The JEPP Group has organized a cache (stockpile) of supplies, materials, and equipment for use in the planned Joyce Emergency Shelter following a large-scale emergency. The cache and associated local emergency response plans will provide live saving support in town until rescuers arrive on the scene. A cadre of volunteers is being trained to provide temporary services at the shelter and beyond in order to house and/or care for those with medical needs, including those whose homes may have been damaged beyond use. The cache includes first aid supplies, non-perishable food, water filtration/purification systems, cots and sleeping bags, emergency lighting, assorted tools, supplies for cooking, cleaning, personal hygiene and sanitation, and much more.
A portion of the JEPP compound (photo taken in 2025), located in central Joyce on the site of the Joyce Bible Church, with which JEPP has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the use of its facilities in the aftermath of a major disaster. The compound includes two 40' steel Conex containers, one 20' Conex container, a large steel shed, a steel cabinet for the storage of multiple 5-gallon propane bottles, a large 2,500-gallon water cistern, and several porta potties. The steel shed holds JEPP's Army field kitchen, one of JEPP's two custom built water filtration systems mounted on a trailer, a trailer mounted generator, two additional portable generators, fuel, and assorted other items.
The wide angle photo at left, taken in 2020, captures the JEPP inventory in Conex #1. Supplies have been carefully organized, identified by section and shelf number, inventoried, and strapped to prevent tumbling during a ground-shaking earthquake.
Another view of the JEPP compound taken in 2024, showing the steel shed used to store larger equipment. All items within it are ready to deploy when the Joyce Emergency Shelter complex is deemed safe and necessary to open by Incident Command, which is located down the road at Clallam County Fire Protection District #4's central facility, Station 41.
The photos at left show container shelving under construction in Conex #2, and shelves stocked with supplies. These were taken in 2020-2021. Each of the JEPP's two Conex storage containers utilize both steel and wooden shelving and both containers are wired for lighting and temperature control.
The images at left, taken in 2019-2020, show cans of Augason foods, cots, sleeping bags and other supplies stored in Conex #1. The container also holds a large quantity if Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) for use by Shelter managers and personal in the first days of operation before the Field Kitchen is made operational and before community members are admitted to the dormitory.
The following photos, taken in late 2016 and early 2017, show cached supplies secured by plastic mesh netting and shelved sleeping bags.
The following photos, taken in late 2016 and early 2017, show early-acquired, shelved, non-perishable foods and Rae Leiper, Judy Harvey and Pat Baxter, preparing items for storage.
The following photos, taken in JEPP's early stages, show Jim Buck and Bruce Leiper vacuum packing sleeping bags and supplies; and Dan and Judy Harvey sealing sets for storage.