Emergency Preparedness

WHO TO CALL?
For any emergency, including
fire and sinking houseboat:
from a "Landline," dial 911

from a cellphone, dial 472-0911

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.

For more information on CERT call Ray Dunaway at 415-332-5548

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.

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.

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.