Show I Explains Davis Roll In Civil Preparedness The role of a Civil Preparedness Coordinator called the civil defense is sometimes JOHN Davis County Civil Preparedness told the Clearfield Kiwanis Club he hopes to create an awareness and establish a base for action to increase emergency and disaster The director's role is crucial but it is not that of a commander during The civil preparedness director acts as principal advisor or aid to the chief His major responsibility is to assure coordination among the operating departments of government with non-governmental groups such as medical professions and higher and adjacent THIS coordinating role is sometimes Some chiefs of fire or other department heads and some chief executives have had the impression that the job of the civil preparedness director in some to take over and direct operations of government and other dealing with an His role in non-emergency periods is to take lead in the community-wide planning and other preparations needed to assure that the jurisdiction will he able to conduct coordinated operations should an emergency SOME requirements are a control center of emergency operating center where key executives can direct and control emergency planning and testing of emergency operating plans and training of bath government and non-governmental personnel to increase their emergency Dis-interest in civil defense is COMMISSIONER Ronald Stephens from Rapid South recalls the general attitude before the devastating flood will never happen to Even at the onset of the residents were still believing it was just a fl Losing mostly friends in a period of about one autos and trucks and homes destroyed in the middle of the night with no power or communication has caused Commissioner Stephens to change his mind about the importance of civil He is now dedicating his life to warning and educating HE RECENTLY spoke to officials in the Wasatch Front told the Kiwanis members that Davis County has operational plans and has tested People are being trained continuously to handle special assignments in Plans are being updated continuously and ALL significant hazards are included in this readiness ranging from localized peace time emergencies to the national threat of nuclear Natural disasters have always on our planet and will continue to Indeed our earth is a restless There are earthquakes a day and about thunderstorms every 24 IN THE past years nine million people have died during one million during one million during typhoons and Untold millions died from the direct result of these and from catastrophic One factor which has made disasters is the ever increasing This means that present and future disasters will inevitably show a correspondingly greater oil of human SCIENTIFIC advances in both seismology and meteorology now allow with a fair degree of to predict the location of future earthquakes and of the great circular but not yet is the present state of disaster The purpose of becoming aware of these things is not for entertainment or to frighten but simply to become lb Bountiful in a special activity tol Mini Course were allowed to attend ai number of clubs or formative courses for an MINI-COURSES cove wide spectrum of sub designed id catch the of all A eight courses deliver qualified instructors I morale and eti Can we escape pottery fly and self-del for girls instructed by CM Among the clubs fur students who did nol aw the courses and Km MINI-COURSE success with students at Bountiful enough to merit another rS this |