Emergency Services

American Red Cross

Every day, in communities big and small across King and Kitsap counties, the American Red Cross is at work alleviating human suffering. When a family’s home catches fire, we provide lodging, food, comfort and more, bridging the gap between despair and hope. When a community is threatened by a disaster, we mobilize to deliver relief including shelter, nourishing meals, health services, and comfort. When a cancer patient is fighting to survive, we deliver lifesaving blood, wherever and whenever it is needed. The availability of blood and blood products can mean the difference between life and death. When a service member has an emergency and needs to reach family back home, the Red Cross helps connect them. We provide exceptional care from the day they enlist through their lives as veterans. For more than 140 years, the Red Cross has helped neighbors down the street, across the country and around the world.

Website: www.redcross.org/local/wa/northwestregion

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Bainbridge Island Amateur Radio Club

Bainbridge Island Amateur Radio Club (BARC) welcomes licensed ham radio operators and unlicensed individuals interested in learning about radio communications for fun and for emergency preparedness. We offer radio operator training, including FCC-licensing preparation and examination, a weekly informal “Amateur Hour” net, monthly presentations, and a monthly breakfast meeting. BARC members provide communications for community events such as the Chilly Hilly bicycle rally and the Rotary Auction. The club is affiliated with the Bainbridge Island Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service (BEARS) and Kitsap County Auxiliary Radio Service (KARS). Most club members are registered emergency workers through Bainbridge Island Emergency Management and/or the Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management. BARC supports the Bainbridge Island “Map Your Neighborhood” program, encouraging neighbors to become licensed hams and to learn to communicate effectively during an emergency. BARC operates the W7NPC radio repeater, enabling island-wide UHF amateur radio communications.

www.W7NPC.org

Bainbridge Island Volunteer Firefighters Association

Proudly serving Bainbridge Island since 1942, the Bainbridge Island Volunteer Firefighters Association and its membership serve our community as volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians. Our mission is to safeguard lives, property and the environment through prevention, education & emergency response. Your generous donations support firefighting, emergency medical services, rescue, public safety, disaster relief, community education, and member training.

Bainbridge Prepares

Founded in 2011, Bainbridge Prepares prepares for and responds to natural and public health emergencies that affect Bainbridge Island and the greater Western Washington region. With over 19 specialized teams and 600+ volunteers from across the region, we work hand-in-hand with first responders, governmental agencies, and other nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations to build and educate communities prior to emergencies, and supplement the professional response if an emergency or disaster occurs.

Website: bainbridgeprepares.org

Coffee Oasis

The Coffee Oasis is a faith-based non-profit organization that exists to create pathways of opportunity for youth to be restored in heart, soul, mind, and body. We believe youth are the future of our community, but many are hurting, homeless, and hindered from living their full potential. The Coffee Oasis youth programs offer a place for the community to invest in their future—the youth. We do this through creating safe shared spaces, mentorship, street, and school outreach, goal setting, job training, shelter, and crisis intervention. The only way for our mission to succeed is through the support of the entire community—intentional inter-generational and cross-cultural investment. The Coffee Oasis offers all resources, services, activities, and programs to youth 13-25 years old without regard to religious beliefs, race, color, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, identity, or disability.

Website: www.thecoffeeoasis.com

Kitsap Rescue Mission

Kitsap Rescue Mission (KRM) operates the only year round, low barrier, overnight shelter in Kitsap County, serving individuals from all areas of Kitsap County. From our humble beginnings in 2009 as a mobile meal provider, we have grown to become an integral part of the safety net for community members experiencing homelessness in Kitsap County. Today we are a strongly established continuous stay shelter that every day, year-round, helps people who are dealing with truly devastating difficulties such as unresolved trauma, mental illness, substance use disorders, domestic violence, and health problems. Through the support of our generous community, we provide the care, rest, nutrition, and opportunities essential for individuals who have few other options. We sincerely thank all our loyal donors who’s support allows us to do this vital work.

Website: www.kitsaprescue.org/

YWCA Kitsap County

YWCA is the only state certified domestic violence service provider in Kitsap County – working to advance justice through direct service programs, safety planning, advocacy, case management, emergency shelter, permanent housing, criminal and civil justice court navigation, support groups, prevention, education, and community outreach. Our community and our clients are owed respect, justice, and healing. Here, a woman is empowered to leave an abusive relationship. Here, a family breaks the cycle of violence. Here, we bear witness to a survivor’s dignity, and celebrate their victories. Here, a mother and her children escape their abuser, avoid homelessness, and access safe, permanent housing. Here, community leaders learn how to interrupt the cycle of generational violence and empower young people to form healthy relationships. But we don’t do it alone. It takes a community to end domestic violence – and Kitsap County CAN interrupt the cycle.

Website: www.ywcakitsap.org