NEWS
SARA/Saratoga CERT Picnic summary and pictures: https://saratogacert.org/2019/08/23/first-annual-sara-cert-family-picnic/ and https://saratogacert.org/2019/08/27/cert-sara-picnic-a-great-success/
Peter Melhus and Jeff Walker are now Saratoga Assistant Emergency Coordinators as part of SARA and the SCC ARES/RACES. Peter Commandeur will be the communications lead for Quito/West Valley Division – see updated Saratoga CERT Org Chart at http://saratogacert.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/org-chart-082419.pdf – welcome and congratulations to all!
New Red Cross Shelter Fundamentals Courses offered in October: https://saratogacert.org/2019/09/02/shelter-fundamentals-courses-in-october/
SEPTEMBER EVENTS
Santa Clara County Refresher Course – Fire Safety and Utility Hazard– September 19 – Los Gatos – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cert-refresher-fire-safety-utility-hazard-tickets-50501037964
Saratoga CERT General Membership Meeting – Thursday, September 26 – 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Recreation Portable, Joan Pisani Community Center19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga 95070
Santa Clara Countywide Communications Exercise – Saturday, September 28, 2019 – 08:00 am until 02:00 pm – Edith Morley Park, 615 Campbell Technology Pkwy, Campbell, CA – Contact: Ron Jones AJ6EG — 408 316-0854 — ron.jones@n-ablegroup.com
OCTOBER EVENTS
Shelter Fundamentals – October 10 and 16 – San Jose – https://saratogacert.org/2019/09/02/shelter-fundamentals-courses-in-october/
CERT Refresher: Basic Search and Rescue Methods – October 16 – Saratoga – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cert-refresher-basic-search-rescue-methods-tickets-50501095135
NEW RESOURCES
PG&E has a 7 day Public Safety Power Shutoff forecast web page. See https://www.scc-ares-races.org/links.html#utilities
Saratoga FAQ sheet – https://tinyurl.com/SARATOGAFAQ
GENERAL INFOFRMATION
Online ICS and NIMS Classes (100.c & 700.b) — Visit the Saratoga CERT Resources page for ICS and NIMS course material and resources – https://saratogacert.org/documents/
Free ICS 400 Class – December 2019 — Santa Clara County Office of Emergency Management is holding a free ICS 400 class on December 3 and 4. This class can be difficult to find locally. Register by November 28 – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ics-400-advanced-incident-command-system-complex-incident-training-tickets-18942771339