Neighbor Group Guidelines
GOAL: Know the wellbeing of Church
members, neighbors and friends
during an emergency and
report anyone in distress.
Here are some examples how to organize Neighbor
Groups but local
Church
(Ward) Leaders can modify this as they feel appropriate.
Take care of your personal needs and those of loved ones first during
an
emergency! After you and
your loved ones are safe and out of harm’s way
consider helping others.
1. Visit the Church Website (Use a desktop or laptop computer, NOT the mobile App)
Select
“
” in the upper right corner, then select
“Ward
Directory and Map” and log in with your User Name and Password.
The
Ward Directory and a Google
MAP will appear. Zoom into the MAP
where
you live and click on any of the brown dots near your home to
identify nearest Church members.
2. A Neighbor Group are a few
households (including Church members)
who are
within reasonable walking or bicycling distance of an Emergency
Radio
owner. Someone should be capable of
checking on each group
member during
emergencies and report to the Emergency Radio owner.
3.
There may be
other ways to organize neighbors into zones or districts
but
keep in mind that roads may be impassible because of closures, down
powerlines, damaged roads or traffic congestion. Neighbor Group
members should
be within walking or bicycling distance of each other.
4. Consider befriending or fellowshipping people
in your Neighbor Group
and
make emergency help or communication more natural and effective.
A
simple and effective way to ACTIVATE
your Neighbor Group is to visit
NG members
and hand them an Activation
Card on magnetic
backing.
5.
Alternatively, a
relatively inexpensive Emergency Radio* could be purchased by
anyone who wants
to stay in touch with the Emergency Control Operator.
*Transmitting on an Emergency Radio is restricted to licensed operators
except if life or property are in danger.
A
popular Emergency Radio is the Baofeng UV-5R, UV5RA
or BF-F8HP Dual Band radio. About $30.
Contact Peter Wolf for what kind of radio and accessories are best
for your location.
Emergency
Radio Operators practice every Wednesday and 1st Sunday of
the month at 7PM.
Updated June 14, 2021
Peter Wolf, KG6LIN
Stake ERC Specialist
805 443-2200 Cell