Saratoga CERT Membership Meetings
The Saratoga CERT April membership meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 26 at 5pm – agenda TBD – see the calendar entry for details later in the month.
The minutes for the March membership meeting will be posted today on our website blog – comments/updates to info@saratogacert.org please.
We are still looking for members to volunteer for leadership positions in logistics, training, and overall planning. Contact Michael Taylor directly or info@saratogacert.org.
Events
Neighborhood Watch / CERT Social
There will be a meeting of the Saratoga Safety Task Force Social on April 21st that will bring together city, Neighborhood Watch, and CERT participants. Jessica Fullmer will be organizing our Saratoga CERT presence at the meeting. Please contact her at jfullmer@mo-dv.com to volunteer. Even if you cannot volunteer for our table there, we hope you can attend the meeting.
Saratoga Safety Fair
There will be a Saratoga Safety Fair on May 20th. Jessica Fullmer will be organizing our Saratoga CERT presence at the Fair. Please contact her at jfullmer@mo-dv.com to volunteer. We will post Saratoga CERT specific details on our calendar.
County Courses
Santa Clara County OES has a 20 hour course on Disaster Mitigation beginning on April 24th – details are on our calendar.
Santa Clara County Fire has the Saratoga CERT Academy starting on May 8th – details are on our calendar. We will likely need volunteers to help staff their final exam and graduation on May 26th – more details at our April membership meeting.
Resources
Palo Alto CERT has shared their Field Operation Guides with us – see our Resources web page for details.
Santa Clara Valley Water District has posted an article on “SUPPORTING COMMUNITY DISASTER RESPONSE WITH CERT”