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If the caller... |
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is reporting someone (else) trapped in a vehicle: |
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"A" |
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is reporting someone drowning n a creek or ditch: |
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"B" |
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If not, then ask... |
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Are you
calling from a house (building), mobile
home, or automobile? |
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Calling from a flooding house,
or a building: |
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"C" |
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Calling from a flooding mobile
home (trailer): |
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"D" |
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Calling from an automobile
(truck, van, SUV): |
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"E" |
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Non-Emergency
Advice (if time permits): |
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You can get general
information by listening to our local emergency
broadcast radio station (if available).
The station is at: AM. |
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You can call our
local non-emergency phone line (if one is
set up for the incident).
The number is . |
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You can also listen
to NOAA weather radio (if you have one),
or get in touch with the
nearest National Weather Service office. |
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NOTE:
Types of injury associated with flooding:
automobile accidents, drownings, electrical
shock, cardiac, blunt trauma, lacerations,
and falls.
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NOTE:
The dispatcher is not required to ask
every question in the natural disaster
series. Ask only those questions that
pertain to the specific call.
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NOTE:
If flooding has not been previously reported,
you should pass the information to both
the local Emergency Operations Center,
and the nearest office of the National
Weather Service.
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