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MONTGOMERY COUNTY CERT GENERAL MEETING
June 20, 2013 (rescheduled from June 13th)
MCCERT Potluck Party
DATE: Sunday, August 11, 2013 (Rain or shine)
TIME: 1:00p.m. – 6:00p.m. (or later!)
LOCATION: Anne Culver’s home - Silver Spring
RSVP: RSVP to [email protected] and please include how many family members will join youWe are excited to begin celebrating this year’s Tenth Anniversary of service by having a potluck party for you and your family. The success of MCCERT could not be accomplished without your involvement and dedication, so it is appropriate we begin celebrating this milestone by getting everyone together to have some fun and say thank you!
Please mark August 11th on your calendar as a day to come and have a great time meeting fellow MCCERT members and families. We are planning some fun-filled activities and encourage you to come experience the day! The party is potluck; therefore it would be helpful if everyone brought a dish to share. More information (directions, etc.) will be provided.
Tonight’s Agenda
• Operations
• Training
• Outreach
• Information Technology
• Survey Results
• Miscellaneous
• Presentation by Montgomery County Police Crisis Intervention Team
June 13th Tornado
On June 13th at ~11:00am, IAR message sent regarding:The day’s weather forecast,Update on possible deployment(s)SITREP development, and,Status of the general meeting that evening
Forecast
Tornado Warnings of June 13th
• Thank you for providing SITREPS:– Pearce Hunt– Stephen Panossian– Anne Culver– Kathee Henning– Gary Frace
• Thank you for being on standby for SM monitoring potential– Katelyn Keegan and Patrick Benko
cont’d
– Ken Ow– Bob Marques– Carl Brill (two hats)– Carol Wisniewski– Richard Wells
External Appreciation
• Thanks again for all of your help. I've shared it with Chris and Chuck and they had great things to say - MCOEMHS
• The NWS in Sterling, VA expresses its appreciation to those who assisted in conducting surveys and provided information used during the surveys...including members of the emergency management... skywarn storm spotters... and members of the public affected by these storms
Operations Update
Policies and Procedures
• Operations Coordinator and Deputy have begun working on populating the Operations appendix of the P&P– Assistance provided by Communications
Coordinator
3rd Annual CERTCON• Hosted by Fairfax County Fire and Rescue• Two day seminar/functional exercise for
CERT members in NCR• June 29th -lecture series• June 30th - hands-on drill• Weekly conference calls• MCCERT involvement in planning not as
evident as the past two• There is a need for mock victims for
Sunday• For more info and to register:
http://certcon2013.eventbrite.com
• Next year – P.G. County CERT
Training Update
• Graduated largest class on May 11th
– Mock victims included Boy Scouts and MCCERT family members
Training
Police-Sponsored Summer Camp
• MCPD 6th District provides a summer camp in Montgomery Village for 30 middle schoolers
• CERT has been asked to assist• Our training coordinator, Kathee Henning has
put together a team to assist in this event• Scott Zimmerman (MCPD) is our contact and
also a new member to MCCERT!
Outreach
Recent Outreach Events
• May 9 – Boy Scouts (Paula Sind-Prunier)
• May 13 – MCPS Office of Community Engagement & Partnerships (Jay Wilson)
• May 20 – Western Montgomery Citizens Advisory Board Meeting (Jay Wilson & Any Members)
• May 22 – CERT Presentation to Choice Hotels
Recent Outreach Events
• May 23 – City of Takoma Park Emergency Preparedness Committee Meeting (Jay W.)
• June 3 – Career Day at MCPS Arcola Elementary School (Georgianne Mitchell and Jeff Alderdice)
• June 12 – National Archives and Records Administration Health and Safety Fair (CERT Team)
– Thank you to the members who had registered
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Cancelled
County Fair: Aug 9th – 17th
MCCERT will not be in attendance at the Fair on August 11th
Upcoming Outreach
• Bethesda Urban Partnership– Discussed CERT – Willing to include CERT in monthly newsletter/e-
blast– Interested in partnership & training opportunities– Outreach will transition training responsibilities to
Training
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Information Technology Update
• Jay KapLon (IT Coordinator) and Steve Peterson attended two 2-hour recorded webinars– will begin using CERVIS for its record keeping and
communication efforts soon– specific fields to the system must be identified– once customization of CERVIS is completed,
importing of data will begin
Volunteer Management Software - CERVIS
Website
• Hiccups with transitioning from iPage to Wordpress– Did not transfer as initially envisioned– Links were lost– Formatting of site changed (although not too severe)
– Reassessment of website and its functionalities is necessary
– CERVIS’ event registration component will be embedded on the website
April/May Training Class Survey Results
Apr-May 2013 Class Survey
• 32 trainees completed survey
• 89% strongly agreed or agreed with the classroom and material questions
• 97% strongly agreed or agreed that instructors were knowledgeable, well prepared, and encouraged interaction for all Units
32 trainees completed survey
89% strongly agreed or agreed with the classroom and material questions
97% strongly agreed or agreed that instructors were knowledgeable, well prepared, and encouraged interaction for all Units
Comparison
13
95%
. . . . 91%
April/May SurveyJan/Feb Survey
Miscellaneous Update
Recognition
10 Year Anniversary
• Celebration to be held in December with our annual holiday party
• We are starting off with the potluck party in August
Help Wanted
• Need assistance with potluck party
• Need assistance with coordination efforts for the 10 year anniversary/holiday party, please
• Need a webmaster
If interested, please email [email protected]
Self-Activation Policy Reminder
• Section 13.1 of the Policy and Procedures - Activation, Call-Out, and Response Procedures and Standards: During Emergencies– Activation is only by the authority of the MC-CERT
Program Manager or designee. At no time may any MC-CERT or member acting as part of a team be activated or activate themselves without authorization. Should a member respond to anemergency without official activation, he/she is deemed to be responding as a private citizen, not as a CERT member.
Thank you
We hope you can make it to the Potluck Party
Please RSVP!
