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Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service CERT Program Minutes for April 13, 2006
Attendance: Thomas Smith, President, presided. Thirty-two CERT members signed the Roster. Chief Brian Geraci, who has full administrative and organizational responsibility for the CERT program, was in attendance.
New Business:
Election results All candidates ran unopposed. A motion and a second were made to accept them into their positions unanimously. President - Thomas Smith (was current president) Vice-President - Anne Culver (was current vice-president) Secretary - Rafael Ameller (was current acting Secretary)
Committee Chairs The
group consensus was that Committee Chairs would not be elected positions but
would be named based on member interest. Committee Chairs are needed for these
positions: Contact Rafael Ameller to participate.
Personal info needed from CERT Membership An email will be sent out requesting information from CERT Members. The information needed includes postal address and area of expertise.
Old Business:
CERT custom embroidered clothing EmbroidMe of Rockville, MD www.embroidmeMD.com Call for availability and pricing 1032 Rockville Pike Rockville , MD 20852 Phone (301) 315-0488
Interested in an Amateur Radio License? Contact William Hatfield at a CERT meeting.
CERT Members ID Cards: Chief Geraci distributed CERT Identification Badges to members who had been processed. CERT IDs must be picked up at the monthly CERT meetings. 2 IDs are distributed now. One is your ID and the other is the PASSTAG. The PASSTAG is used at the scene of an emergency for accountability. When you arrive you need to hand over your PASSTAG to command. This way command knows at all times who arrived at the scene (and who may be trapped or hurt). Only more recent graduates have 2 CERT badges. For those CERTs with only one badge (the ID), the Chief is working on getting the PASSTAGs produced.
Addresses for regional service centers: An email will be sent out.
Upcoming CERT Training Class: The next CERT training will take place on May 16, 18, 20, 23, 25 and 27 th, 2006 at the PSTA Registration started on April 1 st
Training: Tina Lacey from the Department of Health and Human Services of Montgomery County Maryland gave a talk on "Avian and Pandemic Flu: Implications for Montgomery County". Many questions came from the group during the presentation.
Upcoming Events:
Next CERT Meeting: Washington Gas will be at the PSTA Thursday, May 11, 2006 , 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Public Safety Training Academy (PSTA) 9710 Great Seneca Highway Rockville , MD 20850
Ride along with Fire and Rescue Those interested should contact Rafael Ameller so we can schedule rides. Please send Rafael your geographical area and preferred dates and times. Those of you who have already sent your information are on the list and do not need to send a request again. Chief Geraci has the list and is working on it.
Disaster volunteers needed for Mass Casualty and PPE/Decon Wednesday May 10, 2006 from 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM at MFRI ( College Park). Looking for a few good disaster volunteers for the Mass Casualty and PPE/Decon practical portion of the second day of the ADLS Course ( May 10, 2006) at MFRI The Maryland National Disaster Life Support Consortium (Hopkins, UMMS, UMBC, MFRI) is looking for volunteers for Wednesday May 10, 2006 from 0730-1500 at MFRI (College Park). We need help with the Mass Triage and the PPE/Decon portion of the class. This will be a practical session for the students attending the Advance Disaster Life Support portion of the Class. The students will be simulating Triage and PPE/Decon techniques. If anyone is interested please let me know (The more the better). You must be 16 years or older and be willing to get wet and dirty. Lunch and Moulage will be provided. If interested contact Rafael Ameller at to prepare a list of volunteers for the organizers.
July 2006(?) Weekend training on new regulations for CPR and first aid It is important for CERTs to attend this training.
National Home Safety Month Free Home Safety Literacy Project and other materials can be obtained at:
National CERT conference in Los Angeles – May 15-17, 2006 The conference is being held in Los Angeles to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Community Emergency Response Team training from where it all started in 1986. We are trying to get Thomas, our president, to attend this conference.
Community Outreach: Chief Geraci and Thomas Smith would like to see more CERTs involved in community outreach activities. Contact Thomas Smith or Chief Geraci. There is a video, CERT and ERC brochures and a banner for distribution in upcoming events.
Chief Geraci could use the help from the team for the following events:
Montgomery Village Foundation Public Safety Awareness Day Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 10 AM to 2 PM at the
Montgomery Village Foundation, Inc. office,
Emergency Preparedness Fair May 13, 2006 - 12 (noon ) to 5PM 11700 Falls Road
Silver Spring Emergency Preparedness Event May 20, 2006 - 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM Montgomery College Health Sciences Building Silver Spring 7977 Georgia Ave.
Taste of Wheaton Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 11 AM to 5 PM
Quince Orchard Library Community Day June 17,2006 - 11 AM to 3 PM
Montgomery County Fair August 13 to 19, 2006 This is an important event for CERTs
September 2006 Emergency preparedness month
Corrections to March 13, 2006 CERT minutes Under: New Business - Partial CERT Activation Request The following information was added: 11 CERT members responded to the Shelter Operations activation on Feb. 10th
Other items:
Equipment: CERT Go Bags and CERT Vests were distributed to CERT Members who had not received their bag at a previous meeting. Each Go Bag comes with a few items but needs to be supplemented. If you do not have a Go Bag please let Rafael Ameller know.
Alert Montgomery: Alert Montgomery is the communication system Montgomery County will use in the event of an emergency to communicate with CERT Members. It is imperative that all CERT Members register. Alert Montgomery delivers important emergency alerts, notifications and updates to you on any or all of your devices at once (your choice): - e-mail account (work, home, other) - cell phone - text pager
- BlackBerry
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