Emergency Preparedness Planning

Emergency Preparedness Planning - The Assistant City Manager coordinates the updating and exercising of the City’s emergency operations plan. Periodic training and coordination meetings are set up with City department directors to become familiar with and make improvements to the plan. The Layton Community Emergency Plan provides for coordination with all citizens by dividing the City into districts, areas and neighborhoods. LDS stake and ward geographical boundaries are used to define districts and areas because they are well established and recognized in the community. The primary functions of volunteer district coordinator, area coordinator, and block captain are to promote emergency preparedness by encouraging City sponsored CERT training, and pre-determine special needs and resources of citizens, and to serve as a means of communication with the City during a disaster. Functions may also include other specific needs of the people such as Neighborhood Watch and coordination of other community resources. The Assistant City Manager meets periodically with volunteer district coordinators and the Layton Citizen Corps Council to update them on the City’s emergency plan, review methods of communication and coordination in the event of an emergency, and encourage citizens to become trained in how to take care of themselves in the event of a major disaster. The Fire Department offers the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training to interested citizens.

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