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Hundreds take part in Burlingame's Drill

Residents joined by police, fire and Ham radio operators

Terry Nagel, Community Contributor
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Burlingame residents debrief after running a drill on Sanchez Avenue.
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Central County firefighters greet participants at the Farringdon Lane drill.
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Marajan Bajaj, age 9, gets an arm splint and Alistair Lamont, age 11 gets an leg splint at the drill held in 1400 block of Bernal Avenue.
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(Burlingame High seniors Kelly LaCrosse and Calvin Pineda call in an emergency to Ham radio operators.)
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Sophia Chiang logs incidents at a drill held in the 1100 block of Bernal Avenue.

A total of 321 Burlingame residents representing 24 neighborhood groups participated in the ninth annual Burlingame Disaster Survival Drill hosted by the Burlingame Neighborhood Network (BNN) on Saturday, October 9, along with local police officers, firefighters and Ham radio operators. Two City Council members, Donna Colson and Emily Beach, were among the participants.

The drill returned to an in-person format with neighbors observing county health protocols as they patrolled local streets after a simulated earthquake, looking for “incidents” describing emergency situations such as downed power lines and collapsed houses.

Suzanne Tateosian of BNN’s board said a total of 31 neighborhoods groups have received free caches of emergency supplies. The caches, which are valued at $550, are awarded to neighborhood groups that participate in at least two annual drills and host other neighborhood activities. They are funded by the City of Burlingame.

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