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Community Awareness Emergency Response
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2015 Shelter-in-Place Drill
FACT SHEET
The Shelter-in-Place drill will begin at 11:00 a.m. on November 4th. This coincides with the
testing of the safety sirens in Contra Costa that sound at 11:00 a.m. Or, if necessary, you can
change to a time better suited to your site.
Each site will determine how complex they want the Shelter-in-Place drill to be at their own
facility. The scope can range from a tabletop exercise with staff to a full-scale drill bringing
everyone inside to Shelter-in-Place. Drill can be as long as you want it to be.
The drill is being sponsored by Contra Costa County CAER (Community Awareness
Emergency Response) Group. CAER is a non-profit organization with members from fire,
law enforcement, health services, emergency services, plus community and industry
representatives.
All public and private schools and childcare centers are encouraged to participate. This is a
chance to be part of a countywide exercise that will receive media coverage and promote
further awareness about Shelter-in-Place training and procedures.
Participating schools and childcare centers that return a “participation sheet” will have their
names posted on the CAER Web site at www.cococaer.org.
City Councils in the County are being asked to proclaim November 5th as “Shelter-in-Place
Education Day.” The County Board of Supervisors will also proclaim November 4th as
Shelter-in-Place Education Day.
The Shelter-in-Place Drill is an annual event on the first Wednesday in November. Last
year, approx. 200 sites participated and even more are expected to practice their Shelter-in-
Place procedures this year. CAER sponsors the drill to promote emergency preparedness
in our schools and childcare centers.
Please note: If you do not normally hear the sound of the sirens on the first
Wednesday of every month YOU WILL NOT HEAR THEM ON Nov.4th Sirens are
only one of the ways a Shelter-in-Place alert is broadcast. In an actual emergency, other
tools to alert the public would also be used, such as KCBS 740AM radio, e-mail notifications
(visit www.incident.com to sign up), scrolling messages on CCTV, weather radio alerts, and
the TENS system (automated telephone calls).