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Montgomery County CERT General Meeting

JULY 2016

Tonight’s Agenda

• CERT Business

– Reports – Upcoming Opportunities – Upcoming Events

Outreach

Outreach Items

• Will be hosting Safety Fair at National Institute Allergy and

Infectious Diseases NIAID- Wednesday, September 14th. Event coming soon in CERVIS.

• Storm Camp on 10/1/2016; venue TBD

Operations

Operations

• AAR- City of Gaithersburg 4th of July Fireworks

– Great turnout for the 4th of July event. – Good feedback from Chief Knopp and Capt. Kim. – Pulling together an AAR, looking for any input anyone may have.

• Storm Camp on 10/1/2016; venue TBD

Virtual CERT

VIRTUAL CERT TRAINING

• Steve Peterson has an update from the recent VERT

training he took this past month.

Training

Training Opportunities

• ASHI Friends & Family CPR Wednesday, July 20th.
• Space is limited! We already have 15 people registered.
• There is still time to sign up in CERVIS.
• Event Registration Code: eowcuH

CERT Basic Fall 2016

• Projected dates October 5th to November 5th (after CERT Con)
• Need to talk with instructors for availability and review any

changes in teaching points

Upcoming Events

2016 CERT Picnic

• Saturday, August 13th, 2016 (rain or shine), at 3:00 pm at

Anne Culver’s House.

• If you are planning to attend or wish to help out with the

event, please RSVP to Potluck@MontgomeryCERT.org on what you intend to bring for the event.

• Register in CERVIS with number of guests attending.

CERT Con 2016

• Scheduled for late September (9/24-25) in Fairfax County
• Hope to have details about registration coming soon.

FEATURED SPEAKER

Featured Speaker

Greg St. James- Program Manager Montgomery CERT

Topics for Discussion

• Taking a Report from a Civilian
• Lost Person
• CERT Equipment Budget
• CERT Partnering with Public Safety- Law Enforcement

Taking a Report from a Civilian

• WHO: Who are you? (ID your self and team) Who are they?

Name (Note gender/approximate age)

• WHAT: What is the specific nature of the emergency/

request?

• WHERE: Exactly where are you? Where are they? For lost

person where LAST seen?

• WHEN: When did contact occur? Lost person: Last seen where

and when? Medical: Onset of symptoms, time of injury.

Taking a Report from a Civilian

• WHO: Who are you? (ID your self and team) Who are they?

Name (Note gender/approximate age)

• WHAT: What is the specific nature of the emergency/

request?

• WHERE: Exactly where are you? Where are they? For lost

person where LAST seen?

• WHEN: When did contact occur? Lost person: Last seen where

and when? Medical: Onset of symptoms, time of injury.

Taking a Report from a Civilian

• WHO: Who are you? (ID your self and team) Who are they?

Name (Note gender/approximate age)

• WHAT: What is the specific nature of the emergency/

request?

• WHERE: Exactly where are you? Where are they? For lost

person where LAST seen?

• WHEN: When did contact occur? Lost person: Last seen where

and when? Medical: Onset of symptoms, time of injury.

Lost Person

• Who is reporting? Relationship?
• Describe missing person: Name, age, gender, race, height/

weight/build, clothing color/style/hat etc, hair color/eye color.

• Special Considerations: Medical or Behavioral?
• Last seen WHEN AND WHERE (how long missing).
• Actions taken prior to contact with CERT Call, search, etc.
• Cell Phone Number?
• Relevant history.

CERT Equipment Needs

• We have a $1,000.00 FY17 budget to buy equipment with.
• What would you like us to get?
• Supply purchases for CERT.

Partnering with Law Enforcement

• How might CERT support our public safety partners in Law

Enforcement?

• 911 service going down
• Recent shooting events
• Open discussion

MCFRS: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcfrs/connect/phone.html#phone Montgomery County Police: Public Safety officials urge all residents and business owners to determine which Police District stations are closest to them in the event of an emergency.

• 1st District Rockville Station 240-773-6070
• 2nd District Bethesda Station 240-773-6700
• 3rd District Silver Spring 240-773-6800
• 4th District Wheaton 240-773-5500
• 5th District Germantown 240-773-6200
• 6th District Gaithersburg 240-773-5700

Those who are unsure about their District can view a map to help locate the nearest station.

Police and Fire Locations in Montgomery County

Police District Map- Montgomery County

Partnering with Law Enforcement

• How might CERT support our public safety partners in Law

Enforcement?

• 911 service going down
• Recent shooting events
• Open discussion

Training Opportunities

• What training opportunities are you are interested in taking?
• How will that increase your knowledge and CERT skills?

CERT SKILLS utilization

• Ken Ow- Assisted a friend at church with treatment for bee sting reaction

and other issues, and called 911 and assisted him to and at the hospital.

• Trish Laut- Attended and stayed with accident victim until ambulance

arrived.

• Did anyone else use their CERT Skills this month?

Next General Meeting

• Please join us on September 8th here at PSHQ

– Sign up in CERVIS

(Remember the picnic is at Anne’s house on August 13th)

Thank you