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Be Prepared: Learn About CERT and Emergency Planning

Stay informed and educated on disaster preparedness with CERT, the Community Emergency Response Team. Learn about different types of disasters, recent local incidents, and how to stay informed and connected. Be proactive and create an emergency plan today! For more information and volunteer opportunities, contact the Office of Emergency Management now.

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Be Prepared: Learn About CERT and Emergency Planning

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  1. Community Disaster Education

  2. Why CERT? • Personal Preparedness • Trained Neighborhood Responders • CERT is for Catastrophic Incidents • Utilities and resources may be unavailable. • Power & Gas • Communications • Water & Sanitation • Empty shelves at your local grocery King Soopers, 17th& Pace 1st day of flooding, 2013

  3. Types of Disasters • Winter Storm/ Blizzard • Flooding • Wild Fire • Tornado/Severe Storms • Other Types • Major Power Failure • Terrorism • Transportation Accidents (Train, Plane, truck) • Biological Threat • Hazardous Materials • Dam Failure • Extreme Heat/Cold

  4. Recent Local Disasters Windsor Tornado, 2008 Longmont Floods, 2013 Berthoud Tornado, 2015

  5. Why be Prepared? • Overwhelmed first responders. • Cutoff from help for 3 days to weeks. • Utilities and resources may be unavailable. • Power & Gas • Communications (Roles for CERT and LARC) • Water & Sanitation • First Responder availability • Empty shelves at your local grocery King Soopers, 17th& Pace 1st day of flooding, 2013

  6. Be Prepared / CERT Changes • 501(c)3 • Four Levels of Membership • Retraining in 2019 • Comms Plan/LARC • Coordinating Efforts/CERTs/ETC You need not go this far

  7. Emergency Planning & Training • CERT Basic Class/in the Fall • Personal Preparedness • Incident Command System • First Aid and Medical Operations • Light Search & Rescue • Terrorism • Disaster Psychology • Ongoing Training • EMI Online • American Red Cross

  8. Recent CERT Actions around the United States • Florida- Search and Cleanup • Georgia- Cleanup & Supplies • North Carolina- Cleanup & Sheltering • California- Cleanup, Sheltering & Supplies

  9. How to Stay Informed • Sign up for Everbridge • Set a favorite in your car for AM1670 • Like Longmont OEM on Facebook • Like City of Longmont on Facebook • Follow @cityoflongmont on Twitter

  10. The city relies on neighbors helping each other • Create a support network • Keep a list of neighbors, their relatives and contact information • Know who may need extra assistance, especially those w/ disabilities & elderly • List equipment: Wheelchairs, oxygen tanks, etc. • Team up and be accountable to each other

  11. How to be Educated • American Red Cross • Learn how to shutoff your utilities • Volunteer with the city of Longmont • Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) • Citizens Volunteer Patrol (CVP) • Victim Advocates

  12. Action Plan • Water- At least a 3 day supply • Food- At least a 3 day supply • Have a first aid kit and be trained in first aid • Create an emergency kit for home and car • Develop a family communication and meet-up plan • Buy a Weather Radio • Keep at least ½ tank of gas at all times • Have a photo ID and extra cash • Sign-up for Emergency Notification Alerts • Be Alert!

  13. 4 easy things you can do, right now, today • Sign-up for reverse 911 notifications Eventbrite.com • Like Longmont OEM & City on Facebook or twitter • Talk to your family about your plan • Pick up some bottled water to start your kit

  14. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! For more information and volunteer opportunities please contact: Office of Emergency Management Telephone: (303) 651-8438 Email: oem@longmontcolorado.gov

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