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Peak Moment 181: Partners in preparedness: Neighborhoods and emergency responders
Published by Peak Moment Television on Thu, 10/14/2010 - 08:00
Original article: http://www.wordpress.peakmoment.tv/conversations/?p=418
by Yuba Gals Independent Media

pm181_150.jpgThe last thing “Dr. Doom” Bob Hamlin expected was citizens offering to help his county Emergency Management Department. But when Deborah Stinson from Port Townsend’s Local 20/20 came to Bob’s office after Hurricane Katrina, they formed a partnership. Citizens are organizing and educating neighborhoods to be more self-reliant in emergencies. And they’re at the table with emergency responders in planning for disasters. (www.L2020.org/ep).

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