Community Tips
Safety
Tips - Practice Home Exit Drills |
Dry,
Clean Sidewalks Equal Safe Sidewalks
Safety Tips Practice Home Exit Drills
Make a home escape plan and practice
it! You can survive a fire in your home if you know what to do when you
hear the smoke alarm.
- Plan your escape. Draw a floor plan of your home and find two ways
out of each room.
- Agree on an outside meeting place in front of your home where
everyone will gather after they’ve escaped.
- Practice! Hold home fire drills. Make them realistic by pretending
some exits are blocked by smoke or fire.
For more info call
the Monterey Fire Department at 646-3908 or visit www.monterey.org/fire
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Dry, Clean Sidewalks Equal
Safe Sidewalks
When it rains, mossy water often pours over sidewalks and down
gutters. Add this to the steep hills found in many of our neighborhoods
and you have dangerous sidewalk conditions: slippery when wet.
Under
City Code, property owners are responsible for maintaining the area in
front of their property and keeping it free of safety hazards. It’s time
once again to check your sidewalks and clean them if necessary.
A
stiff bristle broom usually will clean off moss and other foreign
material. If that doesn’t do it, some biodegradable soap may be needed. Do
not use bleach or other cleaners as runoff ends up in Monterey Bay.
For more info, call our Construction Management Division at 646-3997
(http://clement@ci.monterey.ca.us/)
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