Fire District 13 staff will take part in Oct. 21 Great Shake Out

There was little earth-shattering on the Fire District 13 Commissioners meeting agenda last Friday, but the department will drill next week to prepare for a quake or tsunami.

Capt. Ted Taylor told commissioners that staff will participate in the Oct. 21 Great Shake Out event to prepare the public for safe and orderly responses to major earthquakes, with La Conner area emergency sirens sounding at 10:21 a.m..

Taylor said District 13 personnel will focus on quick mobilization of emergency equipment.

“Our challenge,” he said, “will be to get a signal to our duty crew to get our equipment out (of...