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CERT Training Begins June 11th |
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GALVESTON COUNTY -- Galveston County Community Emergency
Response Team Training Begins in June.
Galveston County’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will offer free
training to interested citizens beginning in the month of June. The training
consists of eight separate units and one disaster simulation that will prepare
members to help aid local, state and national responders in the case of a
natural or man-made disaster. CERT volunteers are a valuable part of the
emergency operations plan for Galveston County and provide much needed help
during disasters.
Training dates are June 11, June 13, June 18, June 20, June 25, June 27, July
09, July 11 from 6:30 – 9:30 PM, with a disaster drill simulation on July 20,
8am - noon at a location to be determined.
All classes, except the
July 20th drill, will be held at the Office of Emergency Management Building at
1353 FM 646 West, Dickinson, TX 77539.
If you are interested in learning more about our CERT program please check out
The Galveston County Cert Team website. (http://www.gcoem.org/content/view/130/188/)
Interested parties should contact John Herrmann, at
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for more information. To register
online for classes: https://galvestontxcert.samariteam.com/RequestInfo.aspx
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Hurricane Preparedness Week is May 27th - June 2nd |
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Hurricane season in the Atlantic starts June 1st, is your family ready? Have you made a plan or prepared a kit? If an evacuation is called for, do you know where you are going? Or how you will get there? There are resources available to get started on the Ready.gov website: http://www.ready.gov/. You can find a Family Emergency Plan, a Basic Disaster Supplies Kit, and information about Hurricanes and other disasters. Don't forget to plan for you pets too, they need: food, water, medication, leashes, carriers, vaccination records, just to name a few things. Make a Plan. Prepare a Kit. Stay Informed.
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Boating Safety Week is May 19th – May 25th |
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As we head into summer, Galveston County residents and visitors are starting to enjoy many activities on the water. Skiing, kayaking, fishing, boating and many other forms of recreation are available along our coasts and in our waters. Planning for these trips normally include packing food, drinks, fishing poles, and bathing suits, but does your planning include a Float Plan? What is a ‘Float Plan’? According to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Auxiliary, a Float Plan is a written statement (as by a skipper) of the details of an intended voyage (as of a boat or watercraft) usually filed with a family member, friend, neighbor and/or marina operator on shore; a document that specifically describes the vessel, equipment, crew, and itinerary of a planned voyage. The USCG Auxiliary has developed a Float Plan PDF that is able to saved, emailed, or printed and given to a responsible party of your choosing. The Galveston County Office of Emergency Management encourages all boaters to be prepared and develop a Float Plan for a safe and fun time. For more information, Please visit the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Float Plan Central at http://www.floatplancentral.org/.
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