Watertown Commission on Disability

The Emergency Preparedness Workshop recently held at the Watertown Free Public Library was well attended by persons and families interested in learning about being prepared for an emergency. Sponsored by the Watertown’s Emergency Management Coalition and The Commission on Disability, the workshop included a slide presentation with guest presenter Gail Nordby, along with comments from Steven Ward Department of Public Health and Watertown Fire Chief Mario Orangio.

Attendees filled out surveys and were given a three ring resource binder to take home. To help attendees start building an emergency ‘Go Pak’, they recieved an emergency flashlight that runs without batteries. The surveys were placed in a basket and a drawing for the grand prize ‘Starter Kit’ was won by Fred Issacs. Light refresments were available as people looked at the display of an emergency ‘Go Pak’, along with some items that a family may want to include in their own emergency planning. A short video of emergency planning was watched by several attendees.

As a result of this workshop, over 43 new resource links have been added to our Resource Page.

We would like to thank Watertown Disability Commission members Ann Doughty for assisting with putting the resource binders together, Carol Menton for arranging to have Sign Language Interpreters at the workshop and Councillor Marylin Pettito-Devaney, ex officio member of the Commission for attending.