Published as public service: sandbagging demonstration and flood-preparedness reminder

This item is a Lehi City public service announcement in which Brian Somp, identified in the recording as the Lehi City Volunteer Coordinator for the Community Emergency Response Team, demonstrates how to properly fill and place sandbags and gives safety and stacking advice. Somp instructs volunteers to wear gloves, fill sandbags no more than two-thirds full (preferably about halfway), fold the open tail of the bag downstream so the next bag seals the top, stomp bags flat, and stagger placement in a brick pattern to avoid channels that let water through. He also explains that when a sandbag wall reaches about 2 feet high a second row should be started behind it (for every 2 feet of height add one row behind) so rising water pressure does not topple the wall. Somp warns that overfilling bags can cause them to burst and reduce volunteers’ ability to carry them. Mark Johnson, who identifies himself as with Lehi City, notes concern about potential flooding this year given heavy mountain snowpack and asks residents who live in flood-prone waterways to prepare and volunteers to assist neighbors. The recording provides contact information for Lehi City and Lehi CERT for questions. This item is instructional and informational rather than a civic meeting or record of formal actions.