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Wendy Walsh's Blog – October 2012 Archive (3)

Flu shots for CERT Thursday- October 25th

The PBCSD, Cypress FPD and Carmel Highlands FPD are sponsoring FREE flu shots for members of our CERT team!

To participate you must:

1. RSVP ASAP with Fire Captain Valdez at 831-594-4826 or jennifer.valdez@fire.ca.gov

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Added by Wendy Walsh on October 23, 2012 at 9:21am — No Comments

Energy upgrade opportunity!

Dear Wendy,

It is my pleasure to invite you and the Citizen Corps Council to join us at the Marina Library on November 7^th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm for a presentation on the Energy Upgrade California Program.

The Energy Upgrade California program provides homeowners an opportunity to improve energy and water efficiency, save money, increase home comfort, help the environment and get up to $4,000 in incentives for making qualifying energy-efficiency…

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Added by Wendy Walsh on October 22, 2012 at 1:53pm — No Comments

Myths and Misconceptions of Human Behavior Response to Disasters

I am listening brief from Dr. Joe Trainor from the University of Delaware Disaster Research Center (DRC)covering the top 10 myths about how people behave in disasters. The power point is too large to post here- let me know if you would like a copy.

The Myths are:

1) Organizations are the First Responders

2) Alerts cause mass panic

3) People do not comply with…

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Added by Wendy Walsh on October 17, 2012 at 9:48am — No Comments