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C E R T ified FROM SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CERT-ified is published quarterly January, April, July and October with Special Editions from time to time.

1 C E R T ified FROM SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CERT-ified is published quarterly January, April, July and October with Special Editions from time to time. Deadline for submitting information is the last Monday of the current quarter. Send all information via as word document attachments or Jpeg to Editor, Marie Jeanie Knudtson at cert_nl@yahoo.com Apr-May-Jun 2009 Vol. 11 UPCOMING EVENTS & TRAINING Scotts Bluff County CERT Team training meetings are held the 3 rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00PM Location: Elks Club Scottsbluff, NE Exception: There will be no training April 21 st nor May 19. We have other trainings scheduled for these months. SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY CERT TEAM TRAILER Last Newsletter we had pictures of the trailer in the making. Here s the final result. April 8: Weather Spotter Training at Gering Civic Center 7PM April 17-18: CERT class in Chadron May1-2:CERT Conference See page 4 for full information IN THIS ISSUE Looking back to front of trailer Looking though right side door. 1 CERT Trailer & supplies 1 Websites 2 Membership News 3 CERT Activities 4. Upcoming Events CERT Conference reg. 5. Kitchen Fires If you have an article or picture to put into the newsletter, please send it to Jeanie Knudtson at the following address Cert_nl@yahoo.com Dismantling the tent. Trying to get the dummy back into the bag Can we take off the legs? Check out these Websites: Panhandle Citizen Corps Network Website (access by Internet Explorer may not come up on Firefox) CERT Event Calendar website Citizen Corp: Citizen Corp Newsletter Archives: FEMA: Information regarding disaster preparedness. 1

OFFICERS 2008-2009 Dale Brown President Heather Hardin, Vice President Toni Amaya, Secretary Randy Olson, Treasurer TRAINERS: Randy Kleager Randy Olson Brandon Atchison BOARD OF DIRECTORS Doug

2 OFFICERS Dale Brown President Heather Hardin, Vice President Toni Amaya, Secretary Randy Olson, Treasurer TRAINERS: Randy Kleager Randy Olson Brandon Atchison BOARD OF DIRECTORS Doug Rupp Jamie Scholtz Jennifer Hoevet PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER Fiona Libsack CITIZEN CORP COORDINATOR Bob Hessler CERT TEAM TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CODE RED DISPATCH NOTIFICATION SYSTEM Has everyone registered your phone numbers? If not, please go to then click on the code red icon and register your phone numbers so that you will be in the system to receive the phone calls. If you have any problems call Bob on his cell phone and he will walk you through it. Bob Hessler Scotts Bluff County Citizen Corps/CERT/Point of Contact/Coordinator/Lead Instructor ELECTIONS: Elections were held at the March 17 th meeting. See column on the left for updated information. CERT DIRECTORY Jennifer Hoevet and Toni Amaya are working on CERT Directory. If you have not had your picture taken, please Jennifer with a current photo in *.jpg format (photo should be of head and shoulders). Send to jhoevet@oaconsulting.com MEMBERSHIP FEES: Annual Dues are $15.00 for CERT members. (March 1, 2008 to March 1, 2009) Those families that have more than one CERT member will pay as follows: 2 members = $22.50; 3 or more add $5/pp Mail dues to: Randy Olson, 5401 Oriole Drive, Scottsbluff, NE CERT TRAINING AND CONTINUED EDUCATION Trainers are: Randy Kleager; Randy Olsen; Brandon Atchison VIP Coordinator: Randy Olsen As a member of CERT it is mandatory that you pass the ICS 100 course from FEMA and then take and pass National Incident Management System (NIMS) training. This class will be offered sometime at a future training but may also be taken online. at Course Name: Introduction to Incident Command System I-100; Course Code: IS-100 IS-200 may be found at All courses may be found at *Notify Bob Hessler when you have completed the course and printed off your Certificate CERT CLASS Next CERT class is being held in Chadron, NE on April th. If you know someone who would like to take the CERT class, notify Bob Hessler. 2

3 March 27 & 28 th CERT classes were held at the Harms Center in conjunction with Western Nebraska Community College. Staff and students participated. Congratulations to all who took the class and a HUGE thank you to all the volunteer victims. 3

4 UPCOMING EVENTS April 8, 2009: Weather Spotting Training Class will be held at the Gering Civic Center at 7:00PM. This is a required training, since we can be out in a storm you need to know what is going on with the weather. May 1 st and 2 nd, 2009: Scotts Bluff County CERT team has been chosen to hold the first annual CERT rodeo for CERT teams in the region and the state. 4

5 KITCHEN FIRE READ THIS FIRST, THEN WATCH THE ATTACHED VIDEO. I never realized that a wet dishcloth can be a one size fits all lid to cover a fire in a pan! This is a dramatic video (30-second, very short) about how to deal with a common kitchen fire... Oil in a frying pan. Read the following Introduction, then watch the show... It's a real eye-opener! At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with a deep fat fryer set on the fire field.. An instructor would don a fire suit and using an 8 oz cup at the end of a 10 foot pole and toss water onto the grease fire. The results got the attention of the students.. The water, being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom where it instantly becomes superheated. The explosive force of the steam blows the burning oil up and out. On the open field, it became a thirty foot high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room. Also, do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire. One cup of either creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.. This is a powerful message. Watch the video and don't forget what you see.. Tell your whole family about this video. 5

FROM SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM

C E R T ified FROM SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CERT-ified is published quarterly January, April, July and October with Special Editions from time to time. Deadline for submitting