Winter 1999-2000 Volume 2 Number 1
The Connection newsletter is comprised of articles written by the people from around the Country who are involved in community preparedness on a daily basis. |
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NOW WHAT DO WE DO WITH THEM NOW? Turkey...Earthquake...August 17th. ...2:03AM....7.4 Richter scale...thousands trapped. Once again we are reminded that following a major disaster we will be relying on the skills of our "real first responders," the community. We will be relying on them for those first few critical hours and maybe even for days until professional rescue teams and the military can mobilize and arrive in sufficient numbers to take over the load. The goal is to make this community response a effective as possible thus minimizing loss of life.....Go to Article |
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CERT IN ACTION Sam Isenberger, FEMA's Emergency Management Institute Neighborhood by neighborhood; community by community; and State by State; response agencies and the people they serve are joining together in preparing for hazards that they face....Go to Article |
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NON-PROFIT TRENDS Chris Springer, Chairperson, Association of Volunteer Emergency Response Teams, Inc. Salt Lake County, Utah The CERT program was born in California as a way for citizens to augment the existing municipal emergency response during a major disaster....Go to Article |
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AVERT MEETS THE CHALLENGE Bob Fowler, Utah Emergency Management The Association of Volunteer Emergency Response Teams (AVERT) of Salt Lake County, State of Utah is one of very few non-profit IRS Section 501(c)(3) corporations in the United States associated with the CERT program....Go to Article |
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LET 'ER BUCK! REGIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM RODEO Rachel Jacky, Community Emergency Services Manager Portland, Oregon Fire Bureau The CERT model has been adopted by a number of jurisdictions in northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington and our mutual interests led to a joint event last October—the first Pacific Northwest Emergency Response Team Rodeo....Go to Article |
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1998 FLORIDA WILDFIRES CERT PROVES TO BE VALUABLE Deputy Chief Joe Daly Edgewater, Florida Fire/Rescue The worst wildfire season in the history of Florida began on May 25, 1998 and ended July 22, 1998. During that time period Edgewater Fire/Rescue was constantly challenged by the urban wildfires threatening to extend into Edgewater....Go to Article |
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CONTINUING EDUCATION Bill Jennings, Chairman, Central Florida CERT Association An important part of a successful CERT program is continuing education. The Central Florida CERT Association recognizes that CERT members are not only rescuers, but community leaders....Go to Article |
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STATION # 3 OPENS DOORS TO CERT STUDENTS Lucy Roman, Orlando Fire Department On March 31st, the Orlando Fire Department held it's first CERT training class inside Fire Station #3.....Go to Article |
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TODAY’S YOUTH RESPONDING TO TOMORROW’S DISASTERS Greg Owyang, Program Coordinator, San Francisco Fire Department Ring..ring..It’s the office phone. " Good morning, NERT training office, this is Greg". I receive a call from a Mr. Reed Russell. He introduces himself as a 9th grade health education teacher at Lincoln High school, a local public school....Go to Article |
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CERT MEMBERS SELF-ACTIVATE DURING PIPELINE EXPLOSION Diane Middleton, CERT Program Coordinator, Whatcom County Emergency Management, Bellingham, Washington CERT. We planned. We trained. We delivered. It worked! Bellingham, Washington made headlines around the nation when the Olympic Pipe Line ruptured on June 10, 1999....Go to Article |
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Y2K WILL CERTAINLY HAPPEN ! Battalion Chief Don Schoenbein, Emergency Operations Manager, Englewood, Co. As the year 2000 approaches, so does the possibility that computer systems around the world may not recognize the new millennium date and fail, causing widespread and catastrophic failures....Go to Article |
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MASSACHUSETTS CERT PROGRAM Joan Roche, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Eleven people from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts attended the CERT Train-The-Trainer Program at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, MD on November 16-18, 1998....Go to Article |
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BayNET, SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS Carrie Barnecut, Office of Emergency Services, Oakland Fire Department Law enforcement, fire suppression and emergency service agencies across the country are espousing the concept of community preparedness. Many have established neighborhood emergency team (NET) training programs. In California’s Bay Area, NET program coordinators have formed a network for resource sharing and education. This consortium is called BayNET (Bay Area Neighborhood Emergency Training).....Go to Article |
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The Connection is part of NIUSR's Vision 2000. It is intended to support community disaster preparedness efforts through the sharing of information and ideas. |
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It has been it has been compiled, edited and formatted by North American Emergency Management to support and encourage community preparedness programs. |
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