Officer’s Meeting Minutes for May 14, 2018

Called to order at 3:35 PM Note: Because the officers recognize the urgency of the two items listed below they have decided to partake from their normal agenda and spend half the time on item one and the other half on item two. Santa Barbara County DSWV SOG Lonny reviewed the DSWV SOG from Rob … Read more

CERT Disaster Response Workshop on April 17th

Suu-Va Tai (the Director of Disaster Volunteer & Preparedness with CaliforniaVolunteers which is a division of the California Citizen Corps) has invited us to this year’s CERT Disaster Response Workshop. Your SLO Regional CERT Officer’s will be attending online via Adobe Connect; feel free to join in too. Date and Location The CERT Disaster Response Workshop … Read more

CERT Classes offered in April!

Would YOU have been Ready for the July 18, 2017 Bridge Fire • Dec. 4, 2017 Thomas Fire • Jan. 9, 2018 Montecito Mud Slide How long would it take you to get ready? How would you prepare your house? How would you take care of your family? What if you dialed 911 and you … Read more

Officer’s Meeting Minutes for February 12, 2018

Called to order at 3:40 PM Introductions – we all know each other Review / Approve minutes – Corrections: Announcements/Involvements – bullet point #3 – Last sentence should be “Bob suggested all CERT groups…..” New Business, bullet point #1, “John Rickwald requested dates…..” Announcements / Involvements John wants to reach out to Newcomers Groups John … Read more

Annual Meeting 2017 in review

Wow! What a fantastic annual review! Thank you to everyone who came and weathered the very warm evening at the SLO Vet’s Hall. We also want to recognize everyone who had to cancel at the last minute to help with fire prevention during the 100+ degree day. Our board members, Cal Fire Unit Chief Scott … Read more

CERT in the Pioneer Day Parade

SLO Regional CERT’s own John Rickwald was out showing off his newly acquired CERT demonstration vehicle in the Pioneer Day Parade in Paso Robles this past weekend.  As John says, this is exactly what he bought the truck for. Yes, that is John waving to the crowd 🙂 We all enjoyed everyone who cheered for … Read more