April Activities

4/11 Santa Clara County CERT Refresher – Disaster Psychology (Saratoga Prospect Center at 6:30 PM) – https://cert_refresher_psych.eventbrite.com

4/13 Saratoga CERT at the Saratoga Blossom Festival – we need CERTs to staff our table in two shifts – please sign up via EventBrite links (questions to jhfullmer@sustainablebusiness.org)

4/25 Stop the Bleed Class (1st class at 5:30 PM until 7:00 PM, 2nd class at 7:10 PM – 8:40 PM) – contact charles_rader@hotmail.com for info

May/June Activities

5/11 American Red Cross Shelter Fundamentals Course (8:30 AM to 12:30 PM) at the Los Gatos Jewish Community Center (14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos, CA 95032) – contact charles_rader@hotmail.com for info

5/19 Saratoga CERT Academy graduation – we will need some CERTs to help out with the exercise and graduation – contact jeff.j.walker@oes.sccgov.org for info

5/23 Saratoga CERT Membership Meeting – 5:30 PM to 7 PM – Saratoga Recreation Portable @ Joan Pisani Community Center, 19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, CA, 95070

5/25 Ham Cram Course (Los Gatos – 8 AM to 4 PM) – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ham-cram-fcc-amateur-radio-license-in-one-day-tickets-53713380166

6/1 Hamann Park CERT Division Field Training Exercise (10 AM to 4 PM) – contact charles_rader@hotmail.com for info 

6/4 Santa Clara County CERT Refresher – Haz Mat and Terrorism Awareness (Cupertino at 7 PM) – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cert-refresher-haz-mat-and-terrorism-awareness-tickets-50500922619

6/20 Santa Clara County CERT Refresher – Damage Assessment (Saratoga Prospect Center at 6:30 PM) – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cert-refresher-damage-assessment-tickets-50500979790

6/22 American Red Cross Shelter Simulation (9:00 AM to 3:00 PM) – need 12 to 15 CERT members whom have completed the Shelter Fundamentals classroom training – contact charles_rader@hotmail.com to help out  

March Minutes 

March CERT Meeting Minutes – http://saratogacert.org/2019/04/01/saratoga-cert-meeting-minutes-march-2019/

March Cox Division Meeting Minutes – http://saratogacert.org/2019/03/23/saratoga-cert-cox-division-minutes-7-march-2019/

MISC 

Peter has a new guide to our FRS Radios – Quick setup guide

FEMA’s online ICS and NIMS classes (100.c and 700.b) are described and linked at our Resources page: http://saratogacert.org/documents/

Don’t forget to get your DSW Card if you dont already have one, or to get it renewed if it expires – see the details at http://saratogacert.org/documents/

We are still using the Yahoo! group for backup announcements. If you are not in the group please apply at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/saratoga_cert/