Emergency Preparedness

Be Prepared. Be Informed. Be Ready

Everyone experiences an emergency at some point. Whether it's a fast moving fire, a flooding event, hazardous materials release, or some other emergency. All emergencies can have drastic changes to how we do life together. The LMFD encourages People to "Be Prepared. Be Ready. Be Informed." Your first step is this webpage and the links here! Explore all of them to understand what resources are available. Here's what each part of our "Be Prepared. Be Informed. Be Ready." means to you:

1. Be Prepared. Prepare you and your family for a medical emergency by learning CPR, Basic First Aid, and learning the benefits of an automatic external defibrillator. Prepare your family for a fire emergency by making sure you are properly insured. Have your insurance agent meet you at your house for a walk through. Make sure you have a plan of what you would do in case of fire. Do you have a meeting spot outside the home? What do you do if someone doesn't show up to the meeting spot? What do you do during an earthquake? A Flood? What happens to the pets? Having the training, a preparedness kit, and a plan help create the best outcome!
2. Be Informed. Having a great sense of awareness is one of the best ways to be prepared. Being aware helps remove those "blind spots" and increases your level of understanding. You're at this website so please bookmark it for changes so you can check back. Check the SJReady.org  website by clicking here, or the City of Lathrop S
3. Be Ready. Being ready to leave at a moments notice is important! Emergencies or disasters are never really scheduled. They always seem to catch people at the least convenient time. None the less, "Be Ready" means that you have copies of important documents, clothes, personal hygiene items, and the other essentials you have prepared can be grabbed and loaded into the car at a moments notice. Being ready also means that with slow evolving emergencies that you have thought about relocation of animals, setting up a place to go and letting them know you're on a heightened level of awareness, and checking in with other local resources to see whats available, and most importantly...what's not!

Here are some helpful links:

City of Lathrop: The City of Lathrop does an exceptional job at informing their residents. They always seem to have information that is relevant to circumstance and current situations. If you're looking for a way to increase your situational awareness this is a great starting point. Click Here to visit the City of Lathrop webpage. 

SJReady.org: This site is owned, operated, and developed by our partners at the San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services. They have a great all encompassing site with numerous other links to help stay informed, build kits, and so much more. Click Here to visit the SJReady.org site.

CAL Fire: The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection known as CAL Fire has some great resources about emergency preparedness as it relates to vegetation near your home. This would be a great resource for many of our rural areas. If you're curious about the wild fire situation in California they are another great resource. Click Here to visit the Cal Fire website.

California Nevada River Forecast Center: This is a collaborative effort that marries weather and hydrology (water flows). Are you curious as to how high our rivers and streams are or what stage they are in? Click Here for the California Nevada River Forecast Center webpage. 

• To go straight to the Vernalis River Gauge (San Joaquin River near Airport Way): Click Here
• To go straight to the Mossdale River Gauge (San Joaquin River near Mossdale Bridge): Click Here

California Data Exchange Center: Maybe your looking to check the levels of our nearby reservoirs. The California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) site is a great source that shows all the reservoirs inflows and out flows in our state. When viewing their site you can click on the graphic for a reservoir to get that reservoirs specific information. Click Here to visit the CDEC information graphic that reports our reservoirs flows.

Local Hazard Mitigation Planning Effort: While not technically a website. This document and access to this document can be a helpful resource to identify various susceptible emergencies. The document is compiled and drafted by the county's Office of Emergency Services. Click Here to visit the San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services.

American Heart Association: Are you looking for a CPR class for Adult, Child, Infant, or a basic first aid course? If so, the American Heart Association has one of the widest networks of resources to assist you in finding just the class you need. Click Here to visit the American Heart Association's web page course finder.