“Knowledge, it’s power”: Collier residents practice disaster survival tactics

It’s National Hurricane Preparedness Week and here in Southwest Florida, we know that disaster can strike at any time.

So the North Collier Fire Rescue District is teaching people like you and me how to prepare, act, and survive as another hurricane season approaches.

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With North Collier Fire, residents practice different ways to cut through dry wall using common household objects. This makes sure they know how to get free if a wall collapses during a hurricane or other natural disaster.

“Being a younger person and helping with the relief effort after Hurricane Ian it was seeing a lot of those older volunteers that are still going out today, saying to me, personally, ‘Hey, we’re going to be retired soon and it’s really up to the next generation to step into it,'” said Justin Jaffry, a Naples resident.

After going through both hurricanes Ian and Irma, Jaffry still says he feels like he could benefit from more training.

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Naples resident Justin Jaffry attended the FEMA hurricane survival training hosted by North Collier Fire on May 6. After going through Irma and Ian, Jaffry wants to continue adding to his preparation and survival skillsets so he knows what to do as others around him retire.

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