Saturday, May 4, 2013

Mira Mesa CERT Newsletter 5/1/13


Good morning, here is the news:

Hours Due—Your hours for April are due, if you caught one of those CE's or attended a meeting please report it to Jennifer zhinan@gmail.com, TODAY if at all possible


Team Meeting—Thursday, 9 May, 6:00pm at the Senior Center.  We have a triage review on the schedule.  See you there.


Refresher—The upcoming refresher is full, but if you have just discovered that you really need one, get on the wait list, usually you have a pretty good chance.  Saturday 18 May, starting at 9:30, location TBD.  They are supposed to go at least four hours, don't count on getting out right at 1:30.  Snacks are a good idea, as for water, do we really need to tell you?


All for this week, stay safe.

Mira Mesa CERT Newsletter - 4/24/13


Good morning, here is the news. 


Animal Handling—The session for Monday, 29 April is still open.  6-8pm at County Department of Animal Services 5480 Gaines St, SD 92110.  Here is the map link:


Take a careful look at  the map (or fire up the GPS) if you aren't familiar with the area, it's a bit tricky.  This is good for Continuing Education credit.  Learning to properly deal with house pets etc. in an emergency is one of those things, we hope we don't have to do it, but that's not the way to bet.


Bomb and HAZMAT Awareness CE—This is full, you can get on the wait list.  If you think you are registered for this and you did NOT get a map to the Cache direct from Carie last week (sometime around Monday), let Jennifer know right away (zhinan@gmail.com).


Drill with USAR and TRT—Scheduled for 2 November (Saturday).  As I said yesterday, this is an extraordinary learning experience.  No time frame or place yet, count on starting early and spending the day.  PPE is required, and pretty much everything you would bring to a real emergency (well, ok if you have your own litter/cribbing, Jaws of Life etc. you may not need that stuff).  I know, this one is far off, don't let that stop you from signing up.  This is good for Continuing Education and CE's may be few and far between around then, so give this one some thought.


Sign up for all of these drills here:




Team Meeting—Thursday, 9 May.  A day early to avoid a Friday meeting.  At the Senior Center 6-7pm.  We will have a review of triage procedures.  Get this on your calendar, and we'll see you there.



Hours Due—Not until next Tuesday really, and we'll have a reminder on that day in the News, but if you think you will be unavailable or really busy around that time frame AND you don't have anything else scheduled for the month, you can send your hours in to Jennifer at zhinan@gmail.com.



Occasional Rant—Mixed in with our sorrow and anger over the senseless bombings in Boston I'm sure we all feel tremendous pride in the quality of the First Response.  While no fatality is acceptable, counting the death toll against the number and severity of the injuries is a mute testimonial to the speed and competence of the reaction, followed by efficient evacuation and magnificent trauma care.  They did well.  When our time comes, we may be the point on that spear.  I look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.



All for this week.  Stay safe and vigilant.


-Steve