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Wildfires should be on everyone’s mind this Summer. They can strike without warning for any number of reasons: Mother Nature, homeless camps, arson, and simple negligence. They tax human resources and take lives.
While setting up a disaster plan for manufactured home communities, rv park or floating home community, be sure to include steps that would reduce the risk of damage or injury. Here are some actions to consider:
Answer: This is a good question, and all too frequently ignored by owners and managers. The first question is whether the issue is addressed anywhere in the community documents, i.e. the statement of policy, rules, or rental agreement. Likely not.
In addition to the plan you are developing for your manufactured home community, you should encourage each resident family to have its own disaster plan in place. Residents should know what types of disaster could occur, and what they can do about each one. A community newsletter is a good way to educate residents, and so are community meeti