NC's getting prepared, are you?
Maybe, but if you listen to the LAFD, FEMA, or virtually any emergency organization they will all tell you the same thing. It isn't a matter of if, but WHEN. So, are you prepared? FEMA now says that you must be prepared to be ON YOUR OWN for 3-7 days in the event of a large scale disaster. That means local communities will have to find ways to help each other, and save lives as officials try to get a handle on the situation. Some Neighborhood Councils aren't waiting and are taking matters into their own hands budgeting for stockpiles of everything from rescue equipment such as shovels and pick axes to Ham Radio equipment both for their own use and the use of other organizations such as Amateur Radio Emergency Service, LAFD-ACS and so forth.
The West Van Nuys Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council has become the latest in a series of Neighborhood Councils that have placed motions on their agendas to provide funding for emergency preparedness and a citywide Neighborhood Council Task Force has been meeting for nearly a year putting together a plan to link the NC's together in the event of an emergency. Each Neighborhood Council will ultimately decide for itself what its particular community needs, as does each family that puts an "earthquake kit" together, but this is one of those good things that the NC's are doing to really make a difference when our lives may literally depend on it.
So what is the problem? There may not be one. If the Neighborhood Councils have some professional guidance, not a turf war but guidance, as to what the "best practices" are from the LAFD and LA County Search and Rescue these groups could be pointed in the right direction. The only potential "problem" that has developed is a familiar one, everyone wants to be in charge.
Every official agency has told us to be prepared to be on our own, and that is precisely what these Neighborhood Councils are doing. But they need some direction so as not to spend money unwisely no matter how good the intentions. In the event of an emergency they need to know how to react without making a bad situation even worse, and without local agencies feeling as if their domain is being violated.
If my house fell on my head at 4am I would love to hear the words "This is the Los Angeles Fire Department can you hear me?" but I would bet that at that point, that any of us would be just as happy if our neighbors were turning off our gas and digging us out with tools provided by the local Neighborhood Council.
Your thoughts?
25 Comments:
ROSE HILLS REVIEW said:
LOOKS LIKE MY LUCK AGAIN....(ATTENTION WHORE) OKAY OVER WITH. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO BEGIN, LET ME SAY THAT IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IS TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE, IT IS A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN WHAT HAPPEND TODAY IN MY 'NC' (VIDEO OF PUBLIC PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN ANOTHER POST)
I HAVE TAKEN TRAINING AND MAYBE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT. ( I WAS TOLD DIRECTLY ~~ THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOT COMING.) SO YES YOUR NEIGHBORS WILL BE GETTING YOU WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
WHO IS GOING TO BE IN CHARGE, WELL THE ANSWER IS WHOM EVER TOOK THE (C.E.R.T.) TRAINING THAT GIVES YOU THE VALUED PREPARDNESS THAT YOU SEEK. THERE IS STILL CLASSES GOING ON, A FEW AT CAL STATE L.A. LATER THIS MONTH.
I GUESS IT IS ONLY FITTING TO SAY THAT HERE IN ROSE HILLS, THE DISASTER PLAN IS TO PROVIDE WATER, FOOD , SHELTER, AND FIRST AID TO OVER 3,000 RESIDENTS FOR AT LEAST A WEEK. (I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE WISH TO TAKE CHARGE OF SUCH A TASK.) THE RESOURCES I HAVE AQUIRED AND UTILIZED WILL ALLOW ME TO BE MORE APT TO BEING PREPARED THAN THOSE WHO ARE SELF CENTERED. (I AM DOING IT FOR THEM, INCLUDING ME.) PLUS I GOT THE RECOGNITION AS THE COMMUNITIES LEADER, SO I DO HAVE THIS ALMOST ALL PLANNED OUT.
BY AUGUST, SUPPLIES SHOULD BE INPLACE AND AN OVER ALL LEVEL OF SELF SUSTAINABLITY SHOULD BE DISCLOSED TO THE COMMUNITY SO WE ARE PREPARED. COST OF WATER ALONE WILL BE $10,000.00 (1 GALLON PER PERSON PER DAY) I ALSO HAVE A GREAT CONTACT FOR FOOD AND THE RED CROSS. I WOULD SUGGEST TO ANYONE READING THIS TO GET A HOLD OF ME.
ROSEHILLSREVIEW@YAHOO.COM
I HOPE ALL THE BEST TO YOU IN THE AREA YOU CALL HOME. THE NEIGHBORS HERE KNOW THEY HAVE A STRONG RELIABLE 'AGENT' TO ASSIST THEM WHEN THE TIME COMES.
ROSE HILLS REVIEW,
ANTHONY MANZANO
Anonymous said:
Dear Anthony Manzano:
Perhaps you have just learned to use a computer, so I will give you the benefit of the doubt, however, someone should tell you that using all capital letters in an email is the equivalent of shouting.
If you want ME to read your posts in the future (and I think you do have something to say), please do not do this, as most of us find this quite offensive.
So, if you will skip the caps, I will read your posts, otherwise I will continue to skip them.
Anonymous said:
There is the ATTENTION WHORE again always tring to be the first blog on a subject.Tell your boyfriend to bitch slap you more,becaues you still don't get it,NO ONE CARES ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY!!!!!!
Anonymous said:
Just in case you are interested in the LAFD's (Community Emergency Response Team) CERT training. Please check out www.cert-la.com This web site has information on all of the classes taking place in the Los Angeles County Area. Click on the Current Trainings Icon to see a list of Classes. The black text classes are LAFD taught classes. Taught by LAFD Firefighters. The red text classes are taught by agencies other that the LAFD and outside of the City of L.A. If you would like any further info Please call the LAFD Disaster Preparedness Unit at 818-756-9674.
Anonymous said:
Mr. Manzano:
What NC?
Agent 99
Red Spot in CD 14 said:
Nieghborhood Councils should work with their local parks to establish pre-position containers of emergency supplies. Trained community members can utilize the equipment in a major emergency. BTW, the City of Commerce has a emergency container at each park. Plus they train employees to act as a Sweep and Rescue Team. this came in handy with the UP Railroad derailment a few years back.
Anonymous said:
Perhaps I could get my earthquake supplies at Home Depot. Oh, wait, my neighborhood council has decided for me that I don't need Home Depot.
Anonymous said:
This will save 1 percent, CJ.
What about the other 99 percent NCs never outreach to?
Anonymous said:
Do your own poll! Go out, ask residents what is an NC, who is their representative?
Answer:
What is that?
I don't know?
What is NC?
Wake UP people!!!!!!!!!
Majority do not know NC's exist!!!!!!
Anonymous said:
its been one of my pet issues for months. I've always said 'get the homeland security money from the feds, cause being prepared for terror disaster also covers earthquake disaster'. every community center needs to be stocked and prepared, I'm glad NC's are running with an initiative that was one of my platforms when I ran for NC.
Anonymous said:
WTF? Walter, you gotta check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PDa2r03h3A
Anonymous said:
Anonymous said...
What?? Is this Mecha Club????
Wait until my community hears bout' this shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PDa2r03h3A
Anthony thnx for taking a stance.
March 08, 2007 10:08 AM
Anonymous said...
this is not the city the represents me
what meeting was this?
sending the VETERANS to investigate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PDa2r03h3A
that guy is ontop ot them, kool
March 08, 2007 10:36 AM
Anonymous said:
I will send the FEDS to investigate. Meeting going on lock-down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PDa2r03h3A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PDa2r03h3A
double trouble
Anonymous said:
Kudos to Anthony!
Bunch of Commie Bastards! LA-32 Commie sympathizers.
Anthony-privide the names of elected members.
Anonymous said:
Fine each commie $100 and 100 of community clean up work.
Anonymous said:
Contact our newly elected city councilman:
Jose Huizar
This has got to stop.
Anonymous said:
Anthony,
Your video is circulating amongst media.
It had 6 views this morning
Now it has over 30 views
Anonymous said:
I would date a fat chic. She wants some lovin too. Soda chic call me Hector, Pete, Hugo. You got some back and more.
Anonymous said:
Getting back to the original thread: CJ, I suggest that preparations should include plans to be on our own for a minimum of 30 days. When the big one hits, consider the following locations to be destroyed due to liquifaction:
1. SFV: Former flood plain of the L.A. River.
2. Downtown L.A.: Former riverbed of the L.A. River, 19th century.
3. Areas on the Westside near La Cienega: Historically marshland, 19th century.
4. Areas outside the City near Ballona Creek: Ballona Creek roughly follows the old riverbed of the L.A. River, before it changed its course in the 19th Century.
If the disaster in New Orleans from hurricane Katrina is any indication of what to expect from your neighbors, DO NOT plan to rely upon them! DO plan for them to try to prey upon you and others they consider to be weak.
Do plan to have two or three locations where you have food, water, and medical supplies cached. Do plan to have your important documents such as a passport in an easy to access location in case of evacuation.
Choose a location where you and your family will reunite, and ask a friend or relative who lives out of state to act as a clearinghouse for information from various family members.
Walter Moore said:
Caps lock = skip and scroll
Anonymous said:
walter: are we jealous? Whiner!
Anonymous said:
1:33 needs to find his identity, and quit foisting his/her/its problems on other people!
"Anonymous" is the least original of blogger names. Find one and stick with it, "fishbreath!"
Anonymous said:
Looks to me like folks just want to name call and not recommend anything productive. I believe CJ has a credible position on some guidance for NC -- isn't that the purpose of DONE? Oh, that's right. DONE wants to "police" the NCs, not HELP THE NCs.
Anonymous said:
anthony... get a life!!! oh and while you're at it get a JOB!
Anonymous said:
i would be quite embarrassed Mr. Manzano!
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