2011 National Night Out Against Crime

The FHNA will be holding our 3rd annual Night Out Against Crime event on Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011 from 6:30PM until 9PM in Reservoir Park.

Joining us will be representatives from multiple departments of the SLCPD (such as K9, motorcycle, bike, bomb squad, command, patrol, etc.), the Fire Department, CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) and the SLCPD's Mobile Watch volunteers. You will have the opportunity to get up close to examine their equipment.

This year's event is again being co sponsored by the GACC (Greater Avenues Community Council) and with the active participation of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

Please mark your calendars for this event. Edible treats and lots of one on one time with police officers, other authorities and your neighbors will assure another good time. The event is open to everyone and there is no charge for anything.

FHNA Board Nominations

The following nominations have been received for the FHNA board for 2011/2012.

President: Beth Arnett
Vice President: Ann Robinson
Secretary: Beverly Nelson
Treasurer: Pat Gamble-Hovey
Public Affairs Officer: Gene Fitzgerald

Feel free to make any nominations you would like to fedheights@yahoo.com.

The elections will take place at the April 5, 2011 FHNA beginning at 6:30 PM with the featured speaker presentation starting at 7PM at the LDS Chapel at 1300 E Fairfax.

FHNA Meeting April 5, 2011 Speaker Invitation

Department of Public Safety

Division of Homeland Security

"BE READY UTAH" PROGRAM PRESENTS

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

AND

EARTHQUAKE

PREPAREDNESS PRESENTATION

Given by Maralin Y. Hoff, also known as the “Earthquake Lady”

"THE GREATER FEDERAL HEIGHTS COMMUNITY", FRIENDS AND FAMILIES IS INVITED TO ATTEND

APRIL 5, 2011, Tuesday - 7:00 P.M.

held at the Latter-Day Saints Ward Building at

1300 Fairfax Road

Program Includes

· How to Protect Yourself No Matter Where You Are! ... Due To An EARTHQUAKE

· Tips How to Safeguard Your Home and Place of Business.

· Display of various Emergency Kits for:

1. Home

2. Office, Work Place

3. Vehicle

4. Children Bedside Backpack

5. Student Emergency Items for School Backpack

6. Baby Diaper Bag Emergency Items

7. House Pets

8. Water Storage

9. Food Bucket – Grab and Go

10. Portable Potty Kit

· Tips and Suggestions About Emergency Preparedness

· Emergency Gift Items for Christmas Holiday and Birthdays

· How to Get Emergency Kit(s) Started

· Where to Store Emergency Kit(s)?

Check out the “Be Ready Utah” and “Ready Your Business” websites www.bereadyutah.com

FHNA Emergency Preparedness Website

FederalHeightsReady.com

I have been working on the emergency preparedness website above for Federal Heights residents for several months now. I am pleased to announce that this website, sponsored by the Federal Heights Neighborhood Association, is now up and ready to access on the world wide web. This website puts at your fingertips a great deal of updated information regarding emergency preparedness that I have gleaned from Homeland Security, Salt Lake Emergency Management, the Red Cross and the Utah Department of Health. All of these documents can be downloaded. The site also contains downloadable forms to complete a Family Plan Notebook. If you do not understand how to use the website, click the button on the Homepage that reads "How to Use This Site." If you find yourself completely lost do not hesitate to contact me.

I have mapped out Federal Heights into 30 Areas. Each Area includes households that are on the same street, or that have an eyeball view of one another. This information can be found on the FederalHeightsReady.com website under the "Your Block Plan Tab" at the top of the home page. Click that tab to find a map of the the specific Area in which your property exists. I will be holding meetings during the coming months to help residents put together an emergency response plan for their specific Area. Please consider becoming a leader on your street. Remember, we are only as prepared as our neighbors are prepared, so we need to volunteer and we need to encourage our neighbors to prepare and become part of the plan.

I am also working with the Emergency Preparedness Community Coordinator for Salt Lake City , the Greater Avenues Community Council, and the LDS Emigration Stake to help us all get on the same page in regard to Emergency Preparedness, specifically where communications are concerned. But it is individual preparedness at the family level and the block level that will make the difference in regard to our survival in the event of a disaster.

Salt Lake Emergency Management has informed me that 72 hour preparedness is a thing of the past. 72 hours is the absolute minimum, according to First Responders in Salt Lake City, that we should plan to be on our own. We really need to plan to be without help for at least 96 hours. Although Salt Lake City is doing a great deal to prepare for a disaster, there are only 600 First Responders in the City. Homeland Security has put Salt Lake City in 4th place in regard to the amount of damage that would be done to our City in an earthquake. A 7.0 earthquake would produce at least 9,000 casualties, and displace at least 200,000 households, so we must be prepared to respond to our own needs following a disaster.

We all need to be CERT trained. I have been promising Federal Heights residents that a CERT class would be scheduled specifically for them in March or April of this year at the local LDS Ward. Unfortunately, CERT training has been suspended for a time because funding from FEMA has been cut, so I am working with the Greater Avenues Community Council to see if we can find the funding necessary to provide CERT classes for Federal Heights residents.

On April 5th Homeland Securities' "Earthquake Lady", Maralin Hoff, is scheduled to come and speak to residents in Federal Heights at 7:00 p.m. at the LDS Ward building at 1300 Fairfax. Please set this date aside and bring your family. Besides being extremely entertaining, she will teach you exactly what and what not to do during an earthquake.

If you have any questions about the new website, or you would like to volunteer to serve on your block, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Beverly Nelson
Federal Heights Emergency Preparedness Specialist
beaverfly7@hotmail.com
801-521-4351

FHNA Election and Emergency Preparedness Meeting

Please join your Federal Heights neighbors on Tuesday April 5, 2011 at 7PM at the LDS Ward at 1300 E Fairfax Rd for our next FHNA meeting.

The agenda topics will be election of new officers and specialists speaking on Emergency Preparedness. Our speaker will be Maralin Hoff, the Earthquake Lady. Also joining us will be John Flynt, Salt Lake City's Emergency Preparedness Director.

Reservations are now being taken for the upcoming CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) class in early spring. Contact Beverly Nelson at beaverfly7@hotmail.com to be put on the class list.

There is still time to make nominations for officer positions for the FHNA. Send your nominations to fedheights@yahoo.com.

FHNA Call for Candidates

The FHNA is now accepting nominations for Officer positions for the year 2011-2012. Any Federal Heights home owner is eligible to nominate and/or fill an officer position.

Nominations are being accepted for the following positions:

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Public Affairs Officer

The next FHNA meeting will be held in March 2011 where elections will be held and a guest speaker will be presenting. Time, date and location TBA.

Please send nominations to fedheights@yahoo.com.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME 2010

The FHNA in conjunction with the GACC and the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity invite you to the 2nd Annual National Night Out Against Crime.

The event will be held on TUESDAY AUGUST 3 from 6:30-8:30 PM at 1409 Butler Ave with a satellite location two back doors away at 74 S Wolcott. Treats will be served, many donated by local businesses. Tours of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity property will be available.

We will be joined by the SLCPD, including the K9 squad and motors (motorcycle officers). SLCPD command will visit and it is a great opportunity to meet our NEW SLCPD Community Intelligence Officer Detective Tony Brereton.

The SLC Fire Department have been requested to attend with a fire truck that we can look at closely.

Please stop by and visit with your neighbors and your police and fire personnel. This is a casual, fun event that is being repeated this year due to tremendous success last year.