tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32195045576001502562024-03-08T08:21:38.138-08:00Summit CERT - We're ready...Are you?CERT stands for Community Emergency Response Team. We are regular folks, your neighbors, who live in the Santa Cruz Mountains. We are sponsored by Loma Prieta Volunteer Fire and Rescue. Working together, we train local people to be ready for earthquake, fire and other possible disasters. In the event of a major disaster, the capabilities of the normal emergency response system (police/fire/etc.) will be overwhelmed. Our goal is to help you get prepared.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-52319137651497999912011-11-23T13:56:00.001-08:002011-11-23T14:01:52.671-08:00Neighborhood Cafe website about saving our fire and EMS serviceThis is another website that gives more information about the issue and makes it easy to contact your supervisor.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-87343479039774487672011-11-23T13:51:00.000-08:002011-11-23T14:03:04.335-08:00Change.org petition to save 95033 fire and EMS service.Please sign this petition. The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors will vote on December 13th on a set of proposals, one of which is the elimination of the Santa Cruz County Fire Program.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-9235140366614532822011-05-25T09:13:00.000-07:002011-05-25T09:16:20.395-07:00LPFR Annual BBQ Fundraiser - Sunday June 5th 11am - 4 pmYa'll come on out, see your neighbors, enjoy food, fun, and win great raffle prizes!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-2470370185804312922011-05-25T08:59:00.000-07:002011-05-25T09:12:14.303-07:00Logan Utah Block Captain ManualSeems like kind of a blend of CERT and MYN (Map Your Neighborhood)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-73610206363239454372011-03-11T09:35:00.000-08:002011-03-11T09:37:04.434-08:00Talking to Kids About DisastersThese are tips from experts on how to talk to kids about the devastating reports and images of disasters they see or hear in the media.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-83595683386509020182011-03-11T08:46:00.000-08:002011-03-11T08:47:58.864-08:00Tsunami definitionsIn case you want to study up on the difference between Tsunami Warning, Advisory, Watch, and Information.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-6538104605170834542011-02-24T10:52:00.000-08:002011-02-24T11:06:34.543-08:00Snow Accumulation, Power Outages expectedClick on the index label "preparedness" (to the right and scroll down a bit) to find links to FEMA and Red Cross suggestions for winter storm preparedness.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-5370005952949683542010-08-26T10:39:00.000-07:002010-08-26T10:45:02.639-07:00Free Community Emergecy Response Team TrainingFree Community Emergency Response Team classes are coming soon to our local mountain area thanks to the great firefighters at Loma Prieta Fire and Rescue.<br /><br />These classes are open to all local residents. Don't let the word "Team" deter you. You are encouraged to take the classes even if you do not wish to join the team. It's part of our goal of creating a Culture of Preparedness here in our local mountain community.<br /><br />You must attend all 3 full days of classes in order to graduate:<br />9 am - 5 pm each day<br />September 26, 2010<br />October 3, 2010<br />October 10, 2010<br /><br />To sign up, email:<br />cert@lomaprietafire.org<br /><br />Class size is limited to 20 participants, so hurry!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-48965689318029565052010-01-20T10:25:00.000-08:002010-09-25T17:40:47.877-07:00FEMA preparedness site, includes info on floods, stormsAfter you click on the type of disaster (e.g. flood), you will see on the left a panel on what to do before, during, and after.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-40706411468881010192010-01-20T10:17:00.000-08:002010-09-25T17:43:32.000-07:00Storm Preparedness from the Red CrossThis page offers some tips about how to stay safe during storms...floods, power outages.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-17399874254339502272010-01-09T20:07:00.000-08:002010-01-09T20:12:56.929-08:006.5 magnitude earthquake hits the Eureka area, up northNo time like the present to update your disaster supplies and plan.<br /><br />After a week of earthquake activity on our local East Bay Calaveras Fault, a much larger quake hit the Eureka area up north.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-40732369655598884522009-10-13T07:49:00.000-07:002009-11-04T14:10:47.858-08:00SJMN Special Section on the Loma Prieta EarthquakeEspecially sobering is the pulitzer prize winning slideshow. One caption, from the disaster relief efforts in SF, said "volunteers outnumbered firefighters 10 to 1". It is great to know we have so many local citizens, potential volunteers (CERTs), who have had some training so that we can be safe while helping others.<br /><br />Also, near the bottom, is a section about Los Gatos and mountains...there is an article about Jim Yoke (Saratoga CERT and Santa Clara County Fire) inspecting the mayor's house for earthquake readiness where Jim is quoted with THE major take-away message from all these anniversary remembrances:<br /><br />"Loma Prieta was a big quake, but it wasn't the big quake," says Yoke, Santa Clara Fire Department's burly quake marshal, peeking behind one of the paintings attached to the living room wall with brackets. "I can't tell you how many times I've heard people say, 'I'll be all right. My house survived Loma Prieta just fine.' That's the top of the measuring stick in their minds."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-76747981619698745752009-10-13T06:02:00.000-07:002009-10-13T07:14:27.548-07:00Red Cross emergency specific readiness adviceMany sources indicate that we may be in for an El Nino, very wet, storm season. This page at the National Red Cross website offers specific preparedness advice, including landslides, severe thunderstorms, etc. Be sure to see the pdf documents...they offer much more information than the "fast facts" on the left side of the page.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-85980335107989495442009-09-22T07:46:00.000-07:002009-09-22T07:48:16.333-07:00Reverse 911 for Santa Cruz CountyIf you live in Santa Cruz County, go to this website to register your cell phone so you can get timely emergency information.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-33034283342135362712009-09-22T07:39:00.000-07:002009-09-22T07:42:07.099-07:00Reverse 911 for Santa Clara County residentsGo to this website now to register your phones, email, pda's etc. so you can be contacted with vital emergency information.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-58199059972662106142009-09-22T07:13:00.000-07:002009-09-22T07:16:39.969-07:00Living With FireExcellent, detailed document on living in wildfire-prone areas.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-48988144178995255452009-09-22T04:07:00.000-07:002009-09-22T04:10:43.341-07:00Cal Fire's 100 feet of Defensible Space AdviceFliers, checklists, videos, loads of info on preparing your home for the possibility of wildland fire.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-14096119831053100962009-09-22T03:46:00.000-07:002009-09-22T03:49:02.010-07:00October 17, 2009 - 20th Anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta EarthquakeSanta Cruz County CERTs will be marking the 20th anniversary with a drill in Aptos. Many other events are scheduled throughout the area.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-57579257484082787162009-08-28T09:13:00.000-07:002009-09-22T03:11:30.216-07:00CDC advice to Colleges and Students as Flu season approachesParents and college students should read and be aware of issues and possible strategies for coping.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-40014901142635197372009-08-20T07:51:00.000-07:002009-09-22T03:12:26.004-07:00Flu Guidelines for the Workplace this Flu SeasonKeeping sick kids home from school will also be a critical social distancing strategy that helps control the spread of this Flu.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-58453875863657331872009-08-07T08:01:00.000-07:002009-09-22T03:13:13.835-07:00How long to stay home with the flu?H1N1 Swine Flu update from the CDC: This is important information for all citizens about how long to stay at home with a fever, diagnosed as swine flu or not, as we go into our flu season. Staying at home when sick will help prevent the spread of this pandemic flu (it is a novel/new virus, humans have no immunity to it, and it spreads easily).<br /><br />The exclusion period: From the onset of flu-like illness, stay at home (and avoid close contact with others) for 24 hours AFTER your fever returns to normal, after you have stopped taking fever reducing medications.<br /><br />"Sick individuals should <strong>stay at home</strong><strong> until the end of the exclusion period</strong>, to the extent possible, except when necessary to seek required medical care. Sick individuals should avoid contact with others. Keeping people with a fever at home may reduce the number of people who get infected, since elevated temperature is associated with increased shedding of influenza virus. <strong>CDC recommends this exclusion period regardless of whether or not antiviral medications are used. </strong> People on antiviral treatment may shed influenza viruses that are resistant to antiviral medications."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-42767786214889210212009-04-25T08:04:00.000-07:002009-08-28T09:10:33.664-07:00Flu updates from the Center for Disease ControlThe CDC will update this site daily. <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Look to the right for more links to Flu Preparedness and Home Care. Below that, you will find Updates and News from local County health departments and other agencies.<br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-54684966591669809702008-09-29T11:00:00.000-07:002009-03-19T09:50:08.880-07:00Update Your Family Disaster PlanClick on the title to find some good resources for updating your family disaster plan.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-10085615304173029552008-05-17T16:00:00.000-07:002009-09-22T03:33:57.175-07:00Wildfire Preparedness TipsDetailed tips from the Red Cross. Print this out. Discuss and plan with your family.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219504557600150256.post-717576995930131332008-05-17T15:41:00.000-07:002008-05-19T10:37:54.914-07:00It's Fire Season - in .pdf fileClick on the title to get advice from CALFIRE on making our homes fire-safe.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com