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When emergency response systems are overwhelmed, it will be the people nearest you who are the first to help.
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All Lindon Residents
We include everyone who lives in Lindon, no matter what! You count — whether you're only living here temporarily or have been here all your life.
We don't exclude anyone based on religious, gender, ethnic or any other identities. We include long-term care facilities.
We hope you will choose to participate with us. Check-in with your Block Captain at 6PM on the night of the drill.
We don't exclude anyone based on religious, gender, ethnic or any other identities. We include long-term care facilities.
We hope you will choose to participate with us. Check-in with your Block Captain at 6PM on the night of the drill.
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Community Captains
Block Captains are in charge of 10-12 households.
They should know and understand their blocks. They should be able to contact every adult living in their block by phone or in-person. Backups are recommended.
Neighborhood Captains are in charge of 10-12 blocks.
They should be familiar with their neighborhoods. They should be able to contact every Block Captain in their neighborhood by phone and by runner.
Area Captains are in charge of 10-12 neighborhoods.
There are three areas in Lindon: East, Central, and West. Each Area Captain should know how to contact their Neighborhood Captains by phone and by runner.
ALL CAPTAINS should be familiar with the drill, our process of using runners in pairs, related paperwork & volunteer tracking hours, and a short training item.
The Lindon City Drill is NOT used to collect data.
Names and phone numbers DO NOT go beyond the Block Captain.
Public Safety and City Leaders
In addition to the gatherings of households citywide, we also hold specialized training for city leaders.
An Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is a location with the technological and other supports necessary for police, fire, public works, administration, and other stakeholders to meet, discuss a complex situation, and decide on the best courses of action. Depending on the level of the training, sometimes we invite experts from the county and state.
Lindon does not maintain a standing Emergency Opertions Center but has several designated spaces that can swiftly be set up to function as an EOC. For the purpose of the drill, we use the main city building courtroom (100 N. State St.)
Past trainings covered earthquake, wildland fire, train derailment, hazardous materials spill, public information, military resources, and disaster recovery.
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Radio Operators
We have quite a few licensed ham radio operators in Lindon City: technician, general, and even extra. The city maintains a dual-band 2 meter and 70 centimeter mounted antenna and a mobile radio.
We practice radio transmissions on the night of the drill. All hams are invited to listen in and participate when requested — 146.56 MHz simplex (voice). If net control runs into issues, NCS may choose to move to a back-up frequency.
Areas, neighborhood, and blocks may use FRS, GMRS, or ham radio to aid speedy information exchange if they choose. This is NOT coordinated by the city, and must be done legally and without interfering with city transmissions.
Schools, Churches, Businesses, and Care Centers
The Lindon City Drill is a whole community effort.
All Lindon City public and charter schools conduct an emergency drill tangential to the Lindon City Drill, within the same month but typically within the same week.
We have three senior living and care centers in Lindon City. All three participate.
We encourage all Lindon City businesses to hold a drill, do emergency planning, create backup systems, work through an impact analysis or vulnerability assessment, or work on other elements of business continuity planning.
Although a city-sponsored drill, Lindon City works in positive cooperation with the rotating leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to keep Block Captains in place year-round. Block Captains are to labor on behalf of all their neighbors without proselytizing — no matter their residents' religious, gender, ethnic, or any other identities. A Block Captain does not need to identify as a member of that church to volunteer. The City is grateful for this long-running collaboration. The City invites people of any church or no church to participate.