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This Thursday, April 17th please hang one of the door hangers you will receive (Wednesday) on the handle of your front door before 6 PM. It can be taken down at 8 PM that day. Doing so helps the Ward, Stake, and City practice communicating in preparation for a real emergency that would effect many people in the area (e.g. earthquake). Note: households in the city that don't have the four door hangers are asked to use a colored paper or cloth (green for OK, yellow for need help eventually, red for need help as soon as possible, and black for there has been a death and help is needed.

The door hangers are something you can keep. They can be hung on your refrigerator until this drill is repeated by the city (usually a year apart, but could be two), or until a real emergency occurs where they are needed.

Thanks for your help.

This year’s annual emergency preparedness communications drill will have three parts:

1. It will be combined with the Great Utah Shakeout on Thursday, April 17 at 10:15 am. At that time, stake members, wherever they are, should Drop, Cover (get under a table or desk) and Hang On for a minute. Then, if at home, get up and put a colored sheet of paper (green, yellow, red or black) in the front window or on the front door or hang a colored cloth on a doorknob or balcony railing so it can be seen from the street. If not at home, have your colored marker in place no later than 6:00 pm. Springville schools will all participate in this activity.

2. The annual Springville City Emergency Preparedness Communications Drill will be the same day beginning at 6:00 pm. Block Captains should walk their Blocks at that time, count the number of papers and what colors. Call the results to the Ward Emergency Preparedness Representative who will consolidate the reports and pass them on to the Ward Communicator (ham radio operator). The “ham” will then call the ward report to the Stake Communicator on the 145.750 frequency. If you don't have a ham then just use a telephone. The stake then calls the report to the city and the church.

3. A Food Drive to support the Food Bank in Springville. Each household is encouraged to put a plastic bag of non-perishable food on the sidewalk in front of their home before 7:00 pm that day. Ward representatives will pick up the food and take it to collection bins located at the Springville City Center.

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training