Emergency Ribbon Use

In Cottonwood Heights
Our city supplies the Emergency Ribbons for it's residents, we use them for our practice Emergency Drills, like Shake Out. They would also be used in case of a true emergency.

Block Captains can see from the road each neighbor's status and then report it to the Precinct Comms who will send the information up the ladder to where it needs to go for appropriate help

The City Manager distributes the Emergency Ribbons to the District Liaison who then has each Precinct Leader pick up the supplies and make enough ribbons to distribute to their Precinct.

This can be done by joining forces with the Block Captains who will then bag them up and deliver them to the residents in their block educating them on how they are to be used, when and why.

These are the instructions that go with the Emergency Ribbons for each household.

Home Occupant

Enclosed are four ribbons

Display the top priority color ribbon concerning your status in front of your home visible from the street in case of a natural  disaster or area emergency so your Block Captain and CERT Team members can report and respond to your status

Put this packet in a easy to remember area, like taped in a zip lock bag inside a kitchen cabinet door, one that gets used a lot so you know right where it is located in the event of an actual event. 

You may be drilling with your Neighborhood Precinct Team,  Shake- Out exercises or in the event of a natural disaster

Red: A Life threatening situation in your home

Yellow:  A medical problem, but not life threatening

Green:  Display when there are no medical situations

Black:  A death in your home

If you move, please contact your Block Captain to let them know so your ribbons may be replaced for the new occupant

You can print off a copy below under Printable Instructions For Emergency Ribbons

Earthquake Checklist After The Shaking Stops

Check Your Home

If you are in bed and wearing your night clothes, pull your 72 second kit (jeans, shirt, sweatshirt, socks, boots or shoes,  leather gloves, flashlight or headlamp) out from under the bed and get dressed quickly  

On your way out of the house, notice damage severity to your home    
 Locate family members or roommates and pets as soon as possible, go outside to your meeting area hopefully aftershocks are over 
 Check on:
Water heater     
 Broken pipes    
 Electrical panel  
 Check the foundation of your home for cracks, inspect the chimney  
 Take photos of damage

Place the Emergency Ribbon that applies to your situation out for your Block captain to report     

If you are a Block Captain, and your family, home and pets are secure. Report your Block's Emergency Ribbon status.  Report that information to the Precinct Comms.   Get your pack, helmet, vest and gloves.   Report to your Precinct (Neighborhood) Staging area for dispatch or to volunteer to be on one of your neighborhood emergency teams

Cottonwood Heights Amateur Radio Club CHARC

Shake Out 2014

Take a look at the great video from our Amateur Radio Club CHARC
We had a great drill.
Successful after many hours of planning from the city to the block captains.
We have a great city of awesome residents, volunteers and city officials working together.

We look forward to building on this experience in the coming year.
We will be preparing through the year to build on what we have learned.

Awesome work from our Amateur Radio Club, City Officials, District and Precinct Comms, Block Captains and Residents!

Earthquake Preparation

Ever wonder what to do in the event of an earthquake?


Start Here, we will give you lots of great information that you can practice to be ready.
                                       
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         And Great kids who listen and learn!  Yea for obedient children!!!


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Earth Quake Safety

Take a look at this great website  www.shakeout.org to get involved in ShakeOut 2016.
Learn more,  you can even register what you would like to practice for ShakeOut, then be sure to do it!
Have fun playing "What to do in the event of an earthquake."
Share the information and the website with your family and friends so they can get prepared too.
Shake Out is AWESOME! Knowing what to do in the event of an earthquake is priceless.
Following is a teaser of what you can gain from the website, what a great resource.
Take some time to learn and discover for yourself the skills that may save your life!  It is so cool!
Click here to get the full scoop Drop Cover Hold on!
Thank YOU shakeout.org, Great Service, Great website!


In Cottonwood Heights, we will be playing "How to use our Emergency Ribbons" for Shake Out this year April 16th.
All residents are invited to join us.  We will begin the drill @ 9:00 AM.

Get

 Ready to

 Shake

   Out!

       April 16, 2016, 9:00 am -  Begin the drill

   Neighbors place an emergency ribbon, Red, Yellow, Green or Black

           so your Block Captain can see it from the road.

   Block Captains report ribbon colors to your Precinct Comms

           Precinct Comms report ribbon colors to your District Comms

   Remember this is a drill………….

so have some fun!!!!

                                                             The Great Utah/Cottonwood Heights

                                                                        Shake Out

                                                         2016

Place one of the Emergency Ribbons so that your Block Captains can see it from the street.

The Block Captain will report the neighbors in his/her block ribbon colors displayed to the Precinct Comms (neighborhood or ward communications operator).

Then the Precinct Comms will report all the blocks in their Precinct (neighborhood or ward) ribbon colors to the District Comms (another word for Stake Communications Operator).
The District Comms will report the collected data from the Precincts to the City Comms or EOC (Emergency Operations Center)
Voila! Crossing fingers and toes that the process works! We will all learn so much.
All Block Captains are encouraged to meet together with their Precinct Leaders to document their experience right after the drill. (this should only take about 20 min)
Document where the black areas in the Precinct are for transmission on the walkie talkies, was the transmission understandable? what needs to be worked on?  Were the ribbons seen from the road? What did we learn? etc.
Follow up is so valuable and can be built upon for the next drill.
After the drill is over, all residents are encouraged to place their ribbon used back with the entire Emergency Ribbon packet, so it is ready for the next drill, or maybe (oh no, don't say it!) Earthquake or Event.