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Committee emphasizes local communications, safety captains and radio points of contact
Summary
Depoe Bay committee recommended identifying a radio‑equipped contact in each small neighborhood group, encouraging residents to know who has radios, and creating a neighborhood communications network to share situational information during outages or isolation.
Members repeatedly identified communications as a core pillar of neighborhood readiness. One suggestion was to ask households whether they own a radio and to identify at least one person per small cluster who can receive and share updates; speaker 4 suggested "identify 1 of their neighbors who does" have a radio to ensure there is a local communications network. The committee discussed monthly radio check‑ins and a simple contact list to include with the flyer and at table gatherings.
The committee also discussed the limits of expecting wide participation and the need to make communications practical and easy: a one-page flyer listing the right radio models, a brief how‑to sheet, and encouraging at least one volunteer per micro‑neighborhood to act as a point of contact.
