Emergency Management

Summer has passed and the flu season is again upon us. Vaccination is the best preventative measure that you, as a citizen, can take. The big scare of an H1N1 Pandemic Flu (Swine Flu) never fully developed. Bear River Health Department updates their website regularly to give citizens needed information about the flu season. Their website is: www.brhd.org.

Family preparedness should still be a priority. Many are concerned about "the Big One" with respect to earthquakes. There are many situations that warrant being prepared as a family. Salt Lake County witnessed a major disaster with the Herriman fire. Over 5,000 citizens were evacuated from their homes for over 24 hours. If Tremonton City were to call for an evacuation, do you have the necessities ready to survive until you could return home? Get your family a kit and a plan.  The 72 hour kit is ideal for a beginning.  I encourage those that do have kits to increase the supplies to last 144 hours.  The following link will be helpful in preparing a family.  bereadyutah.gov/

Box Elder County has a telephone system that allows emergency response agencies to contact home owners in the event of a disaster. This system works well for those that have regular landline phones. Many of Tremonton citizens have either changed to a computer-based phone system (UTOPIA) or have discontinued landlines completely in preference to cell phones. This creates a problem with the notification system. Box Elder County Sherriff's Office (BESO)has begun the process of collecting these numbers to input into the computer notification system. Your help is needed to register your phone lines. You can register your phone numbers by accessing the BESO website at: www.boxeldercounty.org/emergency-notification-system.htm.

It is time again to offer the Citizen Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) training program. If you are interested in participating in this training, please see the C.E.R.T. portion of the Tremonton City website, or for information on the CERT program click here.  This website contains an on-line training course that will familiarize you with the CERT program.  If you are interested in becoming a member of the team, please contact the Tremonton City office at 257-9500 and leave your name and contact number.

We encourage you to start today in becoming prepared.  There are many websites available that can assist you.

Box Elder County Emergency Notification System        
FEMA Individual Preparedness         
Utah Family Preparedness