Ready Marin is Marin County’s source for information on emergency preparedness, whether you are just starting or an experienced emergency volunteer.
Our mission is to provide guidance, training and resources to keep you and your family safe during an emergency, whether it requires you to evacuate or shelter in place. You will find information and links to resources, checklists, and training opportunities. Let’s get prepared.
Get Ready is a county-sponsored 2-hour training, facilitated by our local Fire Departments and community volunteers, that will provide you with an overview of how to prepare your family and home. Recognizing that helping your children prepare is critical, we have activities and resource links in the ReadyKids section to comfortably bring them into the process.
Additionally, a 1-hour Get Ready 5th Grade course is available to all 5th graders. Don’t forget your pets! ReadyPets has great ideas to keep them safe too. We also have a Ready Business section representing the Marin Business Emergency Readiness Program, designed to help Marin County businesses handle major emergencies and local disasters.
The first people you’ll see after a disaster are your neighbors. Ready Neighborhoods provides you with an outline of how to organize and prepare your neighborhood.
For those of you who wish to step beyond preparing your home and reach out to help your community in an emergency, train to be a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) member. This 18-hour national program will teach you skills to organize and help out in your neighborhood and community in the event of a large scale emergency/disaster. If you are a CERT graduate, we provide volunteer opportunities as well as advanced simulation events and training to both maintain, and grow, your skill set.
