Sunday, January 29, 2012

Neighbors Mobilize Deseret News Article


Immediately after the great 7.0 earthquake...stops rumbling, help is quickly on the way for everyone in Scott Johnson's West Valley City neighborhood.  It is not from the fire department or police. They will be too busy with collapsed schools, nursing homes, shopping centers and other big problems to allow coming to Johnson's residential neighborhood for days.

The help is coming instead from neighbors whom Johnson organized in advance. They have written plans to follow and are well trained. Meanwhile, residents in less-organized neighborhoods are merely "winging it" — and many die needlessly amid chaos, including untrained, would-be rescuers who enter buildings that collapse on them.

Johnson helped his neighborhood form a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).

Follow the link below to read more:

http://desne.ws/oqC1jl

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