News – Mt. Washington Jessica Neighborhood

26 Sep

MWJN Disaster Drill 10/14/23

Our exercise focused on the Nine Steps of the Map Your Neighborhood program. MYN is based on knowing your neighbors, knowing who needs extra help and what collective resources your block has available to help ourselves in the first hour following a disaster. Find out more about MYN .

It was a fun time with our neighbors!

THE DRILL: Began at home: At 10am DROP, COVER, HOLD ON! Practice what to do in the first hour of a Disaster:

–Grab your Walkie-Talkie Radio. Turn to Ch 5 – Listen to Network, call & give your status

Get your MYN booklet and follow the 9 Steps:

Check your Household – Make sure everyone is safe.
Dress for Safety – Put on sturdy shoes, a hardhat or helmet, and leather gloves
Locate your Gas Meter – Know where it is and know how to turn it off if necessary (but DON’T turn it off for the drill)
Locate your Water Shut-off Valve – Know where it is and know how to turn it off if necessary (but DON’T turn it off for the drill)
Check that you have your HELP/OK sign with 2 band aids stapled in your MYN booklet
Place your Fire Extinguisher on the Curb – Dial should be green, invert, and shake for 30 seconds
before placing it in front of your house for neighbors to grab if needed for fire
Go to your Block Gathering Site – Where is it? Follow your neighbors.
Select a Block Drill Coordinator to organize teams based on the number of people and what each person prefers to do. Distribute vests, radios & tools. The Drill Coordinator may join one of the teams. Teams check the block for incidents.
After Teams complete work, Return to Gathering Site to share results

During the last hour all blocks convened in the “5 Points” intersection for a debrief session for feedback on what worked and what didn’t. Ben reviewed all the incidents and all the correct responses. Pierre also demonstrated how to shut off gas. And we had pizza! An educational and tasty event!

04 Dec

Jessica Triangle Clean up – 12/11 11am – 1pm

Paula and Crew Weeding the Triangle — Beautification – Jessica Triangle

Support your neighborhood! The Triangle was created by and is maintained by neighbors in this area. Please come out to trim some dead branches (no weeds this time of year) and help with general cleanup. Bring gloves and any tools you prefer. Working with neighbors is a great preparedness activity.

We request 30 minutes of your time or a $10 donation. We’ll accept cash on the spot or you can donate here.

Find out more about MWJN Beautification.

31 Aug

Jessica Triangle Work Party Sunday 9/4/22

Jessica Triangle Work Party Sunday 9/4/22 8am – 10am

The Triangle is thirsty! Please come out to water, trim some dead branches, pull some weeds and help with general clean up. A neighbor kindly allows us to use his hose and water. Citywide, hand watering is allowed before 9am. Bring gloves and any tools you prefer. Its a nice way to meet some neighbors!

Jessica Triangle is the landmark at the intersection of Jessica Drive and Cleland Avenue. Beginning in the late 90′s, local residents helped transform the triangle from a litter-strewn patch of asphalt to a beautifully landscaped drought-tolerant pocket park, and neighbors have been maintaining it ever since. You can read about our involvement in maintaining it on our website.

07 Oct

Map Your Neighborhood Disaster Drill 10/16/21 10am

The scenario is a major earthquake that hits at 10am Saturday morning.

Practice “Drop! Cover! Hold On!
Practice Map Your Neighborhood Program Steps
Practice helping other members of our block
Practice helping other blocks in the neighborhood
Practice using FRS radios to communicate with others in our blocks and with other blocks
Practice problem solving to address incidents caused by a major earthquake
Attend a Debrief at the end of the drill to compare notes, discover correct answers, meet neighbors and eat pizza

We will also be practicing using our FRS radios (walkie-talkies). Our initial check-ins from our homes will be similar to what we’ve been practicing in our Sunday evening radio practices. As we walk our blocks we will use one channel to communicate between the walking team and the team at the Gathering Site. A separate channel will be reserved to communicate with the staging manager for the whole neighborhood.

Our response is to Drop Cover and Hold on and to practice what we’ve learned in our Map Your Neighborhood program. We will not be coordinating with CERT this time. We will follow our 9 Steps and go to our gathering sites to form teams. The teams will assess the blocks by looking for special yellow Drill Incident Cards. We will not be seeing bloodied bodies or hauling people in stretchers. This will be more of a “Thought Exercise” focusing on decision making utilizing the resources we know we have in our blocks (found in our Contact Lists and Skills and Equipment Inventories)

CERT-MYN DRILL 2019 — CERT- MYN DRILL 2019

This is a covid compliant event and masks are requested even if you’re fully vaccinated.