disaster preparedness – Page 4 – Mt. Washington Jessica Neighborhood

23 Aug

CERT Medical Treatment Exercise 10/30

CERT Battalion 2 is hosting a Medical Treatment at the Tarp Exercise in nearby Lincoln Heights on Sunday, October 30. Its a great opportunity to practice what you’ve learned in the CERT classes. Haven’t taken a CERT class? Find one near you!

The Community Emergency Response Team Training teaches you about how a mass casualty incident works. You triage victims minor, delayed, and immediate and then take them to the appropriate tarp. But what happens after that?

Join us as we review and practice Medical Treatment at the Tarp.

We’ll team you up with fellow CERT members and simulate several mass casualty events where you and your team have to perform hands-on head-to-toe assessments/reassessments and hands on medical treatment.

EMT, Paramedic, and Nurse coaches will be on hand to work with you through the process of assessment and treatment so that you practice the skills that you learned in class correctly and confidently.

We are looking for victim volunteers, additional coaches, and staff for the event. Register on eventbrite if you’re interested.

WHEN: Sunday, October 30, 2016 from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM (PDT) – Add to Calendar
WHERE: Lincoln Park – 3501 Valley Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90031 – View Map

03 Aug

Visiting MYN Founder LuAn Johnson

LuAn Johnson, PhD with Ben Park

How cool is this?

In July, our Secretary/Treasurer, Ben Park got to meet Map Your Neighborhood founder, LuAn Johnson – while visiting Seattle. She was excited to hear how Mt. Washington Jessica has successfully implemented the program she started at the Washington State Emergency Management Department. LuAn’s current venture is Span Disaster, a nonprofit that that continues the principles of Map Your Neighborhood.

02 Feb

CERT Community Meeting – Map Your Neighborhood 2/9

Disaster Preparedness Community Meeting on Tuesday, Feb 9th, from 7pm – 8:30pm
Fire Station 50 – 3036 Fletcher Dr. LA (in Glassell Park)

FREE and open to everyone, CERT trained or non-CERT trained

Register at Eventbrite

During the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Community Meeting we’ll discuss Map Your Neighborhood (MYN).

MYN is a step-by-step process designed to help neighborhoods prepare for disasters and to know what to do immediately following one. Neighbors learn to work together as a team to evaluate their neighborhood following a disaster and to take action to mitigate risks that could require a 911 call if left unchecked. This program embraces all neighbors, CERT and non-CERT, and fits nicely into the 5 Steps.la Program.

CERT Battalion 2 has embraced the Map Your Neighborhood paradigm based in part on the success of the program in the Mt. Washington Jessica Neighborhood. Come to the meeting and see how your immediate neighbors have influenced the larger plans of LA preparedness.

There are already six MYN Block Teams in the battalion and we plan on many more.

If you want more out of your CERT experience join us and find out how.
Afterwards, ask questions about disaster preparedness and talk to other community members about emergency plans in our neighborhood.

02 Feb

CERT Classes begining in March

Echo Park – Tuesday Evenings – March 15 – April 26, 2016 from 6:30 – 9:00 PM

INSTRUCTOR: FIREFIGHTER KURT HOWARD – (213) 893-9530

Class 1 – March 15 (Introduction, Disaster Awareness)

Class 2 – March 22 (Disaster Fire Suppression Techniques)

Class 3 – March 29 ( Disaster Medical Operation 1)

Class 4 – April 5 (Disaster Medical Operations 2)

Class 5 – April 12 (Light Search & Rescue Operations)

Class 6 – April 19 (Team Organization & Disaster Psychology)

Class 7 – April 26 (Terrorism & Homeland Security)

YOU MUST ATTEND ALL CLASSES TO RECEIVE A “CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION”.

Check out all CERT classes being offered in the LA area at Eventbrite.

For further information, you may contact the CERT Unit at (213) 893-9840.