Good morning, much to do yesterday, so we're a day late, here is the news:
*****MIRA MESA*******
Our Last Team Meeting—We discussed some of the realities of self-activation during a real mass disaster. Several pointed out that it would be useful If each of us knew of other CERT team members who lived close by. We value our members privacy, so we don't want to just haul off and share addresses around, that's why I'm asking each of you to notify me of your preferences:
*It is ok with me if the rest of the Team has my street address
*I want to share my address only with Team Members who live within a few blocks of me
* I don't want to share my address
Please pick one of these and tell me what to do, do NOT ignore this one, it's important. I'll publish the general results next week, and if it makes sense for everyone I will distribute that information.
Next Team Meeting—10 November, a Wednesday. Library is unavailable (again), but I'm going to do my best to get us indoors. Any suggestions for meeting places are very much appreciated. I'm hoping to put together a wound care program, that seems to be needed.
*****BATTALION 5*******
Final Drill, Academy 25—This is coming up fast, if you can help out with registration, we'd love to see you there. Also, it looks like we are still looking for a few victims, if the Drama King/Queen in your household is really looking for a chance to express themselves, this could be an opportunity. In the past it has involved some very gruesome makeup, if your victim can find me after the drill I'll get a picture he/she can give to Mom. Administrators and victims must sign up, go here:
NEW NOTIFY FEATURE ON THE SITE—We've really needed this for awhile, under Team Training/Activities we have a place where you can send people who are interested in the next Academy. They can sign up there to get an email when the next Academy opens for registration. This DOES NOT register anyone for the Academy, when an individual gets the email he/she must go through the registration process. Please save this link:
to send to friends and associates. I can't emphasize enough how effective this can be in getting our academies filled. The last few have filled anyway, which is great, but we want to keep that momentum going, we always need new volunteers.
San Diego Project Heartbeat—This is a non-CERT event that SDFD is backing, along with the American Red Cross, The Heart Association and UC San Diego. It is essentially a mini-course (30 minutes) they will teach hands-on CPR and basic use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED's). It is NOT a certificate course, you cannot get certified or re-certified with this one. The idea is to give a large number of people at least basic knowledge. Since we don't really do CPR in CERT, this might be all of the training you really need, I don't know, it's a personal choice. To add some drama, and probably create a great PR opportunity, the event will be held on the flight deck of the Midway. No, you don't get admission to the Midway either, but I guess they will sell you a discount ticket if you participate in the event. Anyway, the event is on 5 December 2010, 9am to 5pm, you must register on the event website, go here:
to get all of the details. The thought of hundreds of dummies touring the country together is way too much good comic material for me to deal with, I'm going to stop now before I get in trouble.
That's all for this week, questions, comments, talk to your Team Leaders
-Steve
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