Department of Emergency Management

Join the Bay Area Red Cross’ Emily White and SF DEM’s Deputy Director Rob Dudgeon as they guide you through the festivities and explain why it’ts time to “Make Your Game Plan…”

              SF Heroes LIVE community preparedness game starts in 2 days, Oct. 11! www.sfheroes.com Are you prepared for emergencies? How about your family and your neighborhood? The fact is that most of us who live and work in the San Francisco Bay Area aren’t. Why? For some, it’s too much trouble. For some, they just don’t know how. And some are just plain scared [...]

Join NERT Program Coordinator Lt. Erica Arteseros and Advisory Board Member Lynn Jacklevich as they guide us through the 2012 City Wide Nert Activation Drill held at Everett Middle School in San Francisco. Everett Middle School – San Francisco, CA View Larger Map

The Neighborhood Empowerment Network enters into a Strategic Partnership with the Bay Area Red Cross. At the core of the Neighborhood Empowerment Network’s values is the belief that neighborhoods which are well organized and rich with the capacity to steward themselves are optimally positioned to both respond and recover from any size natural disaster. For the last three years the NEN’s member organizations have been working in communities across the [...]

By Kristin Hogan, SF DEM Last week the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) opened Safe Enough to Stay, an exhibit for the public that teaches us what steps we should take to make San Francisco a Resilient City. Within the exhibit is a recreation of a San Francisco apartment, which allows visitors to experience what living in a retrofitted home after a major earthquake might be like, along with recommendations [...]

FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino discusses resilience in San Francisco and the cities growing role in disaster mitigation throughout the United States.

The Neighborhood Empowerment Network is proud to say that the 2011NEN Awards was a huge success! Community stewards, residents and  civic leaders convened in the rotunda at city hall in order to recognize the hard work and dedicated individuals who are helping to build community and improve San Francisco’s neighborhoods. Thank you to all of the award winners and participants who help to make this years NEN Awards a night [...]

Chinatown SRO Disaster training Graduation from NENtv on Vimeo.   On April 17th, dozens of families in San Francisco’s Chinatown were celebrated for their involvement in a multiweek long disaster preparedness program. The program was designed to extend disaster training to non English speakers and provide assistance to at risk residents. The training was conducted by the Department of Emergency Management. If you would like more information on how you [...]

What’s in Your Preparedness Kit? from NENtv on Vimeo. San Francisco is likely to experience a major earthquake in the next few decades. Smart residents have their preparedness kits ready for the big event. NENtv’s Tanya Vlach catches up with San Francisco resident Judi Dito to ask “What’s in your preparedness kit?” For more information about how to get started on your preparedness kit, see the NERT Resources page. [Video also [...]

Most San Franciscans will probably make it through the next Bay Area earthquake. But will residents stick around afterward or leave permanently, repeating the New Orleans story? In this first part of a presentation on the Disaster Recovery Phase, NEN Director Daniel Homsey explains why the Recovery Phase after a major disaster is so important and the challenge of getting people to think now about this phase. Check back soon [...]