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Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management
COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS NEWSLETTER
JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 2017 Vol. 9 Issue 1
In December, the Fort Bend County Of-fice of Emergency Management provided National Incident Command System Training for county volunteers, first responders and regional stakeholders. Students prepared to respond to disasters and emergencies with the Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents and the Advanced Incident Command System, Command and General Staff courses.
For information about hosting this course and others for your organization, please contact : [email protected]
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If you have finished your CERT training and looking for an opportunity to serve; there are several ways. The CST, Citizen Support Team, works inside the Emergency Operations Center to support the disas-ter response teams managing the incident. Comput-er, administrative and people skills are all needed during emergencies and disasters in Fort Bend County.
CERT training graduates work on our Exercise Sup-port Teams, to help facilitate training and exercises throughout the county. EST members assist instruc-tors during volunteer training and support exercises that test the skills and plans of public safety agen-cies throughout Fort Bend County. Organizational, teaching, administrative and people skills are valua-ble resources to the Exercise Support Team.
When disaster strikes, CERT members are prepared to respond in their immediate areas. Often the most needed support is information and the VOST, Virtual Operations Support Team, gives CERT members a place and opportunity to report conditions and emer-gency situations that arise during times of disasters. If you are a CERT member who habitually uses so-cial media and is familiar with cell phone photog-raphy, the VOST could use your skills.
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GARCIA GATORS GOBBLE SOCIAL MEDIA
Garcia Middle School principal, Dr. Rizvan Quadri hosted Career Day on January 19th. Members of the community and business leaders joined together to present career options to outgoing 8th grade stu-dents. The Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management, in coordination with the Texas Center for the Missing and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, provided the students with Internet Safety training designed to highlight the perils they might face online that can put them at risk and permanently damage their academic and business careers. If you would like to host Inter-net Safety training at your school or organization, please contact: [email protected]
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DATE TIME EVENT
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
FRI HCFMO CERT RODEO SETUP
HTTP://WWW.HARRISCOUNTYCITIZENCORPS.COM
FEBRUARY 11, 2017
SAT HCFMO CERT RODEO
HTTP://WWW.HARRISCOUNTYCITIZENCORPS.COM
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
WED
1:30PM
FORT BEND COUNTY COORDINATION COUNCIL
WWW.FBCOEM.ORG
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
THUR
2:30PM
FORT BEND COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE
WWW.FBCLEPC.ORG
Mon February 20, 2017; Mon February 27, 2017; Mon March 6, 2017; Mon March 13, 2017; Mon March 20, 2017; Mon March 27, 2017;
6PM-10PM
COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING
HTTP://WWW.FBCOEM.ORG/GO/SURVEY/1528/1747 281-238-3428
STUDENTS SHOULD EXPEXT TO ATTEND ALL COURSES
FEBRUARY 20, 2017
MON
7;30PM
(West Door)
EMROG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIO OPERATORS GROUP EYEBALL MTG
WWW.FBCOEM.ORG/GO/DOCTYPE/1528/30327
FEBRUARY 23, 2017 THUR
6:30PM-9PM
FORT BEND COUNTY BASIC SKYWARN
HTTP://FBCOEM.ORG/GO/SURVEY/1528/1243
FEBRUARY 27, 2017 SAT
TBD
EMROG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIO OPER-ATORS GROUP WORK DAY
WWW.FBCOEM.ORG/GO/DOCTYPE/1528/30327
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Born in Orange County and raised by a veteran police detective and a teacher in Huntington Beach California, Terry McCord spent his child-hood enjoying the typical Southern California lifestyle. Terry was involved in scouts, back-packing, snowboarding, mountain biking and surfing, in which he competed as both an ama-teur and professional for many years. Addi-tionally, he started his martial arts training at the age of 12 at a local dojo where Mr. McCord learned Ryo-Bu Kai Karate, Iaido and Judo. At age 21, Terry began studying Aikido and began his training in American Kenpo at 23 years of age. He is now a 5th Degree Black Belt in Kenpo and has been teaching since 1995.
In December of 1994 Terry and his wife Wendy moved to Sugar Land, Texas due to a job relocation with Fluor Dan-iel Engineering. He continues to work as a Professional Piping Designer for a local engineering firm.
Several years ago while reading a copy of SWAT Magazine, he came across an article about how people could enhance their preparedness and survivability by getting involved with their local Office of Emergency Management and CERT training. Terry has been involved in multiple Fort Bend County CERT clas-ses and Wilderness Remote First Aid courses. He is a member of the EST, Exercise Support Team and has served on a regional Active Shooter Drill with several local public safety agencies. Ad-ditionally, he has also attended and cer-tified in GSAR 1 (Ground Search and Rescue) and looks forward to incorpo-rating the material into his own teach-ings.
Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management
This newsletter is published by the Fort Bend County Office of Emergen-cy Management for individuals and groups interested in community pre-paredness and response.
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