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2011 Severe Weather Awareness Guide

The Florida Division of Emergency Management is proud to announce the distribution of the 2011 Severe Weather Awareness Guide.

Protecting Your
Home From Hurricane
Wind Damage

Some good advice on how to protect your home from wind damage.

Storm Tracker

The HeartStart Onside Defibrillator (AED) is now available in the LOJ Clubhouse.
The Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a computerized medical device that can check a person’s heart rhythm and advise a rescuer when a shock is needed to restore a heart rhythm. The AED is fully automated and easy to use. Take a few minutes to learn how to use this life saving device.

- Complete Users Guide -

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- Video Instructions -
(quick reference)

EMERGENCY SERVICES
ALL HAZARD NEIGHBORHOOD PREPAREDNESS
CERTIFICATION

At a formal assembly of the Board of County Commissioners of Sarasota, Nora Patterson Chair of the Board presented this certificate to a DPP group lead by Joe Thiel. Twelve of our residents and CERT team members were present to listen to Michael Suarez Executive Director Emergency Services and Scott Montgomery Recovery Chief express the importance of the training and volunteer work that is required to qualify for the All Hazard Award.
The Certificate was presented to the LOWofJ Board by Joe Thiel at the regular meeting on June 7, 2011. It will be placed in the clubhouse for all to see in the very near future.

NEW CPR

This is a new, much simpler, CPR technique.Continuous Chest Compression CPR, a hands-only CPR method that doubles a person's chance of surviving cardiac arrest.Play this video by Gordon A. Ewy, MD, director of the UA Sarver Heart Center.

Lake of the Woods of Jacaranda Board of Directors
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