1. Emergency Assignments and Procedures
Bluffdale Utah Stake & Bluffdale Utah South Stake

2. Bluffdale Stake Contacts
Renee Kevern
Shem Hendricks
Stake Emergency Preparedness Specialist
Bluffdale 3rd Ward
Stake Communications Specialist
Bluffdale 3rd Ward
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Communicating
Wards
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3. Bluffdale South Stake Contacts
Andrea Hales
Erik Swanson
Stake Emergency Preparedness Specialist
Bluffdale 1st Ward
Stake Communications Specialist
Independence 2nd Ward
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Communicating
Wards
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4. Bluffdale City City Emergency Manager 801.633.6833
Natalie Hall
City Emergency Manager
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Communicating
Wards
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5. Likeliest Disasters Chemical Accident Earthquake Blizzard Flood Fire
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6. Bluffdale City Plan Assist you and your family Check on your neighbors
Report to your group leader
Group leaders report to section leaders
Section leaders report to city
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7. Bluffdale City Plan
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8. Bluffdale City Plan Bluffdale.com Departments Emergency Management
Neighborhood Emergency Plan
Emergency-Plan
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9. Bluffdale Stake Plans Assist you and your family
Check on home/visit teachees
Report to your Quorums/RS
Quorums/RS report to Bishops
Bishops report to Stake President
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10. Bluffdale Stakes Plans
your bishop
your Stake Emergency Specialist
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Communicating
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11. Bluffdale Stakes Plans
Line of Communication
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Communicating
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12. City & Stakes Plans

13. Stake Governing Principles1
Pray for guidance, wisdom, strength, and comfort. 2
Assist you and your family first, then those you home and visit teach. 3
Proceed as directed and coordinate with civil authorities. 4
Keep records of services provided for church leaders.
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Communicating
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14. Emergency Assignments
Direction and Information
Stake President
Record keeping
Clerks and Secretaries
Supplies, equipment, services
Bishops
Assessment of church buildings
Agent Bishops
Disabilities, special needs
Stake Disabilities Committee & Bishops
Security, sanitation
High Priest Group
Staging areas, transportation
Elders Quorum
Runners
Young Men
Compassionate services
Relief Society
Child care
Primary and Young Women
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Communicating
Wards
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15. Stake Ward and Emergency Planning
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Preparedness.lds.org  Worksheets

16. Procedures Preparation Suggestions Emergency Procedures
Take CERT training to understand
Staging areas
City emergency organization
Know where to obtain staging area supplies
Tables, chairs, poster boards/cardboard, and tape
Pavilions/tents, propane heaters, and tarps
Set up staging areas coordinating with civil authorities
First aid
Communications
Child care
Temporary shelter
Cooking and meal
Morgue
Etc.
Consider 4-wheelers, carts, horses, etc.
Have notebook and pen/pencil
Have 2-way radios
Provide transportation
Transport supplies and people to staging areas
Record and report
Name and approximate age
Location found and location sent
Condition and treatment
Prepare grab bags of first aid supplies
Keep contact lists of those trained in first aid
Participate in Red Cross first aid training
Learn ways to protect yourself from disease
Have disposable gloves and special disposal bags
Assist RS following RS protocol
Help with meal preparation
Offer minor first aid
Look after the deceased
Assist HP with security, crowd control, and animal care following HP protocol

17. Bluffdale Utah South Stake
Line of Communication
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Communicating
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18. P.A.C.E Communication Primary Alternate Contingent Emergent Plans
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Communicating
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19. Possible P.A.C.E. Communication
Mobile phones (voice and SMS) Primary
Landline phones in Clerks’ offices Primary
Amateur radio (long distance) Alternative
FRS/GMRS handheld radio (short distance) Contingent
Runners Emergent
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20. Prepare & Practice Communicating
Amateur radio
Weekly city and Stake “Nets”
Sunday evenings at 8 pm
FRS/GMRS radio
Choose a channel
Practice
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21. Amateur Radio (HAM) Training
Classes: offered through Bluffdale City
Format: 35 questions from fixed question pool
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22. Ward Responsibilities
Develop a plan! (Ward Council)
Call specialists
Prepare
Assign Quorums and Auxiliaries
Organize inventories
Practice without pressure
Know ward’s landline #
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23. Callings Needed Communications Specialist
Emergency Preparation Specialist
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24. Bluffdale Stake Contacts
Renee Kevern
Shem Hendricks
Stake Emergency Preparedness Specialist
Bluffdale 3rd Ward
Stake Communications Specialist
Bluffdale 3rd Ward
Plans
Principles
Communicating
Wards
Contacts

25. Bluffdale South Stake Contacts
Andrea Hales
Erik Swanson
Stake Emergency Preparedness Specialist
Bluffdale 1st Ward
Stake Communications Specialist
Independence 2nd Ward
Plans
Principles
Communicating
Wards
Contacts

26. Bluffdale City City Emergency Manager 801.633.6833
Natalie Hall
City Emergency Manager
Plans
Principles
Communicating
Wards
Contacts