Community Tips
Safety
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Change the Batteries in your Smoke Detector |
Preparing for the Unexpected
Move Right for Sirens and Lights
Request Services Online
 Recycling
Safely Dispose of Your Hazardous Waste
Look around your home, do you
have any household hazardous waste (HHW) products:
cleaners, pesticides, paint, stains or used motor oil?
These products should not be put in the trash can or poured down the
drain. You can dispose of HHW by taking it to the permanent collection
program operated by the Monterey Regional Waste Management District. The
service is free to area residents (I.D. required) and is available Monday
to Saturday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at the District’s Environmental Park. The
Park
is located at 14201 Del Monte Blvd., two miles north of Marina near Hwy.
1.
Residents can take up to 15 gallons or 125 lbs. of HHW per drop off.
If you own a small business you might be eligible to participate for a
small fee.
Reusable HHW materials, such as paint or cleaning products, are available
free at the District’s Last Chance Mercantile, located in the same area.
To learn more about the program or to find out about safer HHW
alternatives, call the District’s Recycling Hotline at 384.5313.
Keep Recycling Simple
Think before you throw. Is it really garbage or can it be
recycled?
- Buy larger quantities, it eliminates
over-packaging and saves resources.
- Lead by example. Your children watch
what you do and learn by your actions.
- For special events, bring a clear
plastic bag to save recyclables. Clear bags help to avoid
confusing it with trash.
- Recycle yard trimmings or begin a
composting program at your home.
- Buy products that are made from recycled
materials. This saves trees and water.
- Make recycling a habit not a chore.
To learn more, visit
www.monterey.org/recycle or call 646.5662.
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Safety Tips
Change the Batteries in Your Smoke Detector
The beginning of Daylight Savings Time means it’s time to check your smoke
detectors. When setting your clocks ahead one hour on Sun., April 6,
remember to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors.
Battery-operated smoke detectors depend on a strong charge to work
properly during an emergency. Since smoke detectors are your first line of
defense against smoke and fire, you should replace the batteries at least
twice each year to ensure that they sound an alarm properly.
So when it’s time to change your clock in the spring and fall, it is also
time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors. Support the national
campaign, “Change your clock, change your battery.” Pass this message
along to family and friends!
To learn more, call the City’s Fire Prevention Bureau at 646.3908 or email
rodewald@ci.monterey.ca.us
Preparing for the Unexpected
Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. Do you have a family
disaster plan in place? To keep your family and home safer, be prepared
before disaster strikes.
To get started, visit the American Red Cross (ARC) Web site
www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared. You’ll find material
about disaster preparation, including civilian guidelines for each of the
Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) conditions (Green, Blue, Yellow,
Orange and Red).
What about the disaster plan in place at your child’s school? Do you know
what it is? Examples of school disaster plans can be found at the Red
Cross Web site as well. Links are provided off the City’s Web site at
www.monterey.org
Disaster preparedness: it’s your choice; be part of the solution. Don’t
put it off until it’s too late.
Move Right for Sirens and Lights
In an emergency, seconds count!
Cooperation is the key to making sure emergency public safety vehicles
arrive to their destination quickly and safely.
Follow these simple rules to help:
When you hear or see an emergency vehicle traveling with lights or
sirens, pull over as close to the right edge of the road as possible and
stop. Remain stopped until all emergency vehicles have passed.
However, don’t stop in an intersection. If you are in an intersection when
you see an emergency vehicle, continue slowly through the intersection and
then pull to the right as soon as possible and stop.
Request Services Online
Log on to
www.monterey.org, select City Hall and then Make Service Requests. Let
us know about potholes, parking enforcement, illegal dumping, dead
animals, and curb and utility repairs. In 2002, we logged more than 135
online service requests. Check out the graph at left for the requests that
were mentioned most.
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