About 350 backpacks filled with survival supplies will be distributed to Village of North Hills residents who attended an emergency management seminar in September, trustees said Wednesday.
The backpacks, which cost $38 each and were purchased from ProPac Inc., will contain batteries, a blanket, nutrition bars, flashlights and a radio, officials said.
The village plans to hold additional seminars going forward but no dates have been set yet, Village of North Hills Mayor Marvin Natiss said.
“The turnout was great, we had over 100 people show up,” Natiss said.
Natiss said the village began bulking up its emergency management system well before Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
The village installed a backup generator five years ago to assist residents whose homes lose power.
“People will come in, they’ll charge their phones, their computers,” Natiss said.
The backpacks will be ordered in increments, Natiss said. He said the village would be prepared to order more backpacks in the future.
Additional emergency management seminars have been planned, but Natiss said they have not yet been scheduled.
In other developments:
• Trustees said North Hills’ code enforcement officers have reinstated a practice of checking the identification of patrons using the village’s shuttle bus service.
Though the service is exclusive to North Hills residents, Natiss said four non-residents were found to have used the shuttle.
• Trustees discussed beautification plans for village hall and areas of North Hills, which include the planting of trees and shrubbery due to the lose of trees during Hurricane Sandy.
