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READY Long Beach 2016: A Community Emergency Preparedness Expo

| | September 12, 2016

When:
September 17, 2016 @ 10:00 am – September 17, 2016 @ 5:00 pm America/Los Angeles Timezone
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Where:
Heartwell Park
5801 Parkcrest St
Long Beach, CA 90808
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Arantxa Chavarria
562-570-2525

The Long Beach Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is proud to announce the 3rd Annual READY Long Beach Community Preparedness Expo. Please join the Long Beach Fire Department, the City of Long Beach and other partners as they come together and support this important community-wide event.

long-beach-certWhy should you attend? Disasters know no boundaries…they are the great equalizer!  Organizations, businesses, faith-based groups, neighborhoods, and residents must rally and support each other during these events.  READY Long Beach creates an environment that builds these relationships and provides families the opportunity to enjoy a free, family-friendly, fun day while also learning how to take care of themselves at home and at work.

The expo will feature information booths, emergency preparedness demonstrations, emergency supplies for purchase, and will also include a kid’s fun zone, emergency food for purchase, and emergency response vehicle displays. After a dinner break from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., READY Long Beach will conclude with a free showing of the movie “San Andreas” starting at 6:00 p.m.

The event will include information regarding:

  • How to build minimum supplies of food, water and other basic survival tools recommended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA);
  • How and when to safely shut off gas and water lines;
  • How to build a family evacuation and response plan; and
  • How to engage your neighbors in disaster planning.

The Long Beach Fire Department invites the Long Beach community to attend the 2016 READY Long Beach Expo, your support will enable our City to take action now, before the disaster, to prepare our residents and assist them during response and recovery.  It is about empowering Long Beach!

For more information you can visit our website at www.readylongbeach.org or call Arantxa Chavarria at the CERT hotline at 562-570-2525 or email CERT@longbeach.gov.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/READYLBC

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/READYLBC/

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