Neighbors helping neighbors
Reduce your fire risk by reducing combustible vegetation around your property. Be Ready for Chippers by Friday, 3 July 2020 Sign up now for free chipping during the Summer Fire Safe Community Cleanup and Chipping Event. Please position your materials for chipping by, Friday, 3 July 2020. The SLO County Fire Safe Council contracted crews, … Read more
Last night’s Annual Meeting was attended by its 3 board members (Sheriff Ian Parkinson, Cal Fire Unit Chief Scotty Jalbert, Cal OES Chief Rob Lewis), its officers, several dignitaries and members of our community. Most impressive was the list of accomplishments the relatively new SLO Regional CERT program presented. At last year’s Annual Meeting, they … Read more
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The basic Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program has been updated with a revised Disaster Medical Operations section, an updated Terrorism and CERT section and new hazard-specific annexes. CERT requirements are managed at the local level, and there is no national requirement to retake the training. FEMA encourages all CERT members to review the … Read more
WHAT IF . . . . . . You dialed 9-1-1 and there was a busy tone? OR . . . . . . . . . . There wasn’t any dial tone at all? WHY: In the event of a large-scale disaster, the normal Emergency Response Agencies that serve you will be overwhelmed and … Read more
The San Luis Obispo Regional CERT has announced the date and location for its annual meeting. January 22nd, 2019 6:00 to 7:30 pm SLO Vet’s Hall Every year, the Regional CERT invites anyone interested in local disaster preparedness to come find out what is happening within the entire San Luis Obispo County. Last year, they … Read more
WHAT IF . . . . . . You dialed 9-1-1 and there was a busy tone? OR . . . . . . . . . . There wasn’t any dial tone at all? WHY: In the event of a large-scale disaster, the normal Emergency Response Agencies that serve you will be overwhelmed and … Read more
First, thank you to James Ceasar and Yoli McGlinchey for teaching this class. Without them, this could not have been possible. The following people took time out of their busy schedules to attend the 3-day CERT Train-the-Trainer course which taught them how to teach the CERT basic training course to others. This means that we now have enough people in … Read more
First, thank you to James Ceasar and Yoli McGlinchey for teaching this class. Without them, this could not have been possible. The following people took time out of their busy schedules to attend the 2-day CERT Program Manager course which taught them how to best handle volunteers and how to develop effective and complete program plans. … Read more