Mission Statement

The Campus Parnassus Neighborhood Group -- CPNG -- was initially formed in response to the 1989 earthquake and the 1991 Oakland fire.  The primary purpose of the group is to assist the neighborhood in responding to future disasters.  The group also works to coordinate with adjacent neighborhoods (including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and City of Berkeley officials and personnel in responding to other neighborhood concerns, such as Crime Watch, sheltering in place, and street maintenance.

The CPNG, through its Planning Committee will…

1. Develop and maintain 

• a list of households, persons, persons with special needs, and persons with skills and tools useful in assisting in an emergency response.

• a cache of emergency supplies and equipment.

2. Develop and distribute specific recommendations for

• initial actions to be taken after an earthquake,

• initial actions to be taken in case of a firestorm threat,

• search and rescue, and 

• disaster medical care.

3. Organize drills to test and refine our response to emergencies.

4. Provide for neighborhood communications by

• maintaining a CPNG web site  (www.campusparnassus.org);

• facilitating email groups for the neighborhood as a whole cpngbulletinboard@googlegroups.com and its planning committee <cpngplanning@googlegroups.com>

• distributing handouts, flyers , and other materials; and

• employing, in emergencies, the use of hand-held low-power FM radios (walkie-talkies).

5. Organize neighborhood meetings to

• get to know one another, and

• share information on emergency and other issues affecting our neighborhood.

The CPNG needs everyone’s help.

• Emergency preparation begins at home -- be prepared.

• Be familiar with CPNG recommendations on what to do in an emergency.

• Participate in neighborhood meetings and on our planning committee.

• Take City of Berkeley CERT training classes.