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Show Officiols Attend Civil Defense Meet disseminating accurate, information during the emergency. Involvement of all relevant private groups and organizations in the civil preparedness planning, with assignments spelled out. Periodic tests and exercises, with review and revision of emergency operations plans as necessary. Lynn Zufelt is the Civil Defense Coordinator for Pleasant Grove City. Lynn Zufelt and Robert M. Williams, representing Mayor Cornell liaynic recently attended a conference conferen-ce for public officials held in Salt Lake City. The conference was sponsored jointly by the Utah State Office of Emergency Services, the Federal Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Region Six, Denver, Federal Disaster Assistance Administration and the National Weather Service. During the two conference plans and preparations for major disasters at the local level were discussed. Key elements of civil preparedness prepared-ness included the following: A flexible emergency operations plan encompassing various types of peacetime and wartime disaster situations. Trained personnel who know what to do when there is an emergency. An Emergency Operations Center that can be used by local officials for control and coordination in time of major disaster. Supplies and equipment ready to use in an emergency. Emergency warning and communications com-munications with emergency power at transmitting and receiving sites. A central news point and procedures agreed upon with the media in the predisaster emergency period for gathering and |
