posted Dec 5, 2010 5:32 PM by William Leininger
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updated Dec 5, 2010 5:34 PM
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Reminders and Updates on Various Topics
- PMVFD Holiday Party – Friday, 10 Dec at 1800 at El Rey Mexican Restaurant, 16220 Rte 76, Pauma Valley. Please RSVP Tricia Lucia at ladibug309@aol.com (also in the CC line above). All CERT members are invited, and there’s a “White Elephant” gift exchange – bring a funny gift of $10 or less in value if you want to participate.
- Wildland Urban Interface fire preparation – I’ve placed two presentations from the October County CERT Exercise on the website ( https://sites.google.com/site/pmvfdcert/Home ) - they have great detailed information on how individuals and families can better prepare themselves for fires.
- Red Book to Recovery – once you lose your home in a disaster, what do you do next? The Red Guide to Recovery ( www.theredguidetorecovery.com ) has step by step and situation by situation guidelines for what to do, and what to avoid (unscrupulous contractors, for example). An e-version is also available on our website. We have hardcopies at the station that CERT may be handing to disaster victims. Even better, review it before you lose your home , so that you know what you’ll need to do, and can be better prepared.
- ICE on your cell phones – when paramedics find you unconscious at an accident, who on your cell phone should they call? They look for your “ICE” entries – In Case of Emergency. So, enter “ICE 1”, or “ICE Spouse”, or “ICE Work”, for whoever you want contacted if you can’t speak for yourself. Thanks to Dave Anderson for bringing this to my attention.
- Reverse 911/ Alert San Diego Registration – while your landlines are already registered for Reverse 911, your cell phones, internet numbers, and e-mail is not. Go to www.readysandiego.org to register on these other communication systems for notification. I just updated my information in about 90 seconds.
- Search and Rescue opportunity – Sgt. Don Parker from San Diego Search and Rescue (part of the Sheriff’s Dept) is looking for more volunteers to help with county SAR events. Many CERT members wanted to help during recent events, most notably the Amber Dubois and Chelsea King abductions and murders. However, CERT does not provide the specialized training to allow us to be activated to help in these situation. If you go through the training with SDSAR, then you can respond to their activations and participate. There are various levels of training and participation available, and their next academy starts in January. Participation with SDSAR does not affect your CERT membership. If you’re interested, there’s information at www.sdsar.org, or you can e-mail Sgt. Parker at don.parker@sdsheriff.org.
- CERT San Diego County Communications Plan – OES CERT is trying to organize a county-wide communications plan, specifically to set up HAM frequencies and procedures for use during disasters. If you’re interested in participating on the committee, let me know and I’ll submit your name.
- General reminder – CERT members are not First Responders, and we should not be going into areas where we need specialized protective clothing. So, none of us need flashing lights on our vehicles to respond to activations (we should drive safely, at the speed limit, so we don’t create additional accidents), nor should we be wearing yellow turn-out gear (like the firefighters wear) when we’re performing our duties.
- Next CERT Meeting – Saturday, January 8th (unless you REALLY want to meet on New Year’s Day!)
I’ve also posted this e-mail as an “Update” on the PMVFD CERT Webpage for alternative viewing and reminders.
The references I mentioned that will be on the webpage, at the bottom of the middle list, under “Documents”.
Bill Leininger
PMVFD CERT Coordinator
Cell – 760-807-6923
Pgr – 619-665-3224
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