While out kayaking between Gate 6 1/2 and East and West Piers I saw some floating trash and paddled over to pick it up. It turned out to be a helium party balloon with a long thin ribbon that had gotten tangled around the feet and wings of a bird....
West Pier’s Court Mast was driving up 101 recently when he saw a disabled car sideways in the right lane near the San Pedro Rd. exit—a very dangerous situation. In his cell phone, Court had stored an emergency number, which he promptly dialed. His call was patched through to the...
A powerful storm with strong winds from an unusual direction spelled misfortune for two floating homes on Thursday, April 6. Overnight, at more than a five-foot tide, #62 Issaquah began taking on water and listing northward toward its neighbor. And Dianne Moyer awoke to three feet of water and the sinking of her...
Emergency Preparedness made easy The FHA can purchase Emergency Preparedness Survival Back Packs at a great discount, and make them available to members at $10 below the Association’s cost. Three-day Emergency Survival Packs for two, with food, water, first aid, flashlight, emergency blanket and sleeping bag that retail for $125...
The April 1 and 8 CERT training is now fully enrolled, but Emergency Preparedness chair Flo Hoylman promises to accommodate anyone wishing to go on the wait list. To add your name, please email Flo at flohoy@gmail.com. Practice sessions on Saturday April 8 will take place on East and...
In January 2013, Marin County launched an improved version of the Alert Marin Telephone Emergency Notification System (TENS). Local emergency officials use TENS to deliver incident-specific information or potentially life-saving instructions to the geographic areas that are affected. Emergency situations that may trigger a TENS message include: Flooding, wildfires, and subsequent evacuations Public safety incidents...
Flo Hoylman: Short Lecture, Do the Maneuver, Switch Roles, Repeat, Q & A. This format worked great. You got to try the techniques with your own hands, feel what it was like to have someone do it to you, and got to watch with a check list. Joan Sheahan, FHA treasurer:...
To keep everyone up to date on what the FHA Board has been doing, here’s a bullet list of the important and interesting things that happened at the MaY 16, 2016 Board Meeting: First Aid for Disaster Response Training was scheduled for June 25th. Click here for details. CERT Training will be held on Saturday, October...
WHEN: Saturday June 25 WHERE: Marin City Senior Center, 630 Drake Ave WHAT: One-half Day Training 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. CONTACT: Flo Hoylman – flohoy@gmail.com We need a minimum of 15 people, but we can take up to 30—so far, 14 people are signed up WE WILL COVER WHAT ANYONE...
WHAT: First Aid for Disaster Response (FADR) WHEN: Saturday June 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: at the Marin City Senior Center CONTACT: Flo Hoylman — flohoy@gmail.com Organized in conjunction with the Marin County Medical Reserve Corps (MMRC) this is for the Board, emergency prep people, and anyone in the FHA who wants...