Morrisville CERT general meeting minutes from January 20th, 2010

Morrisville CERT general meeting minutes from January 20th, 2010

6:45 – Sharon V., Cert Secretary started meeting

• brought up the litter sweep that we were doing that Saturday Jan. 23rd at 9:30am; was short notice so knew we wouldn’t have a lot of sign ups.
• Discussed the Train the Trainer that is Feb 24th thru Feb 26th in Shelby, NC…if anyone is interested the expenses are covered except gas to get there
• Brought up that we had gotten our Grant Award in the amount of $6378…per Ron Klus we have to wait for the government to give us the money in about 2 wks and then we have to spend it by April 30th, 2010
• Reminded everyone of the Fireman Appreciation dinner Saturday evening Jan 23rd at 6pm

7:00 – opened it up to questions / comments from the team

• Ron passed out the ID badges of the people that hadn’t picked them up yet. If anyone on the team has not gotten their ID badge please get with Jay Seuss at town hall. jseuss@townofmorrisville.org….you can set up a time to get your picture taken and it doesn’t take him long to make the badge. Or if you want to wait I’ll try to set it up again where after the next class he can do it at the graduation night again.
• Olivia asked about arranging a set schedule of ride-a-longs with police/fire for each team member. We’ll need to revisit this due to everyone’s availability.
• Rose Brought in samples of the house signs that is a fund-raiser for the Explorers (Jr. Firefighters)…they are a nice bright sign that can be attached to your mailbox post in order for police/fire to find your house # quickly. If you are in a neighborhood with a home owners you’ll need to check your rules to be sure it’s ok…they are kind of large.
• Sharon reminded of the next Morrisville CERT class dates which are Feb 20th/21st and Feb 27th/28th.

7:15 – Keith Kestner, member of the Morrisville CERT team, volunteered to do our training tonight. It was called “What to do when you come upon an accident scene”. Keith has 15 years experience in motorist assistance and holds a GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) license which allows you to monitor emergency radio channels. As a brief summary the highlights are:

Before you stop at a scene make sure of your own safety first by parking in front and out of the way of the scene so as not to involve yourself in the accident. Then the next most important thing to do is to know your location…not general location but get real specific so emergency responders can get to the accident quickly. With his experience when he calls into 911 he is able to give specifics as to whether each person in the accident is injured or physically trapped in the vehicle, whether there is liquid leaking from engine area or gas tank, etc. This helps the 911 center know what type of equipment to dispatch. When emergency personel arrive on the scene you can download them on the info you have collected from any of the victims and let them take over. Before leaving the scene make sure you ask if there is anything else that would be needed from you before leaving so as not to be accused later of having been involved or the cause of the accident.

8:15 – meeting adjourned

Morrisville Fire & Rescue Annual Recognition Dinner

Good Morning All,

This is a friendly reminder for everyone that submitted their RSVP for the Morrisville Fire & Rescue Annual Recognition Dinner. The dinner will take place this Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 6:00-9:00 PM at Good Hope Baptist Church. The address for the church is: 6628 Good Hope Church Road Cary, NC 27519. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks,

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Shannon

Meeting Reminder Wednesday 1-20-10

Just wanted to send out a note that we will be having our meeting this Wednesday. Please plan to attend. Keith, one of our CERT team members is going to be doing a presentation at this meeting.

Thanks – Sharon

MEETING REMINDER FOR WEDNESDAY 11/18

Hi all – Just a reminder about next weeks meeting. I heard from some people after last weeks meeting about your interest in taking the “train the trainer” class. If anyone else is interested please let me know. This time of year was going to be tough to get a class together so we’ll try to get one planned for 1st qtr of next year. Our speaker at this months meeting will be:

Patty Moore
NC CERT Program Manager
NC Division of Emergency Management

Would love to have a good turn out.
See ya Wednesday! Sharon

CERT Training Graduation on 10-27-09

Hello all again – Next Tuesday 10/27 is the next graduation of the newest CERT team members. It will be 6:30 pm at the Town Hall at the beginning of the Town Council meeting. For past members please join us that night to show your support and some refreshments afterwards at station #1.

Also, this is IMPORTANT for anyone who has not yet gotten their CERT Id badge. From 5:30 to 6 that same night 10/27, Jay Seuss is making himself available to take your individual pictures and will try and make the badges immediately afterwards so you can have them that night before we leave Town Hall.

CERT Monthly Meeting Wednesday AUGUST 19TH

To stay active we try and include some type of speaker or training at the meetings (won’t be every time but will do our best). This month we will have Chief Cates giving us a class on Bloodborne Pathogens. This is an important class that we should take once a year to keep up to date on anything new.

Also, KC (Gary’s daughter) is still on record as the CERT secretary. This year since she had been very busy with finishing high school and getting ready to go off to college Rose and I have been filling in. Since she will be leaving for college we need to vote in a replacement. Please bring to the meeting any nominations you may have (including yourself) and as long as we have an appropriate quorom we will be able to vote in an official replacement.

Next I wanted to remind everyone of the Fall trash sweep on Saturday August 15th. Please make sure that if you signed up to help and can’t make it let Stefanie Reed (jeffandstef@gmail.com) know. She has taken on the lead of this project.

Finally, our next CERT training will be a long weekend event starting Friday Sept. 18th through Sunday the 20th. We could really use volunteers to help out during these classes.. So check out your calendars and be prepared to let us know if you will be available.

The final exercise for this class will be Saturday morning the 26th and we can’t stress enough how important it is to have as many current CERT members be part of this exercise alongside the new graduating members. It’s a great refresher each time you do it because if you don’t use it you tend to lose it.. We want to continue to see our team get stronger and larger so that we can truly make a difference in our community and show how much we appreciate the support the Town of Morrisville and the members of the Fire Dept. have given us over the last year..

Thanks so much y’all!!

Sharon

CERT Quarterly Litter Sweep

CERT’s quarterly litter sweep will be Saturday, Aug 15 at 9am.

We will meet at Town Hall building. MERC will be joining us. Laurel Belanger, with MERC, will arrange getting the vests, gloves, and pickers. She also will schedule the bag pick-up.

I need to get a head-count of who’s participating in the Litter Sweep by July 30. Also, the participants must have watched this video (see weblink below) by Aug 15, the day of the litter sweep.

ONLINE VIDEO:
http://www.ncdot.org/doh/operations/dp_chief_eng/roadside/Beautification/highway/safety.html

Please email me if you are participating; type as subject: “CERT Litter Sweep.”

Thank You,
Stefanie
Member of Morrisville CERT

Pictures from Morrisville Fire Department Cookout

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CERT members enjoyed the day with the Morrisville Fire Department

Wednesday May 20th meeting is cancelled

Thanks to everyone who participated in the MFD Cookout this past Saturday.

There is still room in the Chainsaw class. I have attached the announcement. If you are only interested in the classroom training and not the actual chainsaw demonstration, you can still sign-up.

CERT Upload – By-laws

Morrisville CERT By-laws Version 1 (Signed)