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