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Manzanita’s Ocean Inn Stocks Emergency GoBags for Guests

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Editor

Manzanita’s oceanfront Ocean Inn took a major step recently to help their guests be prepared to respond to an emergency. Owners Janice and Larry Zagata put emergency GoBags in each of the inn’s 10 rooms, and they may be the first on the coast to do so.
Janice Zagata said the idea came to them during a general preparedness meeting of the Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay. After hearing about GoBags for families, Janice said she asked herself, “What is my responsibility as a business owner to help my customers in an emergency?”

Their next step was to talk over the idea with Jason Johnson, owner of Tonquin Trading Company, a hiking gear and apparel company located in Seaside.
In addition to outfitting people for the outdoor life, Johnson said Tonquin sees providing for emergency preparedness as part of the company’s efforts to help build up a community’s resilience. “You set your community up for success and in turn they can help with the recovery,” he said recently, while taping a video about the GoBags at the Ocean Inn.
Asked by Larry Zagata to come up with what to put in each GoBag, Johnson kept it simple. He included first aid kits, water, food, blankets, emergency ponchos, hand-warmers and 12-hour light sticks. Each bag is prominently labeled “Survival Kit.”
The Zagatas added a laminated card to each bag, with information on what to do during and after an earthquake, and a simple map showing the way to higher ground. The bags hang in the closet of each room.
Linda Cook, who teaches GoBag classes for the EVCNB, said as far as the organization knows, the Ocean Inn is the first lodging establishment on the Oregon coast to provide GoBags for their guests.
Cook said the bags are “an insurance policy, in case we have an emergency.” She added, “That way you’re prepared not scared.”

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