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Show 4 Emergency Preparedness October 2003 Messages headline present. Andrew the Ant emergencies and disasters. and has been adopted as Knowledge the logo for the Price preparation can reCity Emergency Preplace fear and panic and can help avoid paredness Committee (PCEPC). This comunnecessary suffermittee wras created by ing. The PCEPC is Mayor Joe Piccolo in and warm with food to eat 2002 to help Price happy to be a Ant sor Qf qie ComniU- because he had prepared families be prepared before the need was in their homes to deal with nity Awareness Fair. We From Andrew the Ant In one of Aesops famous fables, the grasshopper could see no further than the pleasant summer day. When the season changed, Grasshopper was in trouble while Ant was safe spon-Andre- From Major Joe Piccolo Our community seems to be naturally safe and secure, partly because w e live in a rural setting away from what seems to be the rest of the w orld, and partly because we this. Price City has formed three segments of emergency preparedness to sen e our community. We are workingwith the County officials and the officials of many other municipalities to further the goals. The committee's are Hazard Mitigation, chaired by Clyde Larsen; Community Preparedness, chain'd by Joyce Daniels; and Community Emergency Response, chaired by Ray Labahn. The City Council re- have a groat arm of public safety system employed and workinghere for us everyday. Wo in fact are not secure and separated from the rest of the world. We are pail of the world indeed; our energy-base- d economy supplies much sponsibility has been delof the western coast with their egated to Council member Don inof Our needs Reaveley. daily power. The committees ha e terstate is a major connecting route list'd to connect Mexico to formed utilizing members from government, religious Canada and California. ( )ur rail and the private sector to actransports many volatile products that can create potential commodate the needs of the of Each situations. community. The Fair that will emergency Price Mayor Joe Piccolo be held on October the 0th is these carries their own opporindeed a result of Joyce Daniels Committee tunity to create emergency situations. We hae all experienced the mine fires and d- and their hard work. The mitigations memisasters; only to see how quickly emergency bers are developing maps and plans to help in the case of natural disasters. We have 12 needs must be met once the need arises. Ofit the of firemen training this month in Community is desire the Uecognizingthis fice of the Mayor uid the City Council that we Emergency Response to be a better resource work to be prepared along with the entire to the community. It is my belief the success occurs when preparation and opportunity community to meet the natural disasters along with any other potential threats that meet, and the formation of these committees alongwith their diligence and hard work will may occur. I believe that Price to meet that formula. has the City ability be the catalyst of the County. laving said tx-c- w From Dennis Dooley I have boon asked to write about what a Comity Emergency Management does in the fewest words possible, so here goes. First of all, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FFMA) has been subsumed into I lomeland Security as has the State Agency But still, there is the national organization, under that is the state and even- county (and even a few large cities) has a county director; thats me. The job of a county director is to seive all of the citizens of county. Though I work for Carbon County part of my salary is paid by FFMA. It is my function to aid private groups, church groups and the cities in for disasters. By the way, an emergency is a bad thing that happens that you ha e the resources to handle and a disaster is a bad thingthat oveiwhelmsyour resources. First we prepare or mitigate hazards to the best of our ability. Then we plan on how to respond and exercise our capabilities. Then when somethingbad happens we can respond as weve been trained to respond. After the initial response we do what we can to bring things back to normal; i.e., clean up the mess. After that we sit down and decide how we did and what we plan to be an on-goi- ng source of information and, on request, will provide speakers and workshops in many areas of family and home preparedness. We invite you to attend the fair and be wise and FOLLOW THE ANT! can improve. Which brings us back to the beginning of the Emergency Response Cycle: Mitigation, Preparation, Response and Recovery. Weve w orked veiy hard in the past few years to hone our first responder capabilities. When Mayor Joe Piccolo assumed office he wanted Price City to get more involved in helping with those efforts. I told him our first responder capabilities were quite good and getting better but we needed help in getting the citizens involved in edup and to that end a citizens cation and committee is now working very hard to bringyou information to assist private citizens prepare on an individual and family basis. Of course, the awful events of 1 brought all of this into focus. But in truth, we have been preaching preparedness for many years. We are much more likely to be victims of natural disasters or hazardous materials incidents than we are of terrorism. So wont you join in these efforts? We want every person and family in Carbon County to be prepared to survive unaided duringthe critical first 72 hours of a disaster. Do you bit, the life you save may be your own. self-hel- 9-- 1 From the Carbon County Commis- sioners up-to-da- The Carbon County Commission is committed to emergency planning- and preparedness. Recent world events, especially the tragic events of September 11, 2001, have reminded us all of the need for effective all- hazard training, planning and coordination. We will sources to such planning to ensure that we have abilities to effectively deal with disasters if or when they occur in our community. We appreciate the current efforts of Price City and its many devoted volunteers who are working so hard to help families prepare. We pledge our continued support for their efforts and all ongoing emergency planning in the continue to de- vote our time and re Countv. te From Rev. Courtney A. Shucker St. Ascension include all persons in the wider community. When the Episcopal Diocese of Utah built our wonderful new building, it was de- Matthews Church is honored to be the venue for this Community Emergency Preparedness Fair. As Episcopa- lians, Lutherans, and other Christians, our ministry and sendee is to signed to serve the community as well as our kjK Rev. Courtney A. Shucker |
