of Emergency Services has projected that, after a large earthquake, major damage in the Bay Area would swamp all fire and rescue services for at least 72 hours, leaving most residential areas without any 911 response services. Power and phone outages and water cutoff could last days. Neighbors would depend on each other.

San Jose “Prepared!” Training
In order to help the public survive the first 72 hours of a disaster until 911 services are able to respond, the San Jose “Prepared!” program provides 4 training classes to any San Jose resident to teach: earthquake preparedness, fire safety, first aid, and light search and rescue. These classes are offered quarterly for a $10 fee per class.

A Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Under the guidance of the San Jose "Prepared!" program, the SCVCC Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is developing a plan for disaster response in conjunction with the club and HOA. This plan would establish an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) staffed with resident volunteers trained in disaster communications, rescue, first aid, and other skills, to respond to neighborhood calls.

CERT Command Center and Neighborhood Teams
SCVCC is divided into 15 Neighborhoods, each with a Neighborhood Team who communicates the needs from the Neighborhood to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located during a disaster in (or near) the clubhouse. Volunteers in each Neighborhood would help survey the Neighborhoods for anyone trapped or injured, to help them until professional emergency response teams could arrive.

Everyone needs to be Prepared
In an emergency of this magnitude, everyone who isn’t disabled will be asked to volunteer to help with surveys, first aid, search and rescues, housing and shelter, safety precautions and damage cleanup. How much help you can provide to your family and to your neighbors, and how much help they can provide to you, will depend on how prepared we all are.