IRVINE : Residents to Receive Emergency Cards
Residents of the city’s 45,000 homes soon will be receiving cards with instructions for emergency evacuations.
The laminated cards were developed primarily to provide city residents with the address of the nearest evacuation site in the event of an earthquake, according to a report by emergency management coordinator Frances Winslow.
Currently, only residents moving into new homes receive local emergency information, in a booklet that is distributed by developers.
The card will be mailed to all residences and will be required to be distributed upon close of escrow for all homes, Winslow said.
The program, approved by the City Council, is expected to cost the city $30,000.
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