Carmel Prepares

Overview December 5, 2023

Carmel Prepares
Building village resilience through disaster preparedness, community response, and sustainable recovery.

This partnership—between the City of Carmel, the Carmel Library, and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)—is all about giving our community the tools, knowledge, and support to stay safe and strong.

In the months and years ahead, Carmel Prepares will offer hands-on workshops and training sessions to help you:

Be ready to respond in an emergency
Connect and collaborate with neighbors and local organizations
Build a stronger, more resilient Carmel—together

Join us and take action now to protect what matters most.

Upcoming Events

Citywide Evacuation Drill

Saturday, May 30th, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Join your neighbors for a wildfire evacuation drill at 9:00 a.m.

Drivers: meet at Monte Verde & Ocean

Walkers: meet at Ocean & Junipero for transportation options

After the drill, please join us for a safety fair in Devendorf Park. There’ll be free hot dogs!

All residents are encouraged to participate.

This is a voluntary, no-cost, community preparedness event.

Hosted by the Carmel Police Department in partnership with Monterey Fire, CERT, VIPS, and City Departments.

RSVP to participate

Sign up for alerts with A!ert Monterey County. Please do not use your unapproved street address number; the alert system will not recognize it.

Any questions, please contact Chief Trayer at 831.624.6403

Share with your friends and neighbors!

Community Safety Series

Carmel Prepares – Stay tuned for our next session.

Quick Ways to Start Getting Prepared

Sign-up for Alert Monterey County and sign up for Nixle by texting your zip code to 888777 to enroll to receive notifications from our police, fire, and city to let you know about road closures and other emergencies with real-time updates on your cell phone, email, or both.
Sign-up for Earthquake Alerts from Earthquake Warning California, the country’s first publicly available, statewide warning system managed by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) that uses ground motion sensors from across the state to detect earthquakes before humans can feel them and can notify Californians to “Drop, Cover and Hold On” in advance of an earthquake.
Bookmark the PG&E Power Outage Map for easy access.
Bookmark the Food Safety for Power Outages to find out what you can do to keep food safe during a power outage, and when you need to throw away food that could make you sick.
Print out (or stop by the library for a copy) the City’s Evacuation Routes to put on your fridge and in your car for quick access if needed.
Print out (or stop by the library for a copy) the Carmel Emergency Preparedness Quick Guide to put on your fridge, so you have important info handy.
Print out (or stop by the library for a copy) Emergency Kit Supply List to help you start building up your cache of emergency supplies.
Prepare for wildfires with help from Fire Safe Council for Monterey County to learn how to reduce the risk of loss of life, property, and resources from wildfires, and to educate everyone on wildfire dangers and how to reduce them.
Check out the Workshop Slides from the January 6, 2024 Carmel Prepares presentation.
Participation in Events & Trainings organized by the City and Carmel CERT throughout the year.

Resources for Businesses / Organizations

Having a Business Continuity Plan is an important part of your organization’s risk-management efforts.

We also know that you are busy and that preparing a plan takes time and effort. Ideally, you already have an up-to-date plan. If not, please use one of the following resources to kickstart your team’s conversation about preparedness.

Get to know FEMA’s national disaster recovery framework and the economic recovery support function.
Start to build your plan with workbook templates from the US Chamber of Commerce.
And/or check out small business disaster recovery plan from Insurance Information Institute’s for more ideas.