If and when the “big one” hits, Clallam County Fire District 3 Chief Ben Andrews said, Sequim and its surrounding communities will be much more prepared than they were a year ago.
A crowd of community residents who are part of CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams) joined first responders — in all, about 200 — on Saturday in Sequim, in what local emergency preparedness leaders call the first-of-its-kind earthquake response training.
Led by Fire District 3 officials, residents who have been training for the better part of a year practiced searching for mock victims located throughout an unused portion of Sequim Community School.