Promoting Disaster Preparedness & Resiliency
Today, was a very inspiring day at CSUMB. Thanks to Linn McCray, Dick Bower and their support teams for bringing Anna-Marie Jones from CARD (http://cardcanhelp.org) to facilitate our county's most passionate preparedness and response leaders to engage in thoughtful conversation to grow a more resilient community! It was awesome to see so many people who have accomplished so much ready to take it all to the next level! As soon as the AAR for the event…
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Good Day All,
I regret to share with you that Wayne has asked to step down from the leadership role of the Citizen Corps Council. He engaged in a valiant effort to sustain the meetings and membership, but with his other commitments to CERT, he is finding that it is just too much!
Additionally Ed, our VP has also taken a new role and will no longer be serving. We came to the July meeting with 2 key leadership slots vacant:( This was a sure sign that change is at our…
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Hello everyone my name is Wayne ONeil and I am the Newly Elected President of Citizen Corp of Monterey County. I would like to start out by saying a Big Thank you to Wendy Walsh for all the hard work, dedication and devotions she has given to all of us and to Citizen Corp. I have big shoes to fill but I will make you proud. A little background on me I spent over twenty years in the Army and retired here on the Peninsula in 1993. Since then I have been a Government Contractor at NPS,…
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I thought I would share what the NPS COS, Zoe Hale, put out to the NPS Community- See Below- What is your organization doing?
Legislation was signed in 1983 creating a Federal holiday marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Federal holiday was first observed in 1986. In 1994, Congress designated the holiday as a national day of service and charged the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) with leading this effort. Taking place each third…
ContinueAdded by Wendy Walsh on January 9, 2013 at 10:21am — No Comments
Thanks for all of you who made it to the CERV potluck and 1st Annual Citizen Corps of Monterey County Resiliency Awards. 6 of the recipients were present to accept their awards. It was a very beautiful and heartfelt event. Thanks to Sarah and Dave for helping bring this together. Roger for his help in the presenting and my lovely husband Brian for taking the pictures! The awardees were:
Sharon Dwight
The Citizen Corps of Monterey County
Celebrates your…
Added by Wendy Walsh on December 10, 2012 at 10:25am — No Comments
Come, enjoy, and celebrate as our Citizen Corps Council presents achievement
awards to some of our community leaders promoting preparedness and resilience.
Let us know what you plan to bring!
Added by Wendy Walsh on November 6, 2012 at 6:38pm — No Comments
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
Event…
Added by Wendy Walsh on October 23, 2012 at 9:21am — No Comments
Dear Wendy,
It is my pleasure to invite you and the Citizen Corps Council to join us at the Marina Library on November 7th 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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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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David and Rhonda Ramsey and Wayne O'Neil of Central Coast Cert Associations attended the open house at the Aromas Tri-County Fire Protection District fire station in Aromas on Saturday 13 Oct 2012. It was a beautiful day Sunny and 88 degrees. We talked to all the families that attended about disaster preparedness and handed out brochures to aid them in setting up a family disaster kit. Families had a visit by Smokey the Bear, they put out a fire using the simulator, Life Flight landed and…
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Central Coast Cert Association will be at the Seaside Fire Departments Open House this Saturday 6th of Oct 2012 from 10 am to 3pm handing out brochures on personal and home disaster preparedness and to spread the word on Community Emergency Response Team Training CERT to sign up Seaside residence and or business owner.
Added by Wayne O'Neil on October 5, 2012 at 9:30am — No Comments
The North Seaside Neighborhood Watch will be participating at the Seaside Fire Department annual Open House. The Open House will be on October 6th from 11:00 to 3:00. There will be alot to learn about fire safety along wih many groups handing out information. I'm hoping our group would like to participate. For more information, send me an e-mail. northseasideneighborhoodwatch@gmail.com
Added by Michael Garcia on September 18, 2012 at 10:09am — No Comments
Central Coast Cert Association is sponsoring NOAA Weather Spotter Training on 13 October 2012 from 9am to 1030am at the CSUMB EOC Bldg 82E on the CSUMB Campus. All RSVPs for training must be in by 2 Oct 2012. Seating is limited. Add this tool to your Cert toolbox. Be more effective. Any Questions Contact Wayne ONeil at 277-1630.
Added by Wayne O'Neil on September 5, 2012 at 10:50am — No Comments
On November 3rd 2012 Central Coast Cert Associastion will be conducting the First Team Leader Certification Training Course. The course will consist of 4 hours of classroom intruction on the 3rd of November 2012 utilizing the The FEMA Leardership course and on the 10th of November a four hours Hands on utilizing the leadership techniques. Upon completion of the course you will recieve a Team Leader Completion Certification Card and a copy of the roster will be sent to your sponsoring agency…
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SAFETY DAY 2012
Familiar day with a NEW look!!!
Saturday, August 25 10:30- 2:30
Location: Cypress Coast Ford
In the Seaside Auto Center – ON THE CORNER OF TIOGA AND DEL MONTE ….....A DAY OF BIG FUN !
FREE - CHILD SAFETY…
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Yes. All students going into 7th grade must have proof of having had the Tdap booster shot unless they have a documented exemption. This requirement includes current students, new… |
Added by Karen Smith on July 5, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments
Available in (PDF - 586KB)
También disponible en Español (Spanish) (PDF - 640 KB).
Picnic and barbecue season offers lots of…
ContinueAdded by Karen Smith on July 2, 2012 at 2:48pm — No Comments
Keep the 4th happy and safe for your family and your pets
During the 4th of July festivities, more animals are lost than at any other time of the year! Loud noises from fireworks frighten animals due to their heightened senses of hearing, and many will do anything to escape the noise. Even normally shy dogs can leap over fences if spooked by loud…
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Dear CERTers,
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program at FEMA is pleased to announce a new library of 20 ready-to-use CERT exercises of all types, now available for download on the new Drills and Exercises page of the National CERT website at…
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