December 2008 Archives
On March 10th the Coyote Classic Regional Drill will be held at ASU along with Chandler FD. This is a Large scale Exposive Device Drill at ASU Sun Deveil Stadium involving AZ Dept. of Emergency Management, FEMA, CERT, ASU Campus Police, DPS, MCSO, FBI, Valley Metro, Air Evac, Indian Air MedEvac, Scottsdale PD, and Scottsdale PD. 1,000 patients are expected for this event and need to be triaged and transported to area hospitals. YES - 1,000 patients!
Joe Padberg has submitted his resignation as our council President. As President-Elect, Walter Moffat will assume the presidency effective Jan 1, 2009.
Joe's leadership and organizational skills have been a tremendous asset to our council and program, and his presence will be missed.
With a New Year coming and many new challenges and opportunities ahead, we look forward to leadership and passion of Walter as our new President.
Arizona officially became the 35th state to have a State Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Coordinator. Arizona Department of Health Services named Antonio Hernandez as State MRC Coordinator. Mr. Hernandez also serves as the ESAR-VHP state coordinator. This action will integrate Medical Reserve Corps and the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals providing more opportunities for collaboration.
If you have any questions regarding MRC, please contact Mr. Hernandez at 602.364.3295 or hernanac@azdhs.gov. CERT members with medical training are welcomed to do both if they like.
Ready.gov has announced a campaign of "employing new media" to reach more people that includes using Twitter. Did you know that Chandler CERT has been on Twitter since June providing notifications of updates to the website and other content?
We're now following "ReadyDotGov", and if you'd like to keep up to date with the latest feeds with content that matters to our community, follow us and watch who we follow.
SURPRISE, AZ (December 9, 2008)…The City of Surprise invites the general public to attend the free 2nd Annual Disability/Human Services Summit, January 10th from 8 am to 12 pm at Radiant Church, 15522 W. Paradise Lane.
This event includes five break-out sessions on the following topics:
As a reminder to everyone, the City of Chandler Parade of Lights is this Saturday. Line up begins at 5:00 PM with judging at 6:30.
Detailed information on location, parking, and times can be found at http://chandlercert.org/Files/CERTParade2008.pdf.
We have had a good response from people that plan to attend both he parade and decorating party at 1:00 PM - Station 8 on Frye between Alma & Arizona. The decorating party will only run from 1:00-2:00 PM Saturday afternoon.
It is important that we get a head count on the number of CERT members, family members and guests that are going to walk in the parade. Please let me know as soon as you can. We look forward to seeing you for a good time at the parade.
