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Cupertino Citywide Emergency Drill: |
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It's been twenty years since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. To
prepare for the "bigger" one, the City of Cupertino will be conducting
a citywide emergency drill on Oct 17, 18. The purpose of the drill is
for city's emergency volunteers to evaluate their ability to document
and keep track of events they're handling on a global scale. Just like
a real earthquake, volunteers will make contact with the 21,000
Cupertino households to simulate a citywide safety assessment.
Cupertino's Office of Emergency Services (OES) will activate all
volunteers from the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), Cupertino
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (CARES), and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)
during this two day - 16 hour - exercise. Other community organizations
such as Block Leaders, Rotary, Tzu Chi, Boy & Girl Scouts, High School
service clubs such as CSF, Key, Interact, and Octagon club are invited
to help OES volunteers accomplish their goals by reaching every house in
only 16 hours.
In addition, all six of the City's Emergency Information and Resource
sites (commonly called ARKs) will be opened. The public is welcome to
visit their local ARK from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on October 17 and
from Noon to 6:00 p.m on October 18 so they can become familiar with the
locations, functions and capabilities. The ARKs will also accept walk
up volunteers to help reach all the homes in time.
ARK locations are:
Monta Vista Fire Station Stevens Creek @ Prado Vista (Park in the
Church parking lot)
Garden Gate Elementary School Greenleaf @ Ann Arbor (Near baseball
field)
Lawson Middle School Vista Dr. @ Merritt (Near basketball courts)
De Anza College Stelling Rd. @ Pepper Tree Ln. (Parking lot C)
Hyde Middle School Hyde Ave @ Bollinger Rd (Near the track )
Seven Springs Seven Springs @ Stelling Rd. (Near the clubhouse)
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