Information on preparedness -- all in one place -- can be downloaded here:
https://www.hightail.com/download/UlRUa3ZHcWZvQnVjZDhUQw
Our next meeting is FEB 22 in the evening, Pt Montara Lighthouse.
RSVP to Nancy nm@montara.com
Monday, February 2, 2015
Monday, January 26, 2015
NEXT MEETING ON PREPAREDNESS AND CERT INFO
This post contains:
• Summary of the last meeting,
• Plans for Sunday evening,Feb 22 meeting -- if you can attend on Feb 22 please let Nancy know: nm@montara.com
• information scheduled on CERT trainings.
Our meeting in January included:
Ashley Gray spoke about CERT (Community Emergency Response Training) and the need to have a "go-bag" with emergency and first-aid supplies with you at all times. There are two CERT trainings coming up in February and March. See fliers attached here. Once you are trained you will have a hard hat, vest, go-kit. You can use these skills and equipment for your own household and neighborhood, but will not be required to respond for the larger community. That would be your decision.
An overview given by Nick Guttuso of the San Mateo Office of Emergency Services (located in HMB) serving the coastside. Detailed information about OES is included in the handout which you can download at: https://www.hightail.com/download/UlRRTkZpOC9OQnptcXRVag
We heard from Hans Kuendig who build a shed to use as a shelter and as a storage space for emergency supplies. He build a 500 gallon storage tank for water and harvests rain water. Hans is an example of being very prepared and not everyone will go to these lengths, but each of us should have an emergency supply container near front door or outside our homes. You can consider a small pre-fab shed or locking plastic tub. Include spare eyeglasses, important documents, paper products, handi-wipes, flashlight with extra batteries, (see handout for further details).
Gary Warhaftig of the Montara/Moss Beach Water Improvement Association explained how everyone joined together to help the community purchase it's own water company and form the Montara Water and Sanitary District. His association will pay for mailing to all households whenever we are ready to do so.
We also heard from a representative of the Red Cross, Go Funai. The Red Cross depends upon volunteers and urges people to consider joining. They provide training to help people prepare, respond and recover. If we can, our community should have a number of people trained in "partner shelter management" which would enable us to assist running a shelter.
Nick explained that each community needs to have its own plan. He advised everyone to sign up for SMC alerts. You can do so here: https://www.smcalert.info/index.php?CCheck=1
At no cost you will receive alerts for emergencies, road closures, etc. Nick's office depends upon a small staff and volunteers to assist in running an emergency operations center. The Red Cross and Fire Department will also be deployed to assist in running the emergency operations when needed. We are called Branch One (Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada and Pricneton harbor) and we need to set up block captains, know who has ham radios, who is CERT trained, where and how we will meet to evacuate as well as shelter.
We need our own local resources, beginning with each household being prepared with food, water and supplies. One resource is Campmor.com. The Red Cross has a store as well. Or you can buy supplies at a store like Target. Lists of supplies are in the handout. Basically, you want one gallon of water per person, per day. You can use a small amount of bleach to keep water stable over long periods of storage, or you can use tablets, boil the water, use emergency filters, or a water stabilizer.
In the case of a tsunami we need to avoid clogging the highway with cars. The present system of signs is illogical and not useful. Instead, head for higher ground. Walk uphill away from the beach. In general we are not likely to have any tsunami flooding because most homes are high enough above sea level.
OUT NEXT MEETING:
SUNDAY evening, Feb 22nd at the Pt Montara Lighthouse. At the start of this meeting, we will offer a half hour review of the basics covered in the last meeting and then at 7:30pm, will make information packets available and provide examples of preparedness kits. We will also be requesting folks to fill out information forms on what skills and resources you may be able offer, what special needs you may have, and/or list your emergency contacts, etc.. We will only request information you feel comfortable sharing.
If you attended the last meeting, please drop by between 7:30 and 8:30 for the aforementioned reasons. We hope that you and your neighbors will begin to develop relationships that would lead to local network between households and among neighborhoods. Please invite neighbors to join you for this meeting.
If you cannot attend, but would like to be part of the Preparedness Network among the households and businesses of Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada and Princeton Harbor, please send information to:
Mary-Anna Rae
maryanna.s.rae@gmail.com
or fax it to Nancy at 650 728-3816
If you can attend on Feb 22 please let Nancy know: nm@montara.com
CERT Trainings are described in the enclosed fliers: one is in San Mateo beginning in February and the other is March in Pescadero.
The San Mateo County Office
of Emergency Services
San Mateo County Fire Department
Coastside Fire Protection District
& La Honda Fire Brigade
Present CERT Community Emergency Response Team
Training
The hosting agencies will be holding a CERT training on four consecutive Wednesday
evenings starting March 4th through March 25th from 6:00PM to 9:30PM and a final
exercise Saturday March 28th from 8:30-4:30 PM. No registration fee is required.
Student manuals will be available electronically. A personal response pack and a CERT
field operations guide will be provided. A drill will be held on the last day to practice the
skills you have learned. The class will provide 20 + hours of FEMA designed training for
citizens to become trained to assist First Responders during disasters.
This is a very rewarding and “fun” way to learn techniques for search and rescue, triage,
Incident Command structure, emergency communications and more with your
neighbors and friends.
To register for the course contact Nick Gottuso @ 650-726-4069 ngottuso@smcgov.org
Capacity will be limited to 30 participants. Sign up early to ensure you can take care of
your family and help your community when the next emergency strikes.
Class #1 Wednesday March 4rd 2015
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Disaster Awareness & Preparedness
• Registration/Introduction
• Disaster types, history & probability
• How to prepare before it happens
• What to do when a disaster strikes
• Natural gas, water & electrical controls
• Earthquake, Tsunami, Wildfire Awareness
CERT Incident Command System
Class #4 Wednesday March 25th 2015
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Light Search & Rescue
• Classifying damaged buildings
• Interior search patterns
• Lifting heavy objects
• Victim carry techniques
• Review
Class #2 Wednesday March 11th 2015
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Fire Safety
• Types of fire & use of extinguishers
• Hazardous materials in the home/workplace
• Reducing Fire Hazards at Home & Work
• Documentation
• Communications
Managing the Disaster
Class #5 / Final exercise /Graduation
Saturday March 28, 2015 at the Fire House
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Skills Development & Applications
• Disaster Psychology
• Terrorism
• Review
• Extinguishing Fires
• Triaging and treating victims
• Extricating victims trapped by heavy timbers
• Interior search for reported missing persons
• Course Review
• Graduation
Class #3 Wednesday March 18th 2015
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Medical – Part I &II
• Stopping bleeding & controlling shock
• Burns fractures & other injuries
• ABC’s of life saving
• Triage
• Treatment Areas
• Head to Toe Assessments
• Burns
• Wound Care
Fractures, Sprains, & Strains
Participant
Manual
Available-—>
La Honda-Pescadero USD
District Office - Board Room
360 Butano Cut Off
Pescadero CA 94060
Location: Saturday Final 1200 Pescadero Creek Road Pescadero, CA 94060
Fire Station 59 (Pescadero)
THE OTHER CERT OPTION IS:
Day # 1: Unit 1: Introduction-local hazards; actions to take before , during and after a disaster; CERT concept and organization
Day # 2: Unit 2: Fire , Hazmat & Terrorism-safe use of fire extinguishers; sizing up a fire scene
shutting off utilities; hands -on practice extinguishing live fires
Day# 3: Medical 1 - Splint & Bandage-diagnosing and treating airway obstruction, bleeding
and shock; triage evaluating patients; establishing a medical treatment area;disaster first aid, sanitation
Day # 4: Medical 2- Triage & Psych-Rescuer safety; Search and Rescue planning; building safety
Day # 5: Search, Rescue, Cribbing & Carries-rescuer safety; Search and Rescue planning: building
-safety size up; Search techniques; cribbing; signs and symptoms experienced by diaster
survivors and rescue workers.
Day # 6: CERT Organization & Communication
Course Overview:
After attending your 6 CERT training classes
you are required to attend a disaster simulation day to receive your certification.
Disaster Simulation Date is 3/21/15 9am-4pm
Location: CalFire Station 17
320 Paul Scannell Drive (old Tower Rd.)
San Mateo, CA 94402
CERT Training Schedule:
Tuesdays 6-9 pm
2/10-3/10
Wednesday 3/18
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates people about disaster
preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster
response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization and disaster
medical operations.
Contact the HRC today for more information! (650)341-4251
FREE!
FREE!
- -CERT organization; emergency management principles;
documentation; Incident Command System (ICS)
and terrorism awareness
• Summary of the last meeting,
• Plans for Sunday evening,Feb 22 meeting -- if you can attend on Feb 22 please let Nancy know: nm@montara.com
• information scheduled on CERT trainings.
Our meeting in January included:
Ashley Gray spoke about CERT (Community Emergency Response Training) and the need to have a "go-bag" with emergency and first-aid supplies with you at all times. There are two CERT trainings coming up in February and March. See fliers attached here. Once you are trained you will have a hard hat, vest, go-kit. You can use these skills and equipment for your own household and neighborhood, but will not be required to respond for the larger community. That would be your decision.
An overview given by Nick Guttuso of the San Mateo Office of Emergency Services (located in HMB) serving the coastside. Detailed information about OES is included in the handout which you can download at: https://www.hightail.com/download/UlRRTkZpOC9OQnptcXRVag
We heard from Hans Kuendig who build a shed to use as a shelter and as a storage space for emergency supplies. He build a 500 gallon storage tank for water and harvests rain water. Hans is an example of being very prepared and not everyone will go to these lengths, but each of us should have an emergency supply container near front door or outside our homes. You can consider a small pre-fab shed or locking plastic tub. Include spare eyeglasses, important documents, paper products, handi-wipes, flashlight with extra batteries, (see handout for further details).
Gary Warhaftig of the Montara/Moss Beach Water Improvement Association explained how everyone joined together to help the community purchase it's own water company and form the Montara Water and Sanitary District. His association will pay for mailing to all households whenever we are ready to do so.
We also heard from a representative of the Red Cross, Go Funai. The Red Cross depends upon volunteers and urges people to consider joining. They provide training to help people prepare, respond and recover. If we can, our community should have a number of people trained in "partner shelter management" which would enable us to assist running a shelter.
Nick explained that each community needs to have its own plan. He advised everyone to sign up for SMC alerts. You can do so here: https://www.smcalert.info/index.php?CCheck=1
At no cost you will receive alerts for emergencies, road closures, etc. Nick's office depends upon a small staff and volunteers to assist in running an emergency operations center. The Red Cross and Fire Department will also be deployed to assist in running the emergency operations when needed. We are called Branch One (Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada and Pricneton harbor) and we need to set up block captains, know who has ham radios, who is CERT trained, where and how we will meet to evacuate as well as shelter.
We need our own local resources, beginning with each household being prepared with food, water and supplies. One resource is Campmor.com. The Red Cross has a store as well. Or you can buy supplies at a store like Target. Lists of supplies are in the handout. Basically, you want one gallon of water per person, per day. You can use a small amount of bleach to keep water stable over long periods of storage, or you can use tablets, boil the water, use emergency filters, or a water stabilizer.
In the case of a tsunami we need to avoid clogging the highway with cars. The present system of signs is illogical and not useful. Instead, head for higher ground. Walk uphill away from the beach. In general we are not likely to have any tsunami flooding because most homes are high enough above sea level.
OUT NEXT MEETING:
SUNDAY evening, Feb 22nd at the Pt Montara Lighthouse. At the start of this meeting, we will offer a half hour review of the basics covered in the last meeting and then at 7:30pm, will make information packets available and provide examples of preparedness kits. We will also be requesting folks to fill out information forms on what skills and resources you may be able offer, what special needs you may have, and/or list your emergency contacts, etc.. We will only request information you feel comfortable sharing.
If you attended the last meeting, please drop by between 7:30 and 8:30 for the aforementioned reasons. We hope that you and your neighbors will begin to develop relationships that would lead to local network between households and among neighborhoods. Please invite neighbors to join you for this meeting.
If you cannot attend, but would like to be part of the Preparedness Network among the households and businesses of Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada and Princeton Harbor, please send information to:
Mary-Anna Rae
maryanna.s.rae@gmail.com
or fax it to Nancy at 650 728-3816
If you can attend on Feb 22 please let Nancy know: nm@montara.com
CERT Trainings are described in the enclosed fliers: one is in San Mateo beginning in February and the other is March in Pescadero.
The San Mateo County Office
of Emergency Services
San Mateo County Fire Department
Coastside Fire Protection District
& La Honda Fire Brigade
Present CERT Community Emergency Response Team
Training
The hosting agencies will be holding a CERT training on four consecutive Wednesday
evenings starting March 4th through March 25th from 6:00PM to 9:30PM and a final
exercise Saturday March 28th from 8:30-4:30 PM. No registration fee is required.
Student manuals will be available electronically. A personal response pack and a CERT
field operations guide will be provided. A drill will be held on the last day to practice the
skills you have learned. The class will provide 20 + hours of FEMA designed training for
citizens to become trained to assist First Responders during disasters.
This is a very rewarding and “fun” way to learn techniques for search and rescue, triage,
Incident Command structure, emergency communications and more with your
neighbors and friends.
To register for the course contact Nick Gottuso @ 650-726-4069 ngottuso@smcgov.org
Capacity will be limited to 30 participants. Sign up early to ensure you can take care of
your family and help your community when the next emergency strikes.
Class #1 Wednesday March 4rd 2015
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Disaster Awareness & Preparedness
• Registration/Introduction
• Disaster types, history & probability
• How to prepare before it happens
• What to do when a disaster strikes
• Natural gas, water & electrical controls
• Earthquake, Tsunami, Wildfire Awareness
CERT Incident Command System
Class #4 Wednesday March 25th 2015
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Light Search & Rescue
• Classifying damaged buildings
• Interior search patterns
• Lifting heavy objects
• Victim carry techniques
• Review
Class #2 Wednesday March 11th 2015
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Fire Safety
• Types of fire & use of extinguishers
• Hazardous materials in the home/workplace
• Reducing Fire Hazards at Home & Work
• Documentation
• Communications
Managing the Disaster
Class #5 / Final exercise /Graduation
Saturday March 28, 2015 at the Fire House
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Skills Development & Applications
• Disaster Psychology
• Terrorism
• Review
• Extinguishing Fires
• Triaging and treating victims
• Extricating victims trapped by heavy timbers
• Interior search for reported missing persons
• Course Review
• Graduation
Class #3 Wednesday March 18th 2015
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Medical – Part I &II
• Stopping bleeding & controlling shock
• Burns fractures & other injuries
• ABC’s of life saving
• Triage
• Treatment Areas
• Head to Toe Assessments
• Burns
• Wound Care
Fractures, Sprains, & Strains
Participant
Manual
Available-—>
La Honda-Pescadero USD
District Office - Board Room
360 Butano Cut Off
Pescadero CA 94060
Location: Saturday Final 1200 Pescadero Creek Road Pescadero, CA 94060
Fire Station 59 (Pescadero)
THE OTHER CERT OPTION IS:
Day # 1: Unit 1: Introduction-local hazards; actions to take before , during and after a disaster; CERT concept and organization
Day # 2: Unit 2: Fire , Hazmat & Terrorism-safe use of fire extinguishers; sizing up a fire scene
shutting off utilities; hands -on practice extinguishing live fires
Day# 3: Medical 1 - Splint & Bandage-diagnosing and treating airway obstruction, bleeding
and shock; triage evaluating patients; establishing a medical treatment area;disaster first aid, sanitation
Day # 4: Medical 2- Triage & Psych-Rescuer safety; Search and Rescue planning; building safety
Day # 5: Search, Rescue, Cribbing & Carries-rescuer safety; Search and Rescue planning: building
-safety size up; Search techniques; cribbing; signs and symptoms experienced by diaster
survivors and rescue workers.
Day # 6: CERT Organization & Communication
Course Overview:
After attending your 6 CERT training classes
you are required to attend a disaster simulation day to receive your certification.
Disaster Simulation Date is 3/21/15 9am-4pm
Location: CalFire Station 17
320 Paul Scannell Drive (old Tower Rd.)
San Mateo, CA 94402
CERT Training Schedule:
Tuesdays 6-9 pm
2/10-3/10
Wednesday 3/18
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates people about disaster
preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster
response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization and disaster
medical operations.
Contact the HRC today for more information! (650)341-4251
FREE!
FREE!
- -CERT organization; emergency management principles;
documentation; Incident Command System (ICS)
and terrorism awareness
Sunday, November 23, 2014
CPR/AED Training
A group of 16 people attended a training on First Aid, CPR and AED on November 22.
The next training will be on March 14th. If you are interested in attending contact Nancy at nm@montara.com to be added to the list.
The next training will be on March 14th. If you are interested in attending contact Nancy at nm@montara.com to be added to the list.
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