May Activities
5/11 American Red Cross Shelter Fundamentals Course (8:30 AM to 12:30 PM) at the Los Gatos Jewish Community Center (14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos, CA 95032) – contact charles_rader@hotmail.com for info5/18 Santa Clara County ARES/RACES drill – ham operators details: https://www.scc-ares-races.org/activities/eventdetail.php?id=855
5/19 Saratoga CERT Academy graduation – We still need a few more CERT members to volunteer to assist in the final exercise. Help needed include: fire pan, damage assessment, medical treatment, cribbing, assisting with getting the victim volunteers into character, net control, etc. Please email jeff.j.walker@oes.sccgov.org to volunteer.
5/23 Saratoga CERT Membership Meeting – 5:30 PM to 7 PM – Saratoga Recreation Portable @ Joan Pisani Community Center, 19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, CA, 95070
5/25 Ham Cram Course (Los Gatos – 8 AM to 4 PM) – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ham-cram-fcc-amateur-radio-license-in-one-day-tickets-53713380166
June/July Activities
6/1 Hamann Park CERT Division Field Training Exercise (10 AM to 4 PM) – contact charles_rader@hotmail.com for info – details at http://saratogacert.org/2019/05/06/joint-city-of-campbell-hamann-park-cert-city-of-saratoga-cert-6-hour-field-training-exercise/
6/4 Santa Clara County CERT Refresher – Haz Mat and Terrorism Awareness (Cupertino at 7 PM) – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cert-refresher-haz-mat-and-terrorism-awareness-tickets-50500922619
6/20 Santa Clara County CERT Refresher – Damage Assessment (Saratoga Prospect Center at 6:30 PM) – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cert-refresher-damage-assessment-tickets-50500979790
6/22 American Red Cross Shelter Simulation (9:00 AM to 3:00 PM) – need 12 to 15 CERT members whom have completed the Shelter Fundamentals classroom training – contact charles_rader@hotmail.com to help out – details at http://saratogacert.org/2019/05/06/american-red-cross-shelter-operations-simulation-exercise/
7/25 Saratoga CERT Membership Meeting – 5:30 PM to 7 PM – Saratoga Recreation Portable @ Joan Pisani Community Center, 19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, CA, 95070
7/28 Saratoga CERT at the Saratoga Car Show – contact Jessica Fullmer to volunteer to help out jhfullmer@sustainablebusiness.org
April Minutes
April Argonaut Division Meeting Minutes – http://saratogacert.org/2019/04/10/minutes-of-argonaut-cert-division-meeting-april-3-2019/April Cox Division Meeting Minutes – http://saratogacert.org/2019/05/01/minutes-of-cox-cert-division-meeting-april-4/
April Quito/West Valley Division Meeting Minutes – http://saratogacert.org/2019/05/01/minutes-of-quito-west-valley-cert-division-april-29/
MISC
Peter has a new guide to our FRS Radios – Quick setup guide
FEMA’s online ICS and NIMS classes (100.c and 700.b) are described and linked at our Resources page: http://saratogacert.org/documents/There will be a free ICS 400 class being taught by Santa Clara County OEM on December 3rd and 4th. Its hard to find local ICS 300 and 400 classes; this is the first one I’ve seen in our county in a while. If you have the pre-requisite (ICS-300) this is a good opportunity to take the class without having to drive a long way – details/registration at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ics-400-advanced-incident-command-system-complex-incident-training-tickets-18942771339
Don’t forget to get your DSW Card if you dont already have one, or to get it renewed if it expires – see the details at http://saratogacert.org/documents/
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