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ARE YOU READY - Emergency Preparedness Training

Firestorm

2007 and Power Outage 2011 was a wake-up call for all of us. How did you

respond when asked to evacuate? Did you have a plan? Were copies of critical

documents and important personal items ready to go?  Did you have emergency lighting, communications,

batteries, etc., how are your First Aid Supplies????

If you would

like to be more prepared in the event something like this happens again, the

Encinitas Fire Department and CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) will

present a FREE disaster training program on Wednesday, September 18th,

at the Encinitas Community & Senior Center located at 1140 Oakcrest Dr.,

Encinitas, CA, starting at 6:30 PM

“Are You

Ready" Encinitas? is a 1-hour training program customized to address the

most likely events (earthquake and wildfires) that could lead to a community

wide disaster, overwhelming our public emergency response resources.  This training is provided neighborhood by


neighborhood with the goal of:

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1)    helping

us understand the risks specific our area,

2)    telling

us what we can do ahead of time to minimize the effects of a disaster on our homes and our families,

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3)    showing

us what supplies to have on hand to carry us for up to 72 hours,

4)    telling us what to do if a disaster actually occurs and how we can work together, with our

neighbors, in emergencies.

SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER by sending an Email to cert@encinitasca.gov or call David Tostenson, the Are You

Ready Program Coordinator at 760-634-5605.

There will

also be Encinitas Fire Department endorsed Home Disaster Preparedness Starter Kits available for at substantially reduced prices.

Building a safe, prepared and strong Encinitas community is the aim of


this training program. The more residents and employees we can train, the
stronger our city will be!
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