Preparedness resources

Start here: get your household ready

If you only do one thing this month, work through the Think, Plan, Do booklet. The rest of this list fills in the details.

• Think, Plan, Do! Repeat — booklet Jefferson County's household preparedness program, 9/2024. The video version is on the preparedness videos page.
• 30-day supply calendar Build a month of supplies a few items at a time, instead of all at once.
• Under your bed — equipment list What to keep within arm's reach if the shaking starts at 2am. 9/2024.
• OK / HELP signs Print one, and put it in a front window after a disaster. This is how your Block Captain knows at a glance whether to knock.
• Steps immediately following a disaster The first hour, in order. 2/21/2025.

Alerts, contacts and wildfire

• Nixle text alert system How to sign up for Jefferson County emergency alerts on your phone.
• Jefferson County emergency information portal The county's live incident page: what has happened, what to do, and which resources are open. Short address to write on a handout or read down the phone — bit.ly/JCDEM-Info.
• Resource listing Who to call for what. Online version 6.
• Be Wildfire Ready East Jefferson Fire & Rescue, on defensible space and evacuation.
• Jefferson County reference library The county's own emergency management document library.

Your neighborhood

Port Ludlow is organised into 38 response neighborhoods, each divided into Response Areas of roughly 10 to 20 homes. To find which one is yours, look up your street.

• Response areas map — North Bay 9/2024.
• Response areas map — South Bay 9/2024.
• Neighborhood Emergency Plan How a neighborhood organises itself before anything happens.
• Neighborhood questionnaire Skills, equipment and needs on your street — the quiet groundwork that makes a response work. 1/5/2025.

Block Captain resources

These are the working documents for Block Captains and Radio Operators. They are public on purpose — if you are weighing up whether to volunteer, read them first and see exactly what the job asks of you.

• Are you interested in being a Block Captain? The short version, 12/19/2024. If it appeals, say hello — there is no obligation in asking.
• Block Captain orientation manual Version 9.3, 7/29/2025.
• Responsibilities and expectations 6/20/2024.
• Block Captain activation What happens, and in what order, when the committee activates. 6/20/2024.
• FRS / GMRS radio basics Channels, etiquette and range for the handheld radios.
• Roll call radio script Read it word for word on the air. 2/22/2025 rev A.
• Response area assessment — injuries Formerly the Situation Report. 2/22/2025 rev A.
• Damage report — Jefferson County form 140 The county's own damage reporting form.

Something missing or out of date?

Email the Chair at PLEC.Chair@gmail.com. If a document here has been superseded or a link has gone stale, saying so is a real help — this list is only as good as the last person who checked it.