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Residents press San Diego County on communications, evacuation and shelter training during EOP briefing
Summary
During a public Q&A on the Emergency Operations Plan update, residents raised gaps in communications during power shutoffs, mapping and transportation to shelters, and liability barriers to stair-chair training in senior properties; county staff said recommendations and next steps will be recorded for the March draft.
SAN DIEGO — At a virtual briefing on the San Diego County Emergency Operations Plan update, several residents pressed county staff for practical measures to maintain communications and move vulnerable people during disasters, citing problems seen in recent wildfires, rains and public safety power shutoffs.
Tighe Green told county staff that during public safety power shutoffs backup batteries at cell towers have failed and left communities without the ability to make 911 calls or receive reverse-911 warnings. "When AT&T and Verizon and those guys don't have enough backup batteries...we are completely shut off from the world," Green said during the…
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