Preparedness
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Preparedness
Things we're doing. Phone Numbers
Community Emergency Response Team
CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) volunteers are a group of community members who are ready respond as an auxiliary to the fire department in the event of a major disaster. CERT team members:
- Receive 20 hours of training delivered over 4 weekend days.
- Learn techniques in the areas of: first aid, light search and rescue, fire extinguisher use, medical triage, emergency communication and more.
- Participate in periodic drills/exercises on a volunteer-friendly schedule.
- Learn how to remain safe while helping others.
- Assist Fire and other Emergency response personnel in the event of a large-scale disaster.
A number of canyon folks have CERT training
- Catherine
- Wendy
- Lisa
- Don
- Casey
- ( others? )
As far as the Coastside Emergency Corps has defined organizations we are in South Coast CERT
From the Tunnel to Ano Nuevo there are 4 branches of South Coast CERT
- Branch 1 Ashley Gray [email protected]
- Branch 2 John Muller [email protected]
- Branch 3 Robert Smith [email protected] <-- Butano Canyon
- Branch 4 Peggy Wargo [email protected]
Investigating Escape Routes
Emergency Hut
- we need to assess just what kind of medical supply we want to maintain in the Hut. Dr. Rich Lee of Portola Heights has an article in the most recent South Skylines Association newsletter on just this topic.