# North End Prepares > North End Prepares helps neighbors from Kingston to Hansville get ready for storms, earthquakes, and road or ferry closures, block by block. Join your block. ## Ask this site AI agents and scripts can ask North End Prepares questions directly and get answers from what this site publishes. No key or sign-up needed. - [Ask a question](https://agents.rapidxm.com/knowledge/north-end-prepares/ask): `GET https://agents.rapidxm.com/knowledge/north-end-prepares/ask?q=your+question` returns JSON. Put the question in `q`, in plain words. - [MCP server](https://agents.rapidxm.com/knowledge/north-end-prepares/mcp): streamable HTTP. Tools: `get_site_info()`, `search_content(query, kind?, limit?)`, `get_page(url?, id?)`, `list_posts(limit?)`, `get_post(slug)`, `list_products(limit?)`, `get_product(slug)`, `ask_knowledge(query)`. The question tools take it as `query`. - [Catalog](https://www.northendprepares.org/catalog.json): every page, post, product and knowledge entry, as JSON. ## Pages - [North End Prepares · Kingston to Hansville](https://www.northendprepares.org/): North End Prepares helps neighbors from Kingston to Hansville get ready for storms, earthquakes, and road or ferry closures, block by block. Join your block. - [About · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/about/): North End Prepares is a volunteer, neighbor-to-neighbor group for the peninsula communities from Kingston north, organizing every block around a Block Captain. - [After a Disaster: The First Hour and Recovery · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/after-a-disaster/): The first hour after a disaster in 10 steps, then the days that follow and recovery. Printable. - [Ask a Question · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/ask/): Ask a preparedness question in your own words. Answers come from North End Prepares' neighbor-written guides. In an emergency, call 911. - [Block Captains · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/block-captains/): Every North End block needs a captain: a neighbor who keeps the block connected and is the point of contact in an emergency. Meet yours, or become one. - [Become a Block Captain · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/block-captains/become-a-block-captain/): You don't need to be an expert. Block Captains keep 10–20 nearby households connected. A few hours a year before a disaster makes a huge difference after one. - [Meet Your Block Captain · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/block-captains/meet-your-block-captain/): Enter your name, email, and street address and we'll introduce you to your Block Captain in your area's email group. Your address is never published. - [Radio: GMRS, Meshtastic & HAM · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/communications/): When cell service, internet, or power fail, the North End stays connected with GMRS voice radio, Meshtastic text, and HAM radio, through Block Captains and Area Leads. - [Get Alerts · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/get-alerts/): Five minutes to set up every official warning for the North End: KitsapALERT, phone alerts, ShakeAlert, tsunami, ferry and bridge, and power outages. - [Join Your Block · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/get-involved/): Join your block: give your name, email, and street address and we'll connect you with your North End Block Captain. No donations, no membership, just neighbors. - [North End Hazards · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/know-your-hazards/): What the North End should prepare for, starting with what happens most: winter storms and outages, earthquakes, tsunami, landslides, wildfire smoke and heat, and getting cut off. - [Earthquake · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/know-your-hazards/earthquake/): Drop, Cover, and Hold On. How the North End prepares for earthquakes on the Seattle Fault, South Whidbey Island Fault, and Cascadia, and what to do after the shaking stops. - [Landslides & Bluffs · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/know-your-hazards/landslides-bluffs/): Wet winters bring landslide risk to bluff and slope properties in Hansville, Eglon, Kingston, and along the shoreline. Know the warning signs. - [Tsunami & Shoreline · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/know-your-hazards/tsunami-shoreline/): A Seattle Fault quake or underwater landslide can send waves to North End shorelines within minutes. Know the natural warning signs and walk to high ground. - [Wildfire Smoke & Heat · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/know-your-hazards/wildfire-smoke-heat/): Smoke from regional fires and more frequent heat waves reach the North End most summers. Make a clean-air room, find cooling, and create defensible space. - [Winter Storms & Power Outages · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/know-your-hazards/winter-storms-power-outages/): Windstorms and outages hit the North End almost every year. How to get ready, stay safe during an outage, and check on neighbors afterward. - [Learn & Prepare · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/learn/): Plain-language preparedness guides written by North End neighbors. Every guide can be printed. - [One Road In: Living at the End of the Road · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/one-road-in/): North of Kingston, Hansville Road NE is the only through road. Here's how North End households and blocks plan for closures, outages, and being cut off. - [Prepare Your Household · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/prepare/): Plan to be on your own for two weeks. Start with 2 Weeks Ready, then follow our One Hour a Month plan: kits, a family plan, a safer home, water and wells. - [Access & Functional Needs · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/prepare/access-functional-needs/): Planning help for people with disabilities, chronic health conditions, older adults, and caregivers: power for medical equipment, medications, mobility, and check-ins. - [Documents & Finances · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/prepare/documents-finances/): Copy and store important papers, keep some cash, and check what your insurance covers before a disaster. - [Make Your Home Safer · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/prepare/home-safety/): Home hazard hunt, gas and propane shutoffs, generator safety, fire safety, and how to shelter in place, for North End homes. - [Build Your Kits · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/prepare/kits/): You need more than one kit. Grab & Go bag checklist, under-the-bed bag, car kit, work kit, and pet kit for North End households. - [Make a Plan · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/prepare/make-a-plan/): Write your household plan: an out-of-area contact, meeting places, staying put vs. leaving on a one-road peninsula, commuters stuck across the water, and kids. - [One Hour a Month · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/prepare/one-hour-a-month/): Our 12-month plan: one small task a month, timed to North End seasons. Two weeks ready in a year. - [Pets & Livestock · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/prepare/pets-livestock/): Pet kits, ID, pet-friendly places to go, and readiness for horses and livestock on the North End. - [2 Weeks Ready · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/prepare/two-weeks-ready/): What 2 Weeks Ready means on the North End: water for every person and pet, food you already eat, light, sanitation, warmth, and medications, built up a little at a time. - [Water & Wells · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/prepare/water-and-wells/): How to store and treat emergency water, where to find hidden water at home, and what private well owners on the North End should do before the power goes out. - [Resources & Local Directory · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/resources/): Local emergency contacts for the North End: Kitsap County DEM, North Kitsap Fire & Rescue, tribal partners, alerts, utilities, health services, training, and state guides. - [Response Mode · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/response-mode/): Emergency updates for the North End from North End Prepares, a volunteer group. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911. - [Training & CERT · North End Prepares](https://www.northendprepares.org/training/): Find CERT, CPR and first aid, fire extinguisher, and amateur radio training for North End residents. ## Posts - [Using a generator safely: a North End deep dive](https://www.northendprepares.org/posts/using-a-generator-safely/): The long version: sizing, placement, transfer switches, fuel, cords, CO alarms, and well pumps. Outdoors only, 20 feet from doors and windows, and never backfeed your panel. - [November: Utilities & Generators](https://www.northendprepares.org/posts/november-utilities-and-generators/): Find and label your gas, water, and electric shutoffs before the first big windstorm. Hang a wrench by the meter, and make a safe plan for your generator. - [October: Drop, Cover, and Hold On](https://www.northendprepares.org/posts/october-drop-cover-hold-on/): Practice with your household on ShakeOut day, Thursday, October 15. Then pack a small bag for under the bed. ## Knowledge - [2 Weeks Ready](/prepare/two-weeks-ready/): Plan to be on your own for two weeks. Help may take that long to reach the North End if bridges or ferries are out. Water: 1 gallon per person and per pet, per day, for 14 days. - [About North End Prepares](/about/): North End Prepares is a volunteer, neighbor-to-neighbor group for the peninsula communities at the northern tip of Kitsap County, Washington: Kingston, Eglon, Little Boston, Hansville, Point No… - [Access and functional needs](/prepare/access-functional-needs/): Build a personal support network of three or more people who will check on you. Power-dependent equipment (oxygen, CPAP, power wheelchairs, refrigerated medicines): plan backup batteries, a generator… - [Block Captains](/block-captains/): A Block Captain is a neighbor who keeps 10–20 nearby households connected and is the point of contact in an emergency. You don't need to be an expert; it takes a few hours a year. - [Build your kits](/prepare/kits/): You need more than one kit: Home supplies (2 Weeks Ready): bins in a garage or closet for 14 days at home. - [Documents and finances](/prepare/documents-finances/): Copy insurance and financial records, wills and powers of attorney, and IDs. Photograph or video your valuables. - [Emergencies: call 911 first](/response-mode/): If anyone is in danger right now, call 911. If calls don't go through, text 911. North End Prepares is an informal volunteer group of neighbors, not an official agency or warning system. - [Get Alerts](/get-alerts/): Five minutes now, seconds of warning later. Set up all of these; some work when others don't. KitsapALERT (kcowa.us/alert): county warnings for evacuations, boil-water notices, road closures, and… - [Join your block](/get-involved/): Join your block at /get-involved/: give your name, email, and street address and we'll connect you with your Block Captain. What happens next: You get a welcome email with this month's one-hour task. - [Local emergency contacts](/resources/): In any emergency, call 911 (text 911 if you can't call). Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management (KCDEM): kitsapdem.com · 360-307-5871 · dem@kitsapdem.org North Kitsap Fire & Rescue (NKFR)… - [Make a plan](/prepare/make-a-plan/): Pick an out-of-area contact at least 100 miles away. Everyone carries a paper contact card; post one on the fridge. Text, don't call. - [Make your home safer](/prepare/home-safety/): Gas: shut it off only if you smell gas or hear hissing: a quarter turn with a wrench kept at the meter. Never turn it back on yourself; the utility must do it. Propane: know your tank's shutoff. - [North End hazards](/know-your-hazards/): Winter storms and power outages (almost every year): tree-lined roads, outages that can last days, and wells that need power. Stay 35 feet from downed lines. No gas ovens or BBQs indoors. - [One Hour a Month](/prepare/one-hour-a-month/): One hour a month, two weeks ready in a year. One task per month, timed to North End seasons (based on Washington's Prepare in a Year, in our own words): October: Drop, Cover, Hold On and a bedside… - [One Road In](/one-road-in/): North of Kingston, Hansville Road NE is the only through road for Eglon, Little Boston, Hansville, Point No Point, and nearby neighborhoods. - [Pets and livestock](/prepare/pets-livestock/): Pet kit: 2–3 days of food, water, medicines, a leash, and a carrier. Your 2 Weeks Ready water count includes pets (1 gallon per pet per day). - [Radio: GMRS, Meshtastic and HAM](/communications/): When cell service, internet, or power fail, the North End uses three kinds of radio: GMRS (voice, for your block): handheld or base radios for talking with neighbors, your Block Captain, and nearby… - [The first hour after a disaster](/after-a-disaster/): Check your household for injuries. Call 911 for life-threatening emergencies; if calls fail, text 911. Put on shoes, gloves, and a helmet. Smell gas or hear hissing? Shut off the gas and get out. - [Training and CERT](/training/): Kitsap CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), run by Kitsap County DEM: disaster preparation, fire suppression, disaster medical operations, light search and rescue, team organization, and… - [Water and wells](/prepare/water-and-wells/): Store water in food-grade containers with screw caps; 2-liter soda bottles work. Don't use milk jugs, glass, or old bleach bottles. - [Wildfire, smoke and heat](/know-your-hazards/wildfire-smoke-heat/): If you see a fire or anyone is in danger, call 911 (text 911 if you can't call). Most summers the North End gets smoke from regional fires and heat waves, and many homes here don't have air… ## Optional - [Full content](https://www.northendprepares.org/llms-full.txt) ## Policy Content on this site may be read, summarized, and linked back to with attribution. Do not represent this content as your own or as originating from another business.