Disaster Prep

Progress after just a few hours

Maggie Phillips, SPR Coalition Disaster Preparedness Committee member wearing a FOCC T-shirt — and a smile — as she worked.

Volunteers used tarps to haul the broom to the debris box.

Even large broom plants were removed easily from the soil softened by recent rains.

Volunteers go to work in the early morning sun.

By the end of the day, this same area looked much different with all the fire-prone vegetation removed.

Before work began, invasive broom covered this area near the intersection of Pt. San Pedro Road and Biscayne Drive.

David Littlejohn of FOCC demonstrated use of a weed wrench to volunteers.

SPR Coalition Co-President Bonnie Marmor and CERT volunteer Paula Doubleday (seated) at registration table. Volunteer weed puller Maggie Phillips signs in before getting to work.