OREM — When the smoke detectors went off in his home Saturday afternoon, Garrek Lott did exactly what he’d been taught.
“I grabbed my baby sister,” the 12-year-old Boy Scout said. “Then I told everyone to get out.”
By then, a few neighbors had arrived after hearing the screeching detectors.
Garrek told one of them to call 911 [...]

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There are six basics you should stock for your home: water, food, first aid supplies, clothing and bedding, tools and emergency supplies, and special items.  Keep the items that you would most likely need during an evacuation in an easy to carry container–suggested items are marked with an asterisk(*). Possible containers include a large, covered [...]

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