2025
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025 - (2PM - 5PM) - Rossmoor Firewise Town Hall on “Wildfire Evacuations” - Event Center. YouTube VIDEO
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2025 - Rossmoor Computer Club Flash Class on "How the Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO) and government websites can improve your safety during, and get relief after disasters"
• Friday, March 28, 2025 at 10 AM via Zoom
• Instructor: Harris Greenberg
• Class will review the EPO website and mobile apps from the American Red Cross, FEMA, and the USGS; learn how to get emergency alerts ; multiple ways to keep your mobile devices up and running during extended power outages; and how to gather and store critical documents online in the event your home is destroyed.
• PLATFORM: All, LEVEL: Beginner
Here is the SLIDE DECK for the Flash Class complete with LIVE HYPERLINKS.
Here is the link to the UNLISTED YouTube video.
MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2025 Room & Zoom Meeting in Peacock Hall (Movie Theater) from 10 am to 12 pm.
Join Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization’s (EPO) New Leadership Team (Chairman - Ken Jonah, Co-Chair - Bill Coy, and Tech Support Lead - Harris Greenberg) when they host Contra Costa County Fire Protection District's Public Education Coordinator Noell Crosse (County Fire) who will provide expertise in reducing risks of Rossmoor home fires, surviving home fires and operating fire extinguishers effectively.
Here is the UNLISTED YouTube video of Noell Crosse's video presentation
Noell Crosse slide show (pdf). Rossmoor’s Home Fire Safety Survey Program: How to get started (pdf).
Table of Contents
Time Stamp
(hh:mm:ss) Topic
00:00:00 Tom Cashion - Tribute to retiring EPO Past-President Fran Gibson 00:09:29 Tom Cashion - Introduce new EPO organization
00:12:07 Ken Jonah & Bill Coy - Plans for future of EPO
00:19:34 Tom Cashion - Rossmoor Public Safety Report
00:28:29 Fran Gibson Thanks for retirement wishs & introduction of Noell Crosse
00:28:29 Start of Noell Cross presentation
01:38:45 Questions & Answers
01:50:38 Closing slide with contact information
MONDAY, October 6, 2025 Room & Zoom Meeting in Peacock Hall (Movie Theater) from 10 am to 12 pm.
Join Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO) as they welcome International ShakeOut Drill Global Director Mark Benthien who will tutor our vulnerable senior community in earthquake safety and resiliency.
Because Mark Benthien was not able to attend the meeting on October 6, 2025, we are re-playing the recording of Mark's presentation from October 2, 2023, but will have another representative from the Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA) to answer questions after the video is played.
Learn how to “drop” down on your hands and knees, how to “cover” your head and neck with your arms while taking shelter under a sturdy desk or table and how to “hold on” until the shaking stops — and how to protect yourself until the shaking stops based on your physical abilities and mobility challenges.
Link to EPO slide deck. Mark Benthien's slide deck.
Link to UNLISTED YouTube video.
Table of Contents
Time Stamp
(hh:mm:ss) Topic
00:00:00 Ken Jonah - Opening remarks & upcoming EPO Events Ken also provides the Public Safety Report, and summarizes the upcoming EPO / Red Cross Blood drives
00:05:35 On the recording from 2023, Fran Gibson - Introduces Mark Benthein 01:13:46 Question & Answer discussion recorded on the video
01:26:16 Additional questions after the video - responded to by Lars Eric Holm of the ECA
MONDAY, November 3, 2025 Room & Zoom Meeting in Peacock Hall (Movie Theater) from 10 am to 12 pm.
Join the Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO) for a presentation by Ron Halog, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for Independent Living Resources of Solano and Contra Costa counties, at 10 a.m. Monday, November 3, 2025 when he will walk Rossmoor residents through a clear, simple and easy way to get prepared for a major disaster or emergency in Rossmoor.
Halog uses humor, critical information, contests and prizes to engage folks who may be uncomfortable with the dreaded “d” word (“disasters”) and who may feel apathetic – even “frozen” – to actively get engaged in preparing themselves and their households with the critical supplies needed to survive and thrive following an area wide disaster or emergency.
Ron Halog's handout brochure - Emergency Preparedness Guide from the California Department of Aging
Link to Ron Halog's slide deck. Link to UNLISTED YouTube video.
Table of Contents
Time Stamp
(hh:mm:ss) Topic
00:00:00 Ken Jonah - Opening remarks
00:02:12 Tom Cashion - Rossmoor Public Safety Report
00:08:20 Ron Halog - How to Prepare For a Disaster
01:17:00 Closing Slide with Contact Information
