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From YouTube: Wildfires and Go Kits: Prepare Your Home and Yourself
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Learn more about recent wildfires and how to create a defensible space. Find out how to prepare yourself and your home for the possibility of evacuation. Build Your Emergency Go-Kits Together.
This live Cupertino Block Leader event was held on September 17, 2020.
A
Thank
you
for
joining
our
block
leader,
webinar
wildfires,
and
go
kits,
prepare
your
home
and
yourself,
I'm
laura
de
mondenley
block
leader
program
coordinator
and
moderator
for
our
session
before
we
move
forward
with
our
agenda.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
continuing
to
look
out
for
your
neighbors.
It's
been
a
challenging
six
months
and
I
want
you
to
know
how
much
we
appreciate
your
time
and
are
inspired
by
your
efforts
to
reach
out
to
your
neighbors.
A
A
A
I
also
hope
that
you
take
the
time
to
get
yourselves
prepared
since
we're
all
staying
at
home.
If
you're
like
me,
your
closets
corners
and
junk
drawers
have
never
been
so
tidy.
So
please
use
what
you
learned
tonight
and
make
it
your
next
project
we're
grateful
for
the
support
of
our
presenters
and
panelists.
A
Tonight
we
have
santa
clara
county
fire
information,
specialist,
luisa
rapport
city
of
cupertino,
emergency
services,
coordinator
tom
chen
cupertino
citizens,
core
coordinator
ken
erickson,
jim
oberhoffer,
radio,
technical
expert
from
cupertino,
amateur
radio
service
and
al
baleta,
long-time
block
leader
representing
cupertino
community
emergency
response
team
to
keep
us
on
track.
The
city
channel
will
assist
with
all
things
technical,
thank
you
pete,
michelle
ray
and
ted.
A
A
So,
let's
begin
with
our
first
presenter
from
santa
clara
county
fire
department
who
will
share
updates
on
the
ongoing
wildfires
and
the
department's
ready
set
go
campaign
here.
Tonight
is
santa
clara
county
fire
department,
specialist,
luisa
raffert
from
the
administration
and
planning
division's
office
of
information
and
public
affairs.
Luisa
began
her
career
at
the
county.
As
a
firefighter
engineer,
her
work
includes
development
of
internal
and
external
department,
media
campaign,
coordination,
community
outreach
and
events.
She
is
the
department's
public
information
officer
and
serves
as
the
information
center
manager
during
an
incident.
A
B
Thank
you
laura
and
thanks
everyone
for
being
here
tonight.
I
think
I
just
want
to
reiterate
all
of
your
sentiments
and
our
appreciation
from
santa
clara
county
fire
department
for
all
of
the
cupertino
block
leaders.
We've
had
a
long-standing
relationship
and
I
think
it's
been
beneficial
both
for
the
community
and
for
our
responders
in
santa
clara
county.
B
B
B
I
do
share
an
office
at
santa
clara
county
fire
department
with
fire
captain
justin
stockman.
He
couldn't
be
here
tonight,
he's
actually
out
deployed
on
a
fire
in
angelus
national
forest,
providing
some
instant
technical
support
down
there.
So
he
sends
his
regards
and
I'm
sure
that
you'll
see
him
again
in
the
future.
B
So
I
want
to
talk
about
the
last
several
years
and
we
all
know
we've
seen
some
increasingly
destructive
wildfires
the
majority
of
the
top
10
most
destructive
wildfires
in
california.
History
have
occurred
since
2015,
and
that
includes
you
know
the
well-known
campfire
in
paradise,
and
then
we've
also
had
some
of
the
largest
fires
in
california
history.
When
we
talk
about
acreage
right
now,
the
august
complex,
that's
still
burning
is
now
the
largest
fire
in
california
history.
B
B
We
have
over
550
000
acres
of
wildland,
of
that
200
000
acres
are
considered
what
we
consider
dual
jurisdiction,
and
that
means
the
area
was
within
a
local
fire
district
like
santa
clara
county
fire
department's
district,
but
it's
outside
of
an
incorporated
city.
So
you
also
receive
a
response
from
cal
fire,
which
is
the
state's
fire
agency,
and
that
ensures
us
the
highest
level
of
response
into
these
high-risk
wildland
areas.
B
Locally
santa
clara
county
has
grown
from
a
primarily
agricultural
area,
with
homes
centered
in
the
valley
floor
to
the
most
populous
county
in
northern
california,
and
with
that
we've
seen
an
increase
in
the
frequency
of
fires
and
distribution
of
fire
areas.
So
we're
seeing
fires
come
down
further
into
the
valleys
further
into
populated
areas.
B
As
you're
all
aware,
we
had
two
major
fires
that
affected
santa
clara
county
in
august,
the
scu
complex,
which
was
almost
400
000
acres,
again,
second
largest
fire
in
history
and
that
affected
multiple
counties.
So
there
was
a
complexity
there
with
that
fire,
the
czu
complex,
although
that
did
not
cross
over
into
santa
clara
county.
B
B
So
we
know
we
have
the
combination
of
drought-stressed
fuels,
hotter
drier
weather
and
urban
sprawl
into
our
wildland
areas.
This
has
led
to
these
devastating
fires
in
recent
years.
So
the
question
is:
how
can
we
address
it
as
a
fire
department
and
how
can
you
address
it
as
a
resident
so
right
now
we're
taking
county-wide
steps
to
reduce
our
fuels
through
fuel
reduction
programs,
provide
quicker
detection
and
response,
so
we
can
identify
fires
more
quickly,
monitor
weather,
better
and
coordinate
our
wildfire
planning
and
response.
B
So
in
the
area
of
fuels
reductions
you
may
have
heard
of
the
highway
17
shaded
fuel
break.
That
was
a
major,
almost
year-long
project
that
we
partnered
with
the
fire,
safe
council
and
cal
fire
on
and
that
basically
reduced
the
amount
of
fuels
along
that
highway
17
corridor,
which
provides
a
critical
evacuation
route
for
those
residents
in
the
santa
cruz
mountains,
as
well
as
access
for
our
responders,
and
we
continue
to
partner
on
fuel
breaks
and
fuel
reduction
projects
throughout
the
county
in
the
areas
of
technology.
B
B
There
is
a
camera
right
up
on
cupertino
hills
that
I
look
at
very
often
gives
a
great
view
of
the
whole
valley
floor.
So
I
think
we
have
about
10
cameras
right
now,
just
dedicated
to
santa
clara
county
and
then
coordinated
prevention
and
planning.
Cupertino
is
part
of
our
cwpp,
our
county
wildfire
protection
plan
that
provides
the
framework
for
our
cities
and
towns
to
take
measures
to
protect
their
residents.
B
B
So
I
want
to
look
now
at
what
residents
can
do
to
prepare
their
homes
and
their
families
for
wildfire,
and
I
do
want
to
take
a
minute
to
just
kind
of
comment
on
the
fact
that
we're
talking
about
this
in
september-
and
it
may
feel-
like
you
know
this
time
has
passed.
We
should
have
prepared
for
wildfire
months
ago,
and
while
that's
the
case,
yes,
we
should
definitely
be
preparing
for
wildfire
in
the
spring
and
early
summer.
B
B
So,
let's
talk
about
getting
ready,
getting
ready,
centers
around
two
important
ways
to
prepare
your
home
and
your
property,
the
first
one
being
creating
defensible
space
and
that's
maintaining
an
area
around
your
home
that
will
slow
or
stop
the
spread
of
fire.
And
we
often
talk
about
this
as
clean,
green
and
lean,
and
the
three
zones
that
when
we
talk
about
defensible,
is
fro
so
for
five
feet
around
your
home.
We
want
all
combustible
vegetation
and
items
removed,
so
even
mulch
wood
chips
combustible
landscaping.
B
If
you
can
keep
that
away
from
your
home
for
a
five
foot
radius,
you
have
a
much
better
chance
of
protecting
that
home
in
the
event
of
a
wildfire
up
to
30
feet
away
from
the
home.
We're
asking
that
all
dead,
vegetation
and
branches
are
removed
or
trimmed
away,
10
feet
from
the
structures
and
then
in
a
hundred
foot
zone
around
the
home.
We
want
at
least
10
feet
of
spacing
between
our
trees
and
our
shrubs
and
the
trees
limbed
up
above
the
ground
level.
And
what
that
does.
B
Is
it
just
prevents
one
little
spark
from
starting
some
vegetation
and
then
what
we
call
ladder
fuels
laddering
to
the
next
fuel
to
the
next
fuel
until
it
gets
to
your
home,
so
creating
defensible
space
again,
it's
something
you
should
do
periodically
throughout
the
summer.
I
encourage
everyone
to
take
a
look
around
their
home
and
see
what
kind
of
growth
they've
had
over
the
spring
and
summer
and
then
revisit
that
cleanup
second
is
hardening
your
home.
B
That's
the
second
piece
of
getting
ready
and
when
we
say
hardening
your
home,
we
mean
giving
the
fire
less
opportunity
to
ignite
your
home,
so
should
a
firebrand
or
a
spark
land
on
or
near
your
home.
We
want
to
prevent
it
from
making
an
entry
into
your
home
and
starting
a
fire,
and
with
that
we
want
you
to
use
non-combustible
roof
materials.
If
you're
having
your
roof
redone,
we
want
your
eaves
and
your
attic
screened.
So
all
of
those
those
openings
under
your
eaves
in
your
attic
vents,
even
in
your
foundation
vents.
B
B
B
That's
the
best
part
of
this
step
is
it's
applicable
to
pretty
much
anything.
The
first
part
of
getting
set
is
having
a
plan
communicate.
Your
emergency
plan
with
your
household
know
how
you
would
get
out
of
your
home
and
where
you
would
meet
in
the
event
of
a
wildfire
and
know
more
than
one
way
out
of
your
neighborhood.
B
We
all
tend
to
come
and
go
from
our
homes
and
our
places
of
business
the
same
exact
way
every
day
and
we
are
absolutely
creatures
of
habit.
Wildfire
is
not
a
creature
of
habit,
it
is
unpredictable,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
has
two
ways
out
of
their
neighborhood.
If
that
is
possible,
so
make
sure
that
you
don't
just
know
that
one
way
that
you
drive
every
day
have
an
out-of-state
contact
and
a
plan
for
everyone
to
check.
B
In
with
that
contact-
and
I
think
this
is
something
that
probably
our
block
leaders
have
talked
about
with
disaster
planning,
it's
often
easier
to
get
a
text
message
to
someone
out
of
state
during
a
disaster
than
it
is
to
get
a
phone
call
to
someone
next
door.
So
if
everyone
in
your
family
has
a
contact
that
is
out
of
state-
and
you
essentially
use
them
as
a
relay
to
relay
messages,
then
you
can
better
connect
with
your
family
and
make
sure
that
everyone
is
safe
plan
for
your
pets
and
your
livestock.
So
how
and
where?
B
Will
you
evacuate
them
if
you
have
livestock?
This
requires
a
little
more
planning
than
if
you
just
have
you
know
small
domestic
pets,
but
make
sure
you
have
a
plan
for
them
and
then
pack,
an
emergency
kit,
make
sure
you
include
supplies
for
everyone
in
the
household.
That's
food,
water
and
clothing
and
include
copies
of
any
important
documents,
necessary
medications,
your
glasses
think
of
what
you
would
need
if
you
were
away
from
home
for
two
three
four
days
or
even
a
week
and
make
sure
you
have
that
in
your
packed
and
ready
to
go.
B
All
right,
let's
talk
about
the
last
step,
go
so
preparing
your
home
for
evacuation.
Now,
if
you
have
time,
we
want
you
to
take
a
few
steps
before
you
evacuate
your
home.
Close
your
windows
and
doors
be
and
leave
your
doors
unlocked
if
you're
comfortable
doing
so.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
people
that
ask
that
question.
B
Should
I
lock
my
door
it's
best
if
you
leave
it
unlocked,
because
we
can
then
access
the
home
and
take
any
protective
measures
that
we
need
to,
but
it's
understandable
that
that
residents
would
want
to
lock
it
because
of
security,
remove
any
flammable
window
coverings
from
inside
the
home.
So
if
you
have
really
heavy
curtains,
you
can
leave
them
up,
but
if
you
have
light
curtains,
take
them
down
and
put
them
in
the
center
of
the
room.
B
We
want
to
take
down
any
anything
that
could
catch
fire
leave
your
outside
and
your
inside
lights
on.
That
gives
our
firefighters
the
chance
to
see
where
your
home
is
and
located
in
the
smoke.
As
we
know,
it
gets
very
dark
in
these
fires
and
if
we
can
see
where
your
home
is,
then
we
can
protect
it
turn
off
your
air
conditioning
and
heater
make
sure
that
there's
no
air
running
that
could
suck
up
embers
into
the
system
in
your
home
move
any
flammable
items
away
from
your
house.
B
If
you
have
time
push
that
barbecue
and
that
tank
away
from
the
home
get
rid
of
any
piles
of
wood
or
debris
that
you
have
the
more
you
can
get
separated
from
your
home
the
better
and
then
ladder
the
corner
of
your
house
and
leave
out
a
garden
hose.
But
please
don't
leave
that
hose
or
those
sprinklers
running
when
we
have
residents
that
put
sprinklers
on
their
roofs
or
turn
their
sprinklers
on.
It
draws
down
the
water
supply
for
our
firefighters
and
it
is
not
particularly
effective.
B
So
please
do
leave
a
hose
out
for
us
put
that
ladder
on
the
roof,
but
don't
leave
the
water
running
and
then
just
know
you
know,
dress
for
survival
right
if
you're
evacuating,
don't
go
out
in
flip-flops
in
a
tank
top
take
a
moment
to
put
on
some
sturdy
shoes,
bring
a
long-sleeve
shirt
or
a
jacket,
so
you
can
protect
yourself
call
9-1-1.
Only
if
it's
a
emergency
likely.
Everyone
is
already
going
to
know
that
your
neighborhood
is
threatened,
so
call
9-1-1
if
you're
having
an
emergency,
don't
overwhelm
the
system.
B
Otherwise,
and
then
please,
please,
please
leave
early
and
we'll
talk
about
this.
When
we
talk
about
the
alerting
piece,
but
the
minute
you
get
that
evacuation
order
or
that
evacuation
warning,
please
please
leave
it
will
take
you
longer
to
leave
than
you
expect
it
will
and
stay
in
contact.
If
you
can
let
an
outside
friend
or
family
member
know
that
you
are
evacuating
and
what
your
route
of
travel
will
be.
That
will
make
ensure
that
they
can
keep
track
of
you,
and
if
you
don't
show
up,
they
can
go
to
look
for
you.
B
So
let's
talk
again
about
evacuations
and
I
can't
stress
enough
the
importance
of
leaving
early
in
an
evacuation
so
recently,
cal
oes,
which
is
a
state
emergency
system,
standardized
evacuation
terminology
for
the
whole
state
of
california,
and
they
did
that
to
eliminate
any
confusion
as
to
what
this
terminology
is
asking
you
to
do
so
an
evacuation
order
means
there
is
immediate
threat
to
your
life,
where
you
are
right
now.
That
means
you
need
to
leave
right
now.
B
B
You
do
have
the
right
to
refuse
an
evacuation
order,
but
understand
that
refusing
an
evacuation
order
causes
our
firefighters
and
law
enforcement
to
dedicate
resources
to
you
that
we
should
be
putting
elsewhere
and
it
puts
us
at
risk.
So
we
really
ask
our
residents
to
heed
those
orders
and
leave
immediately
now.
B
B
So
during
the
czu
complex
fires,
I
believe
it
was
on
the
night
of
august
23rd
just
prior
to
the
second
weather
system.
Moving
in,
we
did
work
with
the
czu
complex
team,
as
well
as
the
sheriff's
office,
and
and
issued
an
evacuation
warning
that
did
cover
parts
of
stevens,
canyon,
montebello,
road
and
those
areas
of
cupertino.
B
So
one
thing
I
want
to
say
about
evacuations
for
our
residents
is
think
about
the
amount
of
time
it
takes
you
to
get
out
of
your
neighborhood
on
a
regular
day
to
a
safe
area
and
then
imagine
if
every
single
person
in
your
neighborhood
was
trying
to
do
the
same
thing.
So
when
you're
evacuating,
remember
how
much
longer
it's
going
to
take
you,
and
especially
with
the
element
of
people
being
panicked,
visibility
being
very
low
and
all
of
the
the
circumstances
that
surround
a
wildfire.
B
B
Evacuation
information
is
going
to
be
shared
via
alert,
scc,
social
media
platforms
for
both
santa
clara
county
fire
department,
the
sheriff's
office
likely
the
county,
and
then
routes
are
determined
based
on
the
location
of
the
fire.
As
you
can
see
in
the
presentation
here,
I
have
wild
fire
evacuation
route
crossed
out.
A
lot
of
people
want
to
define
evacuation
routes
for
disasters
and,
unfortunately,
because
disasters
aren't
defined.
B
We
can't
do
that
and
we
don't
want
people
to
be
tunnel
visioned
into
one
specific
evacuation
route.
We
want
them
to
make
sure
that
they're
aware
and
that
they
can
find
the
safest
route
and
then,
lastly,
if
there
is
personnel
available-
and
we
are
able
to
do
so-
law
enforcement
will
go
door
to
door
and
use
a
vehicle
loudspeaker
to
evacuate,
but
don't
rely
on
that
method
and
don't
expect
them
to
be
able
to
get
to
every
house
with
that
being
said,
make
sure
you
are
registered
for
those
alert
scc
emergency
alerts.
B
B
The
first
thing
is
a
red
flag
warning,
so
a
red
flag
warning
is
a
notice,
that's
issued
by
the
national
weather
service,
and
it
means
that
the
current
weather
conditions
are
at
an
extreme
risk
for
wildfires
and
a
rapid
spread
of
those
wildfires.
So
it's
critical
fire
weather
conditions
and
typically
in
santa
clara
county.
That
means
the
combination
of
low
relative
humidities,
very
dry
fuels
and
strong
winds.
What
we
saw
in
august,
which
was
unusual
to
say
the
least,
was
that
it
actually
was
low,
humidities,
dry
fuels
and
dry
lightning
strikes.
C
D
C
D
There's
a
red
flag
in
santa
clara
county,
your
fire
department's,
looking
at
things
like
increasing
staffing,
potentially
putting
fire
apparatus
out
on
patrol,
particularly
in
high
hazard
areas.
Look
at
the
availability
of
specialized
wildland
firefighting
resources
across
the
region
and
make
sure
that
we
have
the
right
resources
in
place
should
a
wildfire.
B
B
But
now
we
really
want
to
reframe
that
with
our
residents
and
treat
red
flag
warnings
as
a
sort
of
pre-evacuation
notice,
and
that
means
we
want
people
to
see
that
red
flag
warning
and
remember
that
they
need
to
be
ready
to
go
to
ensure
that
they
have
communications
and
if
they,
if
you
have
livestock,
consider
moving
them
to
a
safer
area
for
the
duration
of
the
red
flag.
Warning
review.
Your
take
a
minute
to
review
your
plan
with
family
members
and
household
members.
B
And
then,
if
you
live
in
an
area
with
unreliable
communications,
you
may
consider
relocating
temporarily.
So
if
you're
up
in
the
hills-
and
you
have
no
cellular
services
and
no
other
communications,
you
may
want
to
come
down
into
town
grab.
A
cup
of
coffee
hang
out
for
a
few
hours
so
that
you
can
remain
in
communications.
B
So
the
other
circumstance
I
want
to
talk
briefly
about
is
the
public
safety
power
shutoffs,
and
that
is
pg
e
proactively.
Turning
off
electricity
during
these
extreme
fire
conditions,
the
conditions
for
a
psps
they're,
not
determined
by
a
red
flag
warning,
but
they
do
use
many
of
the
same
indicators,
so
very
windy,
very
dry,
very
hot
and
a
psps
and
a
red
flag
warning
could
certainly
occur
simultaneously.
B
So
for
more
information
on
public
safety
power.
Shutoffs.
I've
put
some
the
link
here
and
the
phone
number
here
for
pg
e
understand
that
psps's
may
last
longer
than
48
hours.
If
you
are
a
medical
baseline
customer,
you
can
get
some
additional
assistance
and
extra
notification
in
advance
of
that
psps.
So
please
reach
out
to
pg
e
for
those
needs.
B
B
And
with
that,
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody
for
for
coming
in
joining
and
listening
in,
I
did
see
one
question
up
which
I'll
answer
right
now.
There
was
a
question
about
defensible
space
and
zones
relative
to
property
lines
so
for
our
cupertino
residents
that
live
on
properties
where
their
neighbor
is,
you
know
less
than
a
hundred
feet
from
their
home.
The
question
was:
how
do
you
know
do
they
need
to
maintain
that
defensible
space
is
applicable
to
urban
areas?
So
the
answer
is
relatively
yes.
B
So
if
you
don't
have
a
hundred
feet
around
your
home,
then
create
that
defensible
space
around
what
you
do
have,
because,
even
if
we're
not
talking
about
a
wildland
fire,
if
we're
talking
a
residential
fire
and
that
will
protect
your
home
better
if
your
neighbor
has
a
residential
fire.
So
yes
definitely
keep
that
defensible
space
around
your
home.
B
B
So
I'm
going
to
answer
the
next
question,
while
laura's
working
on
her
audio
issue,
so
we
had
another
question
that
asked
whether
residents
can
get
access
to
the
cameras
in
the
hills.
Yes,
the
answer
to
that
is
absolutely
that
is
the
alert,
wildfire
network
and
you
can
go
to
alertwildfire.org
and
you
can
actually
view
all
of
the
cameras
in
the
state.
Those
are
publicly
accessible
and
I
definitely
encourage
our
residents
to
do
so.
A
B
So,
okay
yeah,
so
I
think
them
probably
the
most
asked
questions
that
we
receive
is
a.
How
will
I
be
notified
in
the
event
of
an
evacuation,
and
some
of
our
residents
got
to
experience
that
last
month
when
we
had
the
evacuation
warning
up
in
the
hills,
but
the
answer
to
that
again
is
through
the
alert
scc
system,
the
emergency
alerting
system
and
through
our
social
media
platforms.
B
So
the
best
thing
that
our
residents
can
do
is
register
at
alertscc.com
make
sure
that
they
have
their
cell
phone
their
landline
all
registered,
and
then
I
think
second
would
be
people
ask.
How
long
will
I
have
to
evacuate
if
I
get
an
order
or
warning,
and
the
answer
to
that
is,
it
depends,
so
it
really
depends
on
the
fire
how
quickly
the
fire
is
moving.
Unfortunately,
we've
all
learned
from
the
the
north
complex
fire
that
that
came
into
oroville
just
a
couple
weeks
ago
or
a
week
ago.
B
I'd
say
that
sometimes
you
have
a
very,
very,
very
short
amount
of
time
to
get
out.
So
that's
why
we
really
encourage
that
our
residents
are
ready
to
go
at
a
moment's
notice,
that
you
have
communications
and
that
you
know
what
to
do.
As
far
as
an
evacuation
warning
know
that
you
have
a
little
bit
of
extra
time,
but
that
if
you
have
specific
needs
or
you
need
to
get
livestock
or
animals
out,
you
should
think
about
going
when
that
warning
is
issued.
A
B
A
B
So
I
think
the
answer
is
is
work
as
a
group
as
a
team
there's
strength
in
numbers
when
it
comes
to
this,
and
so,
if
you're
in
that
planned
community-
and
you
have
a
homeowner's
association
reach
out
to
them
or
a
management
reach
out
to
them,
talk
to
them
about
what
are
some
reasonable
expectations
for
our
neighborhood.
And
how
can
we
get
everyone
on
board
with
this.
A
B
So,
yes,
and
with
that
being
said,
covet
has
changed
this
a
little
bit.
So
what
we
are
seeing
right
now
is
that
there
are
temporary
evacuation
evacuation
sites
that
are
set
up
and
in
fact,
quinlan
center
was
a
temporary
evacuation
site.
During
the
most
recent
warning
related
to
the
czu
complex
and
those
are
sites
where
you
can
go,
you
can
get
incident
information.
B
A
Okay,
I
see
that
one
of
your
questions
was
just
answered
when
you're
addressing
covid.
I
do
want
to
let
the
block
leaders
know
that
we
will
have
these
slides
available.
So
thank
you
for
asking
for
that.
I
will
post
that
on
our
website
as
well,
so
know
that
that
is
coming.
So
thank
you
for
that
reminder.
I
think
we
have
time
for
one
more
question
and
that
is:
can
we
have
access
to
a
handout
for
the
getting
ready
for
evacuation?
Oh,
we
just
talked
about
that.
A
A
B
B
The
last
thing
we
want
is
for
family
or
friends
to
be
worried
about
you
when
you're
perfectly
safe
at
a
temporary
evacuation
site
so
and
then
beyond
that,
definitely
know
that
there
are
going
to
be.
If
you
do
evacuate
if
your
home
is
affected,
know
that
there
are
going
to
be
available
resources
to
walk
you
through
the
process
and
that's
through
american
red
cross
through
fema,
depending
on
the
severity
of
the
incident,
and
that
those
sites
will
be
able
to
guide
you
to
all
of
those
resources.
A
Okay,
great
well,
thank
you
so
much
luisa.
We
appreciate
your
time
thanks
for
having
me.
Thank
you,
okay.
So
next
we
will
have
cupertino
citizen
core
coordinator
ken
erickson,
along
with
alba
letta
from
cert
and
jim
oberhoffer.
From
cares,
ken
will
be
presenting
some
of
the
responsibilities
from
the
city's
office
of
the
emergency
services
and
he
will
also
review
a
little
more
about
the
go
kit.
E
F
Yeah
good
evening,
everyone
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
and
inviting
me
here
to
speak
with
you.
I
thank
you
laura
for
coordinating
this
and
thank
you
to
my
team
here,
I'm
honored
to
be
joined
by
ken
erickson,
our
citizen
corps
coordinator
and
our
key
volunteers
such
as
jim
overhaufer
and
al
baleta.
F
These
are
programs
that
build
true
community
preparedness
and
there's
only
one
way
we're
going
to
get
through
a
catastrophic
event
and
that's
as
a
community.
So
thank
you
again
for
having
me
I'm
happy
to
see
my
team
here
to
share
this
information.
That
is
going
to
be
key,
so
we
can
integrate
together
and
continue
our
partnerships
as
block
leaders
and
the
citizen
corps.
Thank
you.
A
E
Okay,
well,
thank
you
and
and
again
thank
you
tom
for
being
able
to
to
join
our
city
and
and
bring
such
a
big
asset
to
to
our
program.
But
I
wanted
to
reiterate
what
tom
had
said
is
that
the
block
leaders
and
that
neighborhood
community
development
and
contact
and
have
that
in
place
before
a
disaster
happens,
is
critical
and
what
you
demonstrated
as
tom
had
mentioned
over
the
last.
You
know
few
months
and
six.
E
Well,
it's
actually
six
months
now
you
know
is
just
been
incredible,
and
so
I
wanted
to
say
thank
you
personally
and
and
for
also
being
a
resident
here,
I'm
glad
to
have
block
leaders
in
my
neighborhood
too.
Okay.
So
it's
wonderful,
but
what
I
wanted
to
do
is
just
go
into
a
little
bit
of
the
preparedness
part
of
it
and
focus
on
a
couple
things
you
heard
from
luisa,
more
about
from
the
fire
and
get
ready,
set,
go
and
and
touching
into
the
kids.
E
Have
your
supply
kits
ready
to
go?
Those
are
the
things
that
we
want
everybody
to
be
able
to
do,
and
you
need
all
of
your
neighbors
to
be
able
to
do
this.
I
know
your
examples
in
the
community
of
having
your
kids
together
and
knowing
how
to
do
this,
and
I
know
you
have
new
residents
coming
in
and
I
think
we
shared
a
a
document
with
laura
that
says
a
little
review
thing
that
we
should
be
looking
at
what
kind
of
supplies.
E
Next
one
yeah-
and
these
are
the
basic
things
that
we
should
all
have
in
our
emergency
supplies,
and
you
know
those
are
the
things
that
we
all
have
and
we've
added
in
the
ppe
and
we've
all
talked
about
that.
So
we've
got
all
the
face:
coverings.
Goggles
gloves
that
type
of
thing
to
be
able
to
take
care
of
us
in
the
new
covet
environment,
but
I
think
in
listening
to
louisa,
we
have
to
add
into
the
documents
and
make
sure
that
our
cars
are
fueled
up.
E
So
those
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
all
have
and
be
ready
to
go,
and
one
of
the
things
I
want
to
focus
on
tonight
and
talk
about
is
the
radio
and
the
frs
gmrs.
That's
pictured
there,
okay,
the
next
thing
that
we
have
with
our
supply
kits
we
have
the
basics,
but
then
you
have
to
customize
it
kind
of
personalize
it.
What
do
you
need
to
have
for
the
next
three
days?
If
you
had
to
camp
out
in
your
backyard
for
the
next
three
days?
E
What
types
of
things
would
I
need
and
or
would
like
to
have
just
to
make
sure
that
we're
comfortable
and
we
can
take
care
of
ourselves
for
a
period
of
time?
This
is
thinking
that
you
can
stay
at
your
home,
but
if
you
had
to
evacuate
or
leave,
then
that's
where
you
need
to
think
about
a
little
bit
different.
What
fits
into
your
car
and
where
can
you
go
and
take
with
you,
okay
and
there's
some
excellent
things
online
that
talk
about
either
from
your
insurance
company
or
from
ready.gov
that
talk
about?
E
E
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
can
all
take
care
of
ourselves
our
families
and
use
all
of
the
training
that
we
have
in
our
community
in
total
to
be
able
to
take
care
of
our
neighborhood,
okay-
and
I
know
you're
all
really
diligent
about
doing
that.
But
what
that
does
for
us
and
you
are
really
becoming
the
eyes
and
the
ears
of
the
city
as
something
develops.
E
So
this
is
where
the
city
gets
the
situation
status.
If
something
happens,
you
call
9-1-1
in
an
emergency
either
earthquake
or
something
like
that.
That
information
coming
from
the
neighborhoods
is
going
to
be
a
little
bit
limited
because
everybody's
busy,
as
you
saw
that
video
everybody
was
taken
off
to
take
care
of
the
fires,
so
our
911
response
might
be
limited.
So
we
are
the
eyes
and
ears
to
find
out
what's
going
on
and
if
you
need
to
have.
E
You
know
some
additional
resources
or
be
able
to
call
9-1-1.
How
do
you
do
that
if
9-1-1
is
busy
okay,
so
the
city
does
have
the
reporting
zones
and
you're
all
very
familiar
with
that,
and
so
this
is
the
system
that
we've
got
in
place,
and
you
know
this
and
you
know
where
you
live,
and
what
reporting
zone
there's
six
of
them
within
the
city,
and
you
can
see
where
the
block
leader
groups,
neighborhood
watch
groups
are
within
the
city
and
that's
what
we
want
to
be
able
to
get
your
information
about.
E
E
So
this
is
something
now
we
get
that
information
and
then
how
do
we
get
that
information?
You
know
out
and
first
you
need
to
be
able
to
take
care
of
yourself.
So
you
can
take
care,
get
that
information
and
that's
why
your
safety
is
number
one
and
we
want
you
to
be
able
to
take
care
of
yourself
your
family
and
be
able
to
go
check
on
your
neighbors
and
then
be
able
to
take
care
of
any
immediate
issues,
since
our
911
response
in
that
mode
might
be
delayed.
E
Yeah,
okay,
but
for
us
to
get
the
report,
we
need
to
be
able
to
collect
the
same
information.
That's
why
we
use
that
form
that
we
just
showed
you
with
that
information
on
those
items.
But
we're
asking
you
now
with
your
emergency
kits
to
turn
on
that
frs
gmrs
radio,
because
what
we've
done
is
created
a
way
for
the
block
leaders
to
communicate
with
the
arks
in
the
world
of
the
covid.
E
So
we
came
up
with
a
way
for
people
to
safely
share
the
information
about
their
neighborhoods
okay,
so
each
arc
has
been
equipped
with
the
frs
radios
and
the
base
station.
We'll
show
you
what
that
looks
like
we've
gone
through
and
tested
the
different
zones
and
we
have
the
trained
staff
so
that
you
can
once
share
your
information
about
the
status
of
your
neighborhood.
E
But
if
you
keep
that
radio
on
we'll
also
have
a
way
of
transmitting
information
back
into
your
neighborhoods,
that
you'll
need
to
know
to
to
make
your
neighborhood
more
safe
or
be
able
to
respond
better
okay.
So
it's
a
two-way
communication
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
set
up
with
this
frs
radius.
E
Technical
difficulty,
okay,
is
to
go
zone
by
zone
and
then
at
each
one
of
these
zone
meetings
is
to
get
the
folks
to
either
come
to
the
ark
with
the
radios
or
we'll
give
them
radios
to
work
with
get
them
programmed.
So
you
know
what
to
do
and
how
to
operate
them
and
we're
also
in
a
pandemic
mode,
we'll
be
able
to
do
a
zoom
meeting
to
be
able
to
show
you
how
to
do
the
same
thing.
So
if
you
want
to
stay
home,
you
don't
have
to
physically
come
to
the
arc.
E
A
E
A
E
Yes
and
it's
pretty
much
customized
for
each
of
the
neighborhoods
to
be
able
to
do
that-
and
you
mentioned
it
was
for
a
senior
community,
so
the
needs
in
the
senior
community
and
access
would
be
need
to
be
addressed.
So
you
don't
want
to
have
something.
That's
a
tub
that
weighs
about
300
pounds
that
you
try
to
move
or
get
access
to,
and
it
becomes
very
dangerous
to
work
with.
So
we
might
have
to
customize
it
or
get
it.
E
A
E
Oh
yeah,
the
ark
is
the
it's
a
center
of
each
one
of
the
six
different
reporting
zones
that
we
have
in
the
city.
They're
broken
down
geographically,
so
that
each
zone
has
is
no
more
than
a
half
a
mile
away
from
basically
the
arc
so
that
it's
easily
accessible
and
in
the
center
or
close
to
the
center
of
that
geographic
area
or
polygon
that
we
have
in
the
city.
E
And
that's
set
up
to
be
able
to
receive
information
about
the
status
of
the
community
and
then
be
able
to
initiate
response
information
back
out
to
the
city
and
get
it
back
into
your
reporting
zone
in
your
neighborhood.
So
we
can
send
out
some
more
information
specifically
about
what
that
is
and
what's
inside
of
it.
But
I
think
with
the
this
one
thing
on
the
arks
with
the
radios
will
be
really
helpful
for
us.
A
E
A
Very
good,
thank
you
so
much.
I
appreciate
it.
I'm
gonna
wrap
things
up
as
best
as
I
can
as
well
as
address
one
of
the
questions,
it's
about
social
media
and
having
seniors
and
and
and
access
to
social
media
and
signing
up
for
alert
scc.
So,
yes,
we
do
hope
that
you
can
help
your
neighbors
sign
up
for
alert
sec,
that
it
is
so
needed
and
if
you
can
take
care
of
that
for
them
that
that
would
be.
We
would
be
very
grateful
as
well
as
they
would.