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Emergency Preparedness
Marling Mast, Emergency Preparedness Chair |
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WHO
TO CALL?
For any emergency, including
fire and sinking houseboat:
from a "Landline," dial 911
from a cellphone, dial 472-0911
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The Emergency Preparedness Committee of the FHA organizes various activities within our
community to promote preparedness for emergencies such as fire, storms, and high tides.
Training and coordination meetings are ongoing for CERT (Community
Emergency Response Training). These include exercises and
fire drills.
At various trainings, residents have learned (and sometimes re-learned)
how to pull out the hoses and turn on the nozzles. Representatives
from the Marin City Fire Department have covered care and use
of fire extinguishers/smoke detectors, how to shut off gas and
electricity, and have discussed emergency contacts and answered
questions.
Watch this space for more information and reports on community
fire drills.
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Fire Drills are not
boring!
(Photo by Emily Riddell) |
| The Floating Homes Association
now owns 2 high volume pumps to be used in the event of a sinking
emergency. The pump is stored at the Marin City Fire Department
and will be brought to an emergency site by calling 911 from a landline,
OR, FROM A CELLPHONE, dial 472-0911. |
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It's happened before...
Are you ready if it happens again?
( Photo by Emily Riddell)
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Emergency preparedness activities by the
FHA and residents may help prevent many of the disasters that
have, from time to time, been visited upon the entire California
coast.
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