Bay Area Prepares
Serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Solano counties
United Way Bay Area is there for our neighbors — before, during, and long after an emergency. Through workshops, kits, guides, tools, and resources like 211, plus our partnerships with community organizations like CalFire, we ensure all of our neighbors are ready for and recover from earthquakes, wildfires, floods, and other disasters affecting our region.
Interested in seeing how prepared you are for natural disasters? Try the Bay Area Disaster Readiness Challenge to discover how prepared you are for earthquakes, wildfires, or floods. Start the experience here.
Events
Check out local events to help you prepare for disasters.
Join us at the Oakland Dia De Los Muertos celebration. Stop by the United Way Bay Area booth and take the Bay Area Disaster Preparedness Challenge. You'll get tips on how to keep your family safe, plus be entered to win $1,000 to build your ultimate disaster preparedness kit. Learn how 211 can help during a natural disaster in our area.
Join Dixon Family Services and United Way Bay Area for a practical, hands-on workshop featuring the most important steps you can take now, before an emergency hits. The Bay Area is entering an El Niño winter, with forecasters predicting above-average rainfall and a greater risk of flooding in the months ahead.
Walk away with clear, actionable steps to help you prepare for El Niño and any natural disaster.
Plus, you’ll receive a free emergency kit to kick-start your plan! (while supplies last)
Join Community Action Marin, San Rafael City Schools, and United Way Bay Area for a practical, hands-on workshop featuring the most important steps you can take now, before an emergency hits. The Bay Area is entering an El Niño winter, with forecasters predicting above-average rainfall and a greater risk of flooding in the months ahead.
Walk away with clear, actionable steps to help you prepare for El Niño and any natural disaster.
Plus, you’ll receive a free emergency kit to kick-start your plan! (while supplies last)
Why do I need to be prepared and ready?
With California disasters like earthquakes and wildfires devastating lives and displacing families, effective
preparedness training and prompt action can save your life and the lives of your love ones. It is important that you know how to prepare for disasters especially with the possible impact of El Nino this winter.
You, your family and your friends are invited to this FREE Emergency Preparedness Training.
Five Steps You Can Take Now
Take these free or low-cost steps to prepare for disasters.
Resources by Disaster Type
Additional Resources
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE (FEMA)
FEMA Helpline
1-800-621-3362 | 7 A.M. to 11 P.M. ET, 7 days a week
For Individual Assistance benefits, email AskIA@fema.dhs.gov
Download the FEMA app from FEMA.gov
Get a Disaster Preparedness Guide
Download our free Disaster Preparedness Guide PDF for quick, practical tips you can use to prepare for an emergency today.
211
Call or send a text to 2-1-1, or visit 211bayarea.org 24/7 for accurate, up-to-date information about evacuation routes, water, food shelter or other locally available resources.
Free Workshops Help You Prepare Now for Future Disasters
Partcipants at United We Prepare workshops get free tips and more to jump start disaster readiness.
Getting Disaster Ready
At an event in Napa County, more than 50 volunteers assembled 520 emergency preparedness kits and got tips on how they could better plan and prepare for disasters.
One participant who had been forced to evacuate four times, said she wanted to be ready if and when there was a next time.
“This is amazing," she said of her newly assembled go bag sponsored by Verizon and United Way Bay Area. “A bag and the emergency numbers and all this information."
Past Events
These events have concluded, but their impact continues.
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