CERT class set up for Wednesday Nights starting July 11th from 7:00-9:30 PM at Glassell Park Community and Senior Center, 3750 Verdugo Road, Glassell Park, 90065. This free basic training taught by the Fire Department is to prepare you and your family for a disaster and the basic skills of how to safely respond into your neighborhood when professional first responders are not available.
Radio Communications – CERT Drill 2014
FRS Radios – inexpensive battery operated walkie-talkies – are the perfect tool for disasters. We’ll be practicing on Sunday 8/6 and Sunday 8/13 from Noon – 4:00 PM.
We’re on Channel 13 if you want to test your radio – just call in. If you need help learning how to use the radio, come by 909 Oneonta Drive (near Olancha and 5 Points) for hands-on guidance either Sunday afternoon.
Don’t have a radio? We have some available for a suggested donation of $20 for one or $35 for a pair. A little more than Home Depot, but will Home Depot teach you how to use it?
Contact us with any questions: info@mtwashingtonjessica.org
CERT Battalion 2 is hosting a communications meeting on Thursday, August 17 from 7-9 pm at Denny’s on San Fernando Rd. in Cypress Park. You can learn the basics of using your FRS radio and practice communicating for the MWJN Combined Resources Drill on the August 19th. You don’t need any CERT training to attend this session – great opportunity!
Denny’s Restaurant: Commmunity Room
3060 North San Fernando Road
Los Angeles, CA 90065
contact: coordinators@cert-la-battalion2.com
CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) trains citizens to respond to disasters when first responders are unavailable.
MYN (Map Your Neighborhood) trains residents to coordinate resources and needs within their own block of neighbors in order to help themselves during the first hour of a disaster.
When the two programs are combined, we can connect the dots from individuals on a single block who have specific needs with trained responders who can get help to those who need it most. CERT leaders can relay priorities to outside help as it becomes available.
This is potentially a powerful, life-saving connection that brings the greatest good to the greatest number of people.
We have held CERT drills (2014 at the Coptic Church) and MYN Drills (2015 and 2016 around 5 Points). This exercise will be one of the first of its kind to combine the two. There is much to be learned!
CERT will deploy and set up the Command Post while the Map Your Neighborhood blocks do their assessments. CERT will then check in on each of the blocks to see where they need support and send response teams accordingly. This will be an evening exercise in the Mt. Washington area. Exact location, time and more details to follow…
Find out about getting your block prepared with Map Your Neighborhood
For more information, contact patrick@cert-la-battalion2.com or info@mtwashingtonjessica.org.