Springville / Mapleton Utah Region
When something happens, we start with the people next door.
This is the Mapleton 14th Ward's version of the regional Emergency Preparation & Response Plan. It covers five levels — your family, your block, the ward, the stake, and the city — and it applies to everyone inside our ward boundaries, whether or not you're a member of the Church.
If it just happened
The first hour
- Take care of your own family first.Check for injuries and give first aid. Put shoes on — there will be glass.
- Check for hazards before you do anything else.Smell for natural gas. Look for water leaks. Shut a utility off only if you find a problem — otherwise leave it alone.
- Hang your signal marker where the street can see it.Front window or front door. Green, yellow, red, black, or white — see below.
- Check your neighbors — right, left, and across the street.If a house has no marker up, assume the family inside needs help.
- Report to your block captain at the neighborhood staging area.Family's physical condition, and the structural condition of your home. If you can't find your block captain, report to any ward leader at the ward command post.
- Turn on a battery radio.KBYU 89.1 FM carries emergency information for this area. 89.5 repeats the same signal.
- Reach your out-of-state contact within the first hour, then stay off the phone.Local lines will be overwhelmed. One call out, then leave the network for emergency traffic.
The door marker
Every household · members and neighbors alikeA card, flag, or ribbon in a front window or on the front door tells a block captain in three seconds what would otherwise take a knock, a wait, and a search. Keep your markers somewhere everyone in the house can find them in the dark — a hook by the front door or the closet next to it.
Five levels of the plan
Each one hands information up to the nextWhat we're actually preparing for
Named in the regional planEarthquake
A rupture on the Wasatch fault. Utah records around 700 earthquakes a year, roughly thirteen of them above magnitude 3.0.
Fire, flash flood, or landslide
Major events on the benches and canyons east of Springville and Mapleton.
Chemical spill
A train derailment or truck crash releasing hazardous material near the corridor.
Extended power outage
A storm taking power down during freezing temperatures — heat, not light, is the problem.
Major wind storm
Straight-line canyon winds bringing down trees, lines, and outbuildings.