A Local Neighborhood Action Group Moves Forward
Apr 17th 2007whammerPetalumaNet & City Council & Petaluma Fire & NAGs & Community & Communications
If you missed yesterday’s City Council presentation about “Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness” initiatives, you might have heard the following statement: “As you have heard many times regarding major disasters; it isn’t a question of IF, but WHEN. Whenever we approach the anniversary of he 1906 S.F. Earthquake, the public is reminded of the need to “Be Ready” and to “Be Prepared.”
Just a few weeks ago, the City Council heard a 30 minute presentation by personnel from the Sonoma County Office of Emergency Services. The council members heard the OES staff use acronyms such as SEMS and NIMS. As council members they have been required to attend workshops that inform them about how emergency situations are handled by OES professionals at the State, County and Municipal level.
However; what about local citizens? We have been told, more than once, that in the event of a 1906 magnitude earthquake happening along our Rodgers Creek Fault, the impact in
For over a year, there has been a group of local volunteers who have been involved with an emergency preparedness initiative that was “incubated” shortly after Hurricane Katrina. It has “hatched” a few more acronyms suck as CERT, NERT, and ALERT. The “spark plugs” who have been “energizing” this effort made a brief report about what has been accomplished, to date, to the council so that our families and friends at the neighborhood level will “Be Ready.”
This summary report may be view on the City of
http://petaluma.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3
For additional information about CERT, NERT or ALERT, check out:
