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.

The following meeting are meeting dates for the 2010-2011 year. Please be sure to check each month to see if the meetings have been canceled or rescheduled:

August 17
September 21
October 19
November 16
December 21
January 18, 2011
February 15
March 15
April 19
May 17
June 21
July 19
August 16
September 20
October 18
November 15
December 20

IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEALTH NOTICE The Rancho Bernardo Community Council does its best to keep the community informed of various issues. Our Public Safety Committee would like to inform the public of the following information: There has been a recent recall on eggs. To find out detailed information, including product description, UPC numbers and Plant numbers on the cartons impacted, visit: www.eggsafety.org/mediacenter/alerts/90-nucal-foods-conducts-recall-of-shell-eggs

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 Begins September 30, 2010

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 to be taken either one evening during the week 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 information 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 August 17, 2010

2010 Public Safety Annual Report

Public Safety Agenda for March 16, 2010

Public Safety Agenda for December 15, 2009

Public Safety Agenda for October 20, 2009

Public Safety Minutes for July 21, 2009

Public Safety Minutes for June 16, 2009

RB Public Safety Committee - Annual Report - March, 2009

Public Safety Minutes for March 17, 2009

Public Safety Agenda for January 20, 2009

Public Safety Minutes for September 16, 2008