Could you help your neighbors in need?


MERRAG!  (pronounced Mirage) is a network of trained volunteers who work and live in the Montecito area. Members are prepared to respond to a community disaster during the critical first 72 hours following an event. Since 1987, the mutual “self-help” organization has been serving Montecito’s 13,000 residents with the guidance and support of the Montecito Fire, Water and Sanitary Districts.

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Event Calendar

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May


May 3 - May 4

Neighborhood Fire Hazard Cleanup
Lower Romero Canyon Road - Priority: Canyons adjacent to neighborhoods

May 6

MERRAG - CERT Unit 4 - Disaster Medical Operations II
Montecito Fire Headquarters - 10:00 am

In this unit you will learn about:

Public Health Considerations: How to maintain hygiene and sanitation.

Functions of Disaster Medical Operations: How to conduct the four major subfunctions of disaster medical operations.

Disaster Medical Treatment Areas: How to establish them and what their functions are.

Patient Evaluation: How to perform a head-to-toe patient evaluation to identify and treat injuries.

Basic Treatment—How To:
•Treat burns.
•Dress and bandage wounds.
•Treat fractures, dislocations, sprains, and strains.
•Apply splints to hands, arms, and legs.
•Treat hypothermia.
•Control nasal bleeding.

May 17 - May 18

Neighborhood Fire Hazard Cleanup
Chelham / Dawlish / Paso Robles / Westmont Road, Circle Drive and Las Barrancas (Joint project with Santa Barbara City)

May 17

Regular Board Meeting