Safety Information

We post basic information to help residents and visitors prepare for disasters. We urge readers to check other resources listed on this website—including readymarin.org—and others you trust for additional information.

Ready Marin-Disaster Preparedness & Training

A FEMA-supported website with information on how to prepare yourself, household, pets, etc., and a list of other websites with information, including FEMA’s ready.gov (multi-language). Information includes: CERT training; English & Spanish checklists; Get Ready/Prepárese manuals.

Evacuations

FIRESafe Marin’s information on the difference between Evacuation Order, Evacuation Warning, Shelter in Place, about registering for ALERT MARIN, and the evacuation process including “what-to-do” if…

Storms

Getting Ready for Winter, LA Times Tips [pdf]

Winter Readiness, More Ideas & Tips [pdf]

Getting Ready for Winter-Flooding [pdf]

Wildfires/Incendio Forestal

FIRESafe Marin
Check this for FIRESafe’s news updates & sign up for the Newsletter. Preparing Long Before a Fire Threat; Evacuation Process; If You Become Trapped (car, on foot, in your home); Returning Home; more.

Su Guía de Accíon en Caso de Incendio Forestal

CalFire
Wildfire is Coming. Are You Ready? Hardening your Home; Fire-safe Landscaping; Simple Charts on Equipment Use & Operating; Vehicles; Bark Beetle Disease; Dead Trees.

Preparedness for Farmers and Ranchers

Earthquakes

Staying Safe When the Earth Quakes [pdf]

Earthquake Country Alliance
Statewide Public-Private-Grassroots Partnership to Improve Readiness, Mitigation, Resiliency.

Great ShakeOut/El Gran ShakeOut (English & en Español)

Preparedness for People with Disabilities and Other Access or Functional Needs

Animal Safety

Marin Humane Society: Disaster Prep, Pets [pdf]

Marin Humane Society: Disaster Prep, Large & Farm Animals [pdf]

Point Reyes Light Column, Protecting Pets [pdf]

General

For emergency information [pdf]

Are You Prepared Survey & Water Purifying Information[pdf]

Emergency Plan

Planning Checklist [pdf]

Lista de Planificación de Emergencia [pdf]

What to take in an emergency, Marin IJ column, post-2017 North Bay fires [pdf]

Website Accessibility Policy

Inverness Public Utility District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Inverness Public Utility District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at 415-669-1414

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Inverness Public Utility District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Inverness Public Utility District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at 415-669-1414.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.