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September 25, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 7A Race the Wave event a joint effort among agencies Race from Page 1A DANI PALMER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Cannon Beach Mayor Sam Steidel and Police Chief Jason Schermerhorn, standing in back, pose with delegates from the Philippines at the Elk Creek Road emergency cache site. Filipino delegates, Cannon Beach officials share emergency advice Cannon Beach sets the emergency preparation pace LWRU /HDGHUVKLS 3URJUDP to learn more about emer- gency preparedness, search and rescue and disaster recovery programs from :DVKLQJWRQ '& WR &DQ- non Beach. &LW\ DGPLQLVWUDWRU IRU 3DVD\ &LW\ 3KLOLSSLQHV Dennis Bernard N. Acorda By Dani Palmer VDLGKLVQDWLRQLVOLPLWHG¿- Cannon Beach Gazette nancially but can still learn &DQQRQ %HDFK UHVLGHQWV from the United States. “Our takeaway is to bring and business owners are expected to play a big part something home so we can LQ WKH FLW\¶V HPHUJHQF\ UH- respond to emergencies in a sponse plan. That commu- better way,” he said. 7\SKRRQV DQG ÀRRGLQJ nity approach attracted nine GHOHJDWHV IURP WKH 3KLOLS- are common for the coun- SLQHVZKRFDPHWR&DQQRQ try. Beach Thursday, Sept. 17, to learn about preparedness Facing the threat and response. An Oregon State Univer- ³,WPHDQVWKDWZH¶UHRXW sity study concluded there WKHUH :H¶UH QRWLFHG DV DQ was a 40 percent chance of DZDUHFRPPXQLW\´&DQQRQ D PDMRU &DVFDGLD 6XEGXF- Beach Mayor Sam Steidel tion Zone earthquake off VDLG³7KDW¶VLPSRUWDQW´ WKH :HVW &RDVW LQ WKH QH[W 50 years. Seeking better 9LVLWRUV WR &DQQRQ Beach were shown South response &RXQW\ HYDFXDWLRQ PDSV The delegates, with go bags and emergency backgrounds in law en- FDFKHVLWHV5RXWHVRXWOLQHG forcement, emergency by the Oregon Department management and govern- of Geology and Mineral ment, asked questions and 5HVRXUFHV VKRZ UHVLGHQWV offered suggestions for im- and visitors where to go in case of a distant or lo- provement. They came to the United cal tsunami. In a tsunami States through the U.S. De- originating in Alaska or SDUWPHQW RI 6WDWH¶V %XUHDX -DSDQUHVLGHQWVRI&DQQRQ RI(GXFDWLRQDODQG&XOWXUDO Beach would have hours of $IIDLUV¶ ,QWHUQDWLRQDO 9LV- warning. In a local event, however, evacuation time would be reduced to 15 minutes. The city is working on adding more evacuation route signage for residents and visitors, Steidel said, and practicing with events OLNH 5DFH WKH :DYH D IXQ run designed to familiar- ize residents with routes to higher ground. The city has three emer- gency cache sites, he said, storing essential supplies for residents and visitors. Barrels can be purchased by those who live in the inunda- tion zone and want to have access to personal items. Go bags should hold food and water to last for at least 24 hours, and most likely much longer. If the coast gets hit by a 9.0 mag- nitude quake, Steidel said, &DQQRQ%HDFKFRXOG³KDQJ out to dry for a week.” :KLOH WUHHV DQG WHOH- phone poles are concerns IRU &DQQRQ %HDFK RI¿- cials, downed power lines are greater risks, accord- ing to police chief Jason Schermerhorn. The city is working on implementing underground utilities — so far, a slow and expensive process. 6LQFH &DQQRQ %HDFK¶V medical clinic is in the in- undation zone, the city may need to rely on retired doc- tors, Steidel said, includ- “Muscle memory” is important because a resi- dent should not be stand- ing in their pajamas at 2 a.m. wondering where to go should an earthquake strike, she said. “Knowing how to get to high ground from wherever you are is the ¿UVW VWHS´ &ODWVRS &RXQ- ty Emergency Manager Tiffany Brown added. Signage is essential she said, with 120 evacuation signs now placed through- out the county. Along with signage, &DQQRQ %HDFK FRQWLQ- ues to prepare for disas- ter with three emergency storage sites, a sophis- ticated emergency plan and community outreach. Their efforts are supple- mented at the state and federal levels, which en- courage residents and vis- itors to develop their own emergency plan. An opportunity to ‘get our act together’ DANI PALMER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Cannon Beach Mayor Sam Steidel points something out to Pasay City Admin- istrator Dennis Bernard N. Acorda on the beach. ing a physician who lives outside the tsunami hazard zone and has prepared his own makeshift clinic. Disaster risk reduction and management chief 5LWFKH 9DQ$QJHOHV RI 3D- VLJ3KLOLSSLQHVDGYLVHGWKH city to consider solar-pow- ered blinking signs for po- tential night evacuation. 9DQ $QJHOHV DOVR VXJ- gested identifying house- holds acquiring special needs transport, a step his city has taken. “To be an emergency planner, you must have a big imagination,” he said. “You must think of things RWKHUVZRXOGQ¶WWKLQNRI´ More than 100 racers VWDUWHG DW 1H&XV¶ 3DUN then followed a scenic evacuation route through WKHFLW\¿QLVKLQJXSRXW- side of the tsunami in- undation zone at the Elk &UHHN 5RDG HPHUJHQF\ FDFKH VLWH &RPSOHWLQJ the evacuation route, they were treated to an Emer- JHQF\ 3UHSDUHGQHVV )DLU with information and maps supplied by experts. 1RHOOH 3ROODFN DQG Olivia Berry with the )HGHUDO(PHUJHQF\0DQ- agement Agency stressed the need for developing a family communication plan. &DQQRQ %HDFK UHVL- dents Julie Sackett and 0DUOHQH 5H\QROGV ZHUH especially interested in preparing their pets for DQ HPHUJHQF\ 5H\QROGV said the information they received made the possi- bility of a large quake and tsunami “less overwhelm- ing.” The women took a close look at that evacu- ation map, also available at OregonTsunami.org, as DQL3KRQHDSSDWORFDO¿UH VWDWLRQV DQG RQ &DQQRQ %HDFK¶VFLW\ZHEVLWH³:H MXVW ¿JXUHG WKLV ZDV DQ opportunity to get our act WRJHWKHU´5H\QROGVVDLG 5DFH WKH :DYH ZDV a joint effort between &DQQRQ %HDFK &ODWVRS &RXQW\ 2I¿FH RI (PHU- gency Management, Ore- JRQ 2I¿FH RI (PHUJHQF\ 0DQDJHPHQW)(0$DQG RWKHUV865HS6X]DQQH %RQDPLFL DQG VWDWH 5HS Deborah Boone were in attendance, along with ORFDOOHDGHUVVXFKDV&DQ- non Beach Mayor Sam 6WHLGHODQG&LW\0DQDJHU Brant Kucera. 7KH &DQQRQ %HDFK &KLOGUHQ¶V &HQWHU SDUWLFL- pated and will receive en- try fee proceeds. ³,W¶VUHDOO\DJUHDWWKLQJ to get all these different agencies — federal, state and city — involved in running a race and educat- ing people about emergen- F\SUHSDUHGQHVV´&DQQRQ %HDFK&KLOGUHQ¶V&HQWHU¶V %RDUG RI 'LUHFWRUV 3UHVL- dent Barb Knop said. 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