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Utahns may want to beef up their own emergency plan, after watching residents in Herriman flee the Machine Gun Fire.

On Friday, the George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center is hosting its fourth annual emergency preparedness open house, with vendors selling food storage, home emergency supplies and equipment.

The fair is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Emergency Management Training Center, at building 18 at the VA Medical Center, 500 Foothill Drive.