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SNOW EMERGENCY In the event of a heavy snow, such as was visited upon Pine Knoll Shores last winter, the Civil Preparedness Organization has com- PIANS FORf^LATED pleted plans for prompt relief of the situation. The plans were presented to the Board of Commissioners recently by Alan Mitchell Director of Civil Preparedness, and since then has been discussed vjith appropriate officials of the Fire and Rescue Departments and the police. Since Civil Preparedness is nov; equipped X'jith a vjeather radio monitoring device a developing storm can be tracked. If it appears this storm vjill result in a heavy snow fall, the Emergency Operations Center at Town Hall vail be activated and all operations and communications vdll be conducted from that point. Mr. T4itchell told the Commissioners that arrangements have been made to have one fire department, crew on hand at the center, along vdLth one rescue squad crew, at least one police officer, and one four—vjheel drive vehicle and operator. The five civil preparedness area coordinators will be notified and requested to come to the iOTrni Hall for installation of two way radios in their cars, or for use in their homes, so as to maintain continuous communications from the various sectors in the tovjn^v/ith the Emergency Center. They idll report any unusual situations developing in their sectors, such as any life threatening emergencies, fires, people needing heat or food. j.t is expected police on the streets also will report such problems. In order to facilitate operations and movement in the tov.Ti the follovang streets vdll be kept open to the extent equipment is available: Pine I^noll Boulevard from the Tov/n rlall to Salter Path Road, Oalcleaf Drive, Mimosa Boulevard Haiirthorne Drive, loblolly. Cedar, Willow, and Juniper streets. The State of North^ Carolina vdll be requested to open Salter Path Road. Vlith this pattern, I-ir. Mitchell said, most citizens xdll be one block from the open street, as a practical matter. Residents of Pino Knoll Shores are urged, in the event a stonn of some magnitude is imminent, to have on hand sufficient food and other essentials to last three or four days. ^In case of problems, however, residents should call the Emergency Center at 726-3021, the Carteret County Commujiications Center at 3-723-/|lll, or an area coordinator. These are: Area 1-Bill Ford, 726-2226; i\rea 2-Ray Hare, 726-1329; Area 3-Jim Council, 726-3903; I^xea /^-Milton Yaeck, 726-3666, and Area 5-Ed Sigall, 726-6/+69. PJDSCUE SQUAD GB/TCS Members of the Pine luioll Shores Rescue Squad, at a public meeting at the Tovm Hall on Wednesday, December 3, gave a »IONSTRATIOLI demonstration of their operations and equipment. The Squad, under the direction of Brenda Cox and Dan Sotir, director and assistant director, and Ken Doremus, discussed the work of the Squad implemented by a slide xilm presentation. On display were items the Squad uses xi/hile in operation and for training purposes. Members of the Squad also checked blood pressures of the guests upon reauest and opened the ambulance to show off its equipment. ^e of the pin’poses of the meeting was to enlist the erirolLment of new members for EMT^training and for driver and communications people. Beginning in February training classes X'Till be held for EMT^s at CTC, while a driver training course is presently under v;ay. Further information on this very valuable education and training can be obtained by calling Brenda Cox or Ken Doremus. Training and membership in the Rescue Squad is a very rewarding and satisf;,d.ng experience.
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