Learn Bystander CPR in February 2020 Organized by Fearrington Cares

• Friday. February 07, 2020 and Saturday February 08, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
• Thursday, February 06, 2020 and Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at The Gathering Place

When a person experiences cardiac arrest outside of a hospital, the minutes before the paramedics arrive can mean life or death. People who witness the event can help but bystander CPR is performed less than half the time. Impressively, bystander CPR can double the survival rates of those who have sudden cardiac arrest.

Fearrington Cares will be sponsoring four American Heart Association bystander CPR training classes in February 2020. Each class must have four to six Villagers.

Read more about this training.

Registration is required; please call the Fearrington Cares Center (919-542- 6877) for more information or to register for a class. The charge is $45 per person, payable at the class.

Fearrington Cares operates exclusively for charitable and educational purposes and in a manner consistent with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 

It's Fall and There Are More Deer on the Road. Here's How to Stay Safe

It's fall, and that means more deer on the roads. Here's how to avoid a wreck.

Deer crossing signs take on extra meaning this time of year, the peak for deer-vehicle collisions in North Carolina. This sign is on Whitfield Road near the intersection with Erwin Road in Orange County. N&O file photo Fall means the return of cool weather, changing leaves and pumpkin-spiced everything.

Duke Energy's Power Restoration Process Following an Outage

Power Restoration Process - Duke Energy

Understand the process and priorities Duke Energy considers when restoring power to a community after extreme weather.

Emergency Preparedness FAQs -- Important Information

Emergency FAQs.Dec2019.pdf

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STRATEGIC ACTION FOR EMERGENCIES (S.A.F.E.) -- A CHATHAM COUNTY Access and Functional Needs Registry

STRATEGIC ACTION FOR EMERGENCIES (S.A.F.E.)

S.A.F.E. is an access and functional needs registry (formerly called special needs) maintained by Chatham County, North Carolina for residents to indicate to first responders and emergency officials that they may need special assistance during emergencies or disasters.   Special assistance may be required for mobility problems, vision and hearing impairment, lack of transportation, critical health issues and other needs which cause unique challenges during an emergency.

S.A.F.E. was created through a joint effort by Chatham County Council on Aging, Communications, Emergency Management, and Department of Social Services to provide residents a secure means to report information and first responders access when residents call for help.

INFORMATION COLLECTED

When registering you will be asked to provide the following, at a minimum:

• Name
• Address 
• Phone number

Other optional information may be submitted, at your discretion:

• Additional Addresses
• Email
• Diagnosis (if relevant)
• Medications
• Allergies
• Special needs, such as hearing impaired, mobility issues, special devices, sight impaired, transportation needs, etc.
• Family information
• Pet information
• Emergency contacts (friends or family)

INFORMATION PRIVACY

All information provided remains confidential and is only used in an emergency situation.  The information gathered may be shared with first responder agencies during an emergency to notify or assist citizens with access and functional needs and provide assistance, when necessary.

REGISTERING FOR S.A.F.E.

You can register with S.A.F.E. online or over the telephone:

• Register Online - Click here to register through the Chatham County's S.A.F.E. online portal
• Register by Phone - Register over the telephone by calling any of the following (Monday-Friday 8am-5pm):
  • Chatham County Emergency Management at 919-545-8163
  • Chatham County Department of Social Services at 919-542-2759
  • Chatham County Council on Aging at 919-542-4512 (Pittsboro Office) or 919-742-3975 (Siler City Office)

NEED ASSISTANCE?

Contact Chatham County Emergency Management at 919-545-8163 (Monday-Friday 8am-5pm).

Monday, January 22, 2018 7:00pm -- Presentation About Re-Establishing the County's CERT Program

OPEN FHA Meeting -- A presentation by AnneMarie Riether, FHA Director of Health, Safety & Security, about the CERT Program.

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a federally-established program Under the Department of Homeland Security/Ready.gov), which educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. 

Among the 50 states, CERT programs are managed by the county and/or municipal emergency management officials. In the past, Chatham County participated in the program; however, approximately 10 years ago, the two immediately-prior County Emergency Management Directors withdrew support for the program and canceled any funding for on-going CERT volunteer training.

Fearrington Village had been an active participant with more than 50 active volunteers. Several years after the county withdrew support for the program, the Fearrington CERT program was closed. Without on-going training, especially over the course of multiple years, volunteers could not be effective or do their work safely.

The newly-appointed (November 2017) Chatham County Emergency Management Director, Steve Newton, is reinstating CERT in the county. 

AnneMarie Riether, the FHA Director of Health, Safety, & Security (HSS), will be speaking about the program and the opportunity for a limited number or Fearrington residents to participate in a CERT training program. 

All Fearrington residents, especially former CERT members and others who are interested in becoming members, are encouraged to attend.

• Q and A on CERT Issues
• Q and A on issues of general interest.

Information on the national CERT program is available on the Federal Community Emergency Response Team website.

New Study Finds Lyme Bacteria Survive a 28-Day Course of Antibiotics

New study finds Lyme bacteria survive a 28-day course of antibiotics

Press release from Tulane University, December 13, 2017: Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., today announced results of two papers published in the peer-reviewed journals PLOS ONE and American Journal of Pathology , that seem to support claims of lingering symptoms reported by many patients who have already received antibiotic treatment for the disease.

FHA Health, Safety, & Security Speed Compliance & Risk Report November, 2017

Fearrington Village has 83 streets and roads, of which 57 are state secondary roads. Of those state roadways, only a small number—which we refer to as being among our traffic “arterials”—carry the greatest volume of traffic flow as well as at some times significant instances of vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle interactions (ranging from bicyclists riding in the traffic lane with vehicles (which is legal in NC) and people crossing the roadway (with or without crosswalks), or walking along the edge of the roadway when paths or sidewalks are unavailable or are in bad condition.

Our modern ATS speed monitor, which is perpetually moved among fixed locations on a rotation pattern, stores and remotely reports a wide array of traffic data. For this report, we have chosen to focus on five of the high-traffic volume locations listed just below. Later reports will include some of these same locations as well as several others. Beechmast, near Quail Run, close to Village Way; Millcroft Inbound, near Woodleigh; Village Way Inbound, near Windstone; Village Way Outbound, near Windstone; Weathersfield, Inbound near Caswell.

Of the varieties of reports compiled by the monitor, the most important high-level overview is provided by the “Compliance and Risk Report,” which appears below. As you will note from the date ranges listed, the monitor was returned to some locations more often and remained at some locations longer (for both data collection and driver awareness reasons). We’re working toward a more refined scheduling of locations and timeframes.

Not too surprisingly, in this current report, Village Way/Inbound/near Windstone and Weathersfield/Inbound near Caswell—the two main entry/exit arterials—account for the greatest percentage of the excessive speeds, most of which by far is documented by the camera as being produced by passenger vehicles, not by service and delivery vehicles.

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It's Fall, and That Means More Deer on the Roads. Here's How to Avoid a Wreck

It's fall, and that means more deer on the roads. Here's how to avoid a wreck.

Fall means the return of cool weather, changing leaves and pumpkin-spiced everything. It's also the time of year drivers are most likely to hit a deer. Hunting by humans and mating by the deer mean more of them are on the move, at a time of year when shorter days mean more people are driving after dark or before sunrise.

Tick Tack Doe FHA Community Program 7:00 PM on September 05, 2017

LIVING WITH DEER (AND OTHER MAMMALS) AND THE TICKS THEY HARBOR

FHA Open Meeting Tuesday, September 5, 7:00 PM.  Presented by: Maggie Tunstall, M.Ed in Science and former Director of Classroom Programs, National Wildlife Federation and Dr. AnneMarie Riether, Adjunct Professor, UNC School of Medicine.

The presentation will be followed by a Village Hall discussion.