MAKE A NOTE!
The 2019 LINDON CITY DRILL Will Take Place
Monday, September 16, 2019
6:00PM to 8:00PM
Check in with your Block Captain 6PM
Amateur Radio Operators: training item and check-in with city net 146.56 MHz (simplex)
Amateur Radio Operators: training item and check-in with city net 146.56 MHz (simplex)
Special training for city officials 6-8PM
Public feedback meeting open to all 8:15PM at the Lindon City Building on the night of the drill.
Drill Questions? Contact Kelly Johnson 801-836-8522
Public feedback meeting open to all 8:15PM at the Lindon City Building on the night of the drill.
Drill Questions? Contact Kelly Johnson 801-836-8522
HOW TO RECEIVE CITY NOTIFICATIONS
Twitter for drill and other Lindon Police Notifications: @Police_Lindon
Register with Everbridge for texts/calls from the city during real emergencies:
http://www.lindoncity.org/everbridge-emergency-notification.htm
Lindon City Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/lindoncity/
ALL DRILL FORMS can be found under the FORMS tab above.
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2018 Drill Report
THANK YOU ALL for your involvement! Lindon City is unique in all of the U.S. in its preparedness efforts!
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2018
LESSONS LEARNED IN 2018
We have seen drastic improvements in both the speed and accuracy of your reporting over the last 9 years, as well as a continuing increase in participation. We do this drill in an effort to create a more resilient community in the face of a real emergency. The drill helps us get to know all of our neighbors and their special needs, and it helps us learn how to fill out necessary forms--the same forms we would use in an actual event. Associated with this special day of preparedness, schools and businesses also plan and carry out emergency drills. Additionally, we continue to do specific and important training for our police, mayor, and city council. This emergency management training gets a little more sophisticated and complicated every year, and every year they step up to the challenge!
We encourage you as individuals and families to create and practice your own emergency plan(s) on the day of the drill. No disaster response (or drill!) will ever be perfect, but with your help and participation, this annual event will help make us one of the most prepared cities in the world.
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2018
- We had an overall participation rate of close to 88.5% citywide.
- The East and the West areas tied getting their tally sheets to the city fastest—West Area numbers came in by radio at the same time East Area numbers arrived by runner.
- The Central area was best at tracking volunteer hours.
- All three areas reported within 15 minutes of each other and all in under 2 hours.
- Lindon City net operators practiced complex information gathering via ham radio. A total of 42 “nonsense scenarios” were distributed through the city, and 37 of those (88%) were transmitted by radio back to the City EOC in good order.
- City officials (police, fire, elected officials and administration) set up a table-top exercise at a unified command post to simulate an operational and logistical response to a theoretical situation—in this case a large earthquake. City officials are to be commended for taking this exercise very seriously—discussing and creating plans pertinent to disaster response and planning.
- Independent evaluators—professional emergency managers from other jurisdictions—were brought in to observe, rate, and make suggestions for improvements.
- 5 Lindon City schools held drills during school hours—1 evacuation and 4 lockdown. Minor improvements were suggested in each with an emphasis at charter schools for reunification planning.
LESSONS LEARNED IN 2018
- Lindon City would like to support large and small businesses as well as group homes that want to create or improve business continuity plans, refine reporting mechanisms, and/or provide aid to the city in time of disaster. To join an early discussion group addressing these issues, please contact kjohnson@lindoncity.org.
- Lindon City wishes to increase significantly the number of residents opting-in to the Everbridge Notification System. Currently it is estimated only 30-40% of the city would receive emergency alerts through the Everbridge Notification System. Residents can choose the method of notification and what type of alerts they wish to receive.
- Lindon City would like to see individuals and families be prepared with 72-hour go-kits and basic response knowledge to disasters common to Utah: fire, flood, earthquake, winter storm.
- Lindon City would like to improve citizen response capability through ongoing Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, continuing education and practice opportunities, and by creating an accurate and updated database of individuals who have particular skill-sets to contribute locally in a large-scale response such as but not limited to ham radio license, medical expertise, CERT trained, mass sheltering experience, search & rescue, etc. Information about these initiatives will be on-going.
We have seen drastic improvements in both the speed and accuracy of your reporting over the last 9 years, as well as a continuing increase in participation. We do this drill in an effort to create a more resilient community in the face of a real emergency. The drill helps us get to know all of our neighbors and their special needs, and it helps us learn how to fill out necessary forms--the same forms we would use in an actual event. Associated with this special day of preparedness, schools and businesses also plan and carry out emergency drills. Additionally, we continue to do specific and important training for our police, mayor, and city council. This emergency management training gets a little more sophisticated and complicated every year, and every year they step up to the challenge!
We encourage you as individuals and families to create and practice your own emergency plan(s) on the day of the drill. No disaster response (or drill!) will ever be perfect, but with your help and participation, this annual event will help make us one of the most prepared cities in the world.
Thank you for supporting the
2018 Lindon City Preparedness Fair
Thursday, August 30, 7PM at the Lindon Community Center
Offered in conjunction with information about the 2018 Lindon City Drill, participants had the chance to wander the main room of interactive displays addressing all sorts of preparedness topics, learning how to be more resilient in the face of personal or community emergencies. They had the opportunity to see what volunteer opportunities are available through established agencies like the Red Cross, emergency radio, the Medical Reserve Corps, and more.
A children's area was provided with crayons and coloring pages.
VENDORS, ORGANIZATIONS, and EXPERTS
Living Food Storage
LDS Self-Reliance Resource Center
Orem Fire Department
Para: Modern Preparedness Made Simple
American Red Cross
Fortress All-Weather Gear
Lindon City Police
Orem & Provo Cert
POLYMULE
Utah County Amateur Radio Emergency Services
Medical Reserve Corps
JB Custom Shelving
GF Preppers
Damsel in Defense
Lindon Cannery
Utah Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency Management: Be Ready Utah
Water Prepared
THRIVE
Food Storage Made Easy
Recreation Outlet
Garden Inspire
Canning & Preserving
Lindon City Drill (packet pick-up)
Utah County Beekeepers Association
*Information packets for each neighborhood and yard signs for the Lindon City Drill were distributed at this event.
2018 Lindon City Preparedness Fair
Thursday, August 30, 7PM at the Lindon Community Center
Offered in conjunction with information about the 2018 Lindon City Drill, participants had the chance to wander the main room of interactive displays addressing all sorts of preparedness topics, learning how to be more resilient in the face of personal or community emergencies. They had the opportunity to see what volunteer opportunities are available through established agencies like the Red Cross, emergency radio, the Medical Reserve Corps, and more.
A children's area was provided with crayons and coloring pages.
VENDORS, ORGANIZATIONS, and EXPERTS
Living Food Storage
LDS Self-Reliance Resource Center
Orem Fire Department
Para: Modern Preparedness Made Simple
American Red Cross
Fortress All-Weather Gear
Lindon City Police
Orem & Provo Cert
POLYMULE
Utah County Amateur Radio Emergency Services
Medical Reserve Corps
JB Custom Shelving
GF Preppers
Damsel in Defense
Lindon Cannery
Utah Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency Management: Be Ready Utah
Water Prepared
THRIVE
Food Storage Made Easy
Recreation Outlet
Garden Inspire
Canning & Preserving
Lindon City Drill (packet pick-up)
Utah County Beekeepers Association
*Information packets for each neighborhood and yard signs for the Lindon City Drill were distributed at this event.