Montivideo - Pine Valley Community Emergency Response Team - San Ramon CA
The CERT program is organized by the San Ramon Valley Fire Department and coordinates training and dissaster recovery activites by volunteers from local citizens and neighbors just like you. The purpose is to help each city, community and neighborhood to identify the people resources who will help out in the case of a disaster, provide training to those who wish to help and develop a disaster recovery plan that will kick into action in the case of just such an emergency. There are several ways that you can benefit by this program and several ways that you can help prepare your neighborhood and your family for an emergency that is not a matter of "if" it will happen, but "when".
History of C.E.R.T.
The CERT concept was developed and implemented by the Los Angeles Fire Department in 1985. They recognized that citizens would very likely be on their own during the early stages of a catastrophic disaster and that some basic training in disaster survival and rescue skills would improve the ability of citizens to survive until other assistance could arrive. The training program proved to be so beneficial that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) felt the program should be made available to communities nationwide.
How Does The C.E.R.T. Program Work?
As each CERT is organized and trained in accordance with standard opertating procedures developed by the sponsoring agency (San Ramon Valley Fire Dept.) it's members select a team leader and an alternate and identify a meeting location, or staging area, to be used in the event of a disaster. This is where the fire dept. and other services will come to interact with the CERT volunteers to determine damage assessents and allocate volunteer resources.
Getting involved can be as simple as attending a neighborhood meeting to know where your staging area is and where to go in case of a disaster. Or, you can decide to take the CERT training and become a certified volunteer. This training in our area is done at the San Ramon Valley Fire Department at 1500 Bollinger Canyon Rd. in San Ramon. You can sign up for classes on their website.
Upcoming C.E.R.T. Event:
CERT Refresher - June 4th 12pm -3pm
San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District
1500 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon, CA 94583
COME ONE, COME ALL!
Plan to bring your family, friends and neighbors Saturday, June 4th. Before reviewing the CERT skills we will have pizza and some social time! The goal over the next year is to continue increasing the connection with our valuable CERT members and providing an interactive program for volunteers and people within our community.
Our objectives for the meeting are to...
- Allow unstructured time to review the CERT skills
- Provide a place and time to meet, greet and connect
- Allow unstructured time to ask questions about the CERT program
- Meet your local CERT Area Leaders
For more information about the CERT Program, please contact: - Craig and Tracey Harper - Craig@TheHarperTeam.com - (925) 984-4910
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