Rancho Bernardo Community Council

Public Safety

The goal of the Rancho Bernardo Public Safety Committee is to make a positive difference in the areas of our police/RSVP, fire fighters, and neighborhood watch programs for the Rancho Bernardo community.

The Public Safety Committee meets the third Tuesday of the month, 7:00 pm at the High Country West Community Center, 16003 Turtleback Road, San Diego, CA 92127.

Following are meeting dates for 2009. Please be sure to check each month to see if meetings have either been canceled or rescheduled.

January 20, 2009 - Guest speaker Mr. George George will bring us an update on what has happened to fire safety in the wake of the failure of Propostion A.

February 17, 2009 - Due to lack of agenda items, this meeting has been canceled.

March 17, 2009 - San Diego Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Presentation. Come learn about CERT, how to volunteer for it and what role CERT volunteers play in the event of an emergency.

April 21, 2009 - due to election of new members and committee officers, this meeting has been canceled until next month.

May 19, 2009 - Guest speaker Eddie Villacicencio, Deputy Fire Marshal for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department will present information on brush management and preparing our properties for fire season. There will be a power point presentation, various hand outs as well as a question and answer period. PLEASE NOTE: MEETING LOCATION FOR THIS PRESENTATION HAS CHANGED TO THE RANCHO BERNARDO LIBRARY, SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM. ONLY THE SECOND FLOOR ENTRANCE WILL BE OPEN. THE LIBRARY IS LOCATED AT 17110 BERNARDO CENTER DRIVE.

June 16
July 21
August 18
September 15
October 20
November 17
December 15

January 19, 2010
February 16
March 16
April 20

Review these three sites for the most updated information on the H1N1 (swine flu) virus:
-California Department of Public Health: http://ww2.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/discond/Pages/SwineInfluenza.aspx

-San Diego H1N1 Information:
http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/Portal/News/swineflu.html

-Center for Disease Control and Prevention:
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/index.htm

San Diego Regional Fire Safety Forum is a professional forum to educate the public about the threat of wildfires and what future changes are necessary to protect the San Diego Region. To learn more about the San Diego Regional Fire Safety Forum, and it's recent study and press release on what is needed in our region to help prevent a future disastrous fire, click here: http://sdfiresafety.org/.

City of San Diego Brush Management Regulations
Click here for the Brush Management Guide

Click here to go to SD Fire and Life Safety Services

Click here for Crime statistics listed by neighborhoods

Join the Rancho Bernardo CERT Team!

Next Academy Class Is October 6 Through November 7

Rancho Bernardo needs your help in being prepared for emergency situations. Residents in our community are being encouraged to volunteer for the City of San Diego's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). The teams are composed of community members trained in basic disaster response, fire safety, light search and rescue, incident command organization and disaster medical operations. CERT San Diego is taught by San Diego Fire-Rescue personnel. You will learn how to make your home and neighborhood safer, build a disaster kit, learn to combat "the three killers", how to use fire extinguishers and how to form a team working with the Fire Department in disaster situations. Many CERT volunteers assisted during the recent October fires. Volunteer work can range from processing important paperwork to hands on, physical work. Classes are being offered on Thursday evenings or Saturday mornings. Anyone 18 years of age and older is eligible to take the classes. There is no tuition for the six-week CERT academies. There is a slight fee for materials. For more iinformation click here: CERT San Diego Classes | San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

To download an application, click here: www.sandiego.gov/fireandems/cert/pdf/certapp.pdf.

Rancho Bernardo needs CERT volunteers. Join the team. The Rancho Bernardo Team. Carpooling with others taking the classes can be arranged.

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Fifty CERT San Diego team members woke on May 9, 2009 to the rumblings of a 7.0 earthquake. Though only a drill, the faux temblor tested members’ reactions to search, rescue, triage, and fire suppression. Volunteers from Rancho Bernardo, Penasquitos, Santa Luz and Scripps Ranch donned green helmets and vests, grabbed backpacks, and tools, and coordinated a three-hour exercise anticipating a worst-case “what if?” scenario. “Our team came through with flying colors” reports RB team leader Roger Fraumann. To learn more about CERT San Diego and how to join visit www.sandiego.gov/fireandems/cert/classes.shtml.

Take this quick quiz to see if you know what to do in the event of an earthquake:
http://www.nwcn.com/sharedcontent/features/flash/quake/during.html

BEING PREPARED: It CAN happen | The San Diego Union-Tribune

Rancho Bernardo committee seeking volunteers for emergency response team
(North County Times)

BE PREPARED FOR:
Earthquakes, Fires, Flood/Drought, Power Failures or
Terrorist Attacks

When any one of these disasters strike, our government agencies will be inundated with emergency calls and may not be able to come to our assistance for at least 72 hours. Rancho Bernardo needs to work together as a community to prepare ourselves for any type of disaster (joining CERT). We also need to educate and prepare ourselves as individuals until outside help can come to our aide.

Below are suggested lists on how to be better prepared for such situations:

72HourKit.pdf
Disaster Supply Kit
family_communications_plan.pdf
GrabGoDocBox.pdf
Pets-ASPCA.pdf

Public Safety Agenda for June 16, 2009

RB Public Safety Committee - Annual Report - March, 2009

Public Safety Agenda for March 17, 2009

Public Safety Agenda for January 20, 2009

Public Safety Minutes for September 16, 2008

Public Safety Minutes for August 19, 2008
Supplemental Information - Impact Results of a Major Earthquake

Public Safety Minutes for July 15, 2008

Public Safety Minutes for June 17, 2008

Public Safety Minutes for May 20, 2008

Public Safety Minutes for April 15, 2008

Public Safety Agenda for March 18, 2008