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Coastside CERT Hosts Neighborhood Command Post Training ~ Practice for the 5th Annual 2024 Great ShakeOut
Sun. July 21st @ 8:30am - 12:30pm
Coastside CERT would like to welcome all Coastsiders to join us for the second in our series of 2024 Educate the Coastside (“ETC”) classes. These classes provide an opportunity to focus on topics of interest to CERTs, and non-CERTs alike.
Please use this LINK to sign-up for the class.
This time we will focus on the set-up and function of a Neighborhood Command Post (“NCP”) which will be used in active CERT neighborhoods after a major disaster. We will also cover everything you need to know to get yourself and your neighborhood prepared for active participation in the 5th Annual Coastside Great ShakeOut in September.
Bring your whole neighborhood team or come solo. Watch a demonstration of setting up, staffing and operating an NCP by David Cosgrave and his team of Trainers. Then get lots of practice setting up an NCP, including getting your neighborhood FRS network and your Ham station up and running, and practicing the roles of scribes, runners, and the Neighborhood Incident Commander. The Neighborhood Incident Commanders will form and deploy Field Teams to perform damage assessments and communicate with first responders at the Department Operations Center (“DOC”).
If this sounds like gibberish, join in anyway, just as you would in a real earthquake. There will be plenty of hands-on practice with instructors and mentors available to help you one-on-one.
DATE: Sunday – July 21st, 2024
TIME: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Set-up and Sign-in 8:30 to 8:45 am
Class 8:45 am to Noon (includes outdoor practice exercise)
Q&A and re-set of Venue from Noon to 12:30 pmVENUE: Fire Station 40 (Main Street HMB)
INSTRUCTOR: David Cosgrave and others TBD
Please use this LINK to sign-up for the class.
Important: Each participant must register individually.
Space is limited: minimum class size is 50 and maximum class size is 80 so sign-up early!
The first 80 registrants will be in the class, and the remainder will be on the waitlist.
Registration will close on 7/18/24.THINGS TO REMEMBER OR BRING:
Bring water and a snack!
Wear closed-toed shoes and long pants and dress for the weather (we will be outside part of each class)
If you have a walkie-talkie – charge it and bring it, but loaners will be available!
If you are a Ham, bring your fully charged handie-talkie
If you are a CERT bring your backpack, vest, PPE, name tag, clipboard, and writing implement.
Everyone, please bring a chair (folding or camp style would work) for the demonstration and at NCPs
