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IslandWalkCERT

June 2019 Newsletter

Membership Roster - click the link. Send any updates to paul9aber@gmail.comWebsite - click the link to visit our website at http://iwcert.org

IWCERT Vision: “Do the greatest good for the greatest number of people” when a disasterstrikes our community.

IWCERT Mission: Promote hurricane awareness and preparation within the community, andrespond to the community's needs in the hours following a major disaster by providingDamage Assessment, Search and Rescue, First Aid, and Communication with North PortEmergency services.

MARK YOU CALENDAR EVENTS

06/01/19 - Basic Course graduationexercise

07/18/19 - 8 am to noon CERT LeadershipTraining Course

06/11/19 - 10 am Bi-monthly full teammeeting

08/13/19 - 10 am Bi-monthly full teammeeting

06/13/19 - 8 am to noon Team FieldExercise,

08/15/19 - noon to 3 pm Team Desk TopExercise

06/15/19 - Stop the Bleed Course inNorth Port

10/08/19 - 10 am Bi-monthly full teammeeting

11/14/19 - 8 am to noon Team FieldExercise

VIEW FULL CALENDAR 12/10/19 - 10 am Bi-monthly full teammeeting

Next Team Meeting is Tuesday, June 11th, 2019

Next full team meeting is Tuesday, 6/11/2019 at 10 am inActivity Room 3 at the Events Center. Agenda:

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Teach-back: team communications, Paul County Grant Proposal - What do we want to ask for?July 4th Community BBQ Fund Raiser, RandyJune 13th Mass Casualty exercise, Joe

Mass Casualty Field Exercies, June 13th

We have a simulated mass-casualty exercise scheduled for June 13th from 8 am to12 noon at the Events Center. An ad-hoc medical team and one search and rescueteam will be formed for this exercise (NO ZONE TEAMS). Greg Richmond will leadthe SAR team. Lynn Serniuk and Bella Barrientos will lead the triaga/medical team.Greg and Lynn will conduct a pre-exercise SAR and MED team meeting at theEvents Center on June 6th at 11:30 am. We will send out an email on June 5th toall participants with full instructions and team assignments.

We are asking all IslandWalk CERT team members to sign-up early to join either oneof these teams, or to be a victim during the exercise. Also, Joe Wyatt needs atemporary Scribe in the Command Post for this exercise. Gran Paradiso CERTmembers and residents are invited to participate as victim volunteers only.

Please contact Paul Nienaber at 941-468-3843 or by emailto paul9aber@gmail.com to sign up.

CERT "Tools for Leadership Success" CourseThursday, July 18th, 2019 in AR #2 at the Events Center from 9 am to 12 noon.(NOTE time change)

This FEMA developed course will be presented by Paul Nienaber to help teammembers and team leaders better understand situational leadership skills andvarying leadership styles. We recommend that all Team/Zone Leaders attend thistraining. The training is open to all IslandWalk and Gran Paradiso CERT members toattend as well since portions of the course discuss team member roles andresponsibilities as well. Please download and printout the course participantsmanual to bring to the class:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xs2ixs6xg9flq0i/cert_toolsforleadershipsuccess_pm.pdf?dl=0

Course Purpose:

To train CERT members to be successful team leaders and team membersTo choose suitable team leaders during CERT activationsTo apply appropriate leadership styles to various situations

Please contact Paul Nienaber at 941-468-3843 or by emailto paul9aber@gmail.com to sign up.

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Check Your Backpacks for Hurricane Season

As we prepare for the 2019Hurricane season, it is also agood time to check our CERTBackspacks. Besidesupdating the Backpack’sperishable contents (water,food, snacks, batteries, etc.),it is a good idea the wearrange their contents all inthe same manner. This way,when in the field and workingwith someone else’sBackpack, we have an ideawhere we can find the neededsupplies, without taking theBackpack apart searching.

We ask that you please follow guidelines in the picture at left when packing yourBack Packs.

July 4th Fund Raiser Being PlannedRandy Sleet has embarked on an ambitious fund raising event for our CERT thisyear. CERT will be working with Mark to host a community barbecue event aroundthe July 4th holiday. Randy with Mark are planning for entertainment, food andbeverages, and activities that will raise hurricane awareness with our residents,promote our CERT program, and recruit for our CERT. Another theme for this eventis to raise awareness to the pollution caused by disposable plastic containers andutensils. We are hoping for maximum attendance by CERT members so thecommunity can see us, and talk with us about our CERT program. CERT membersare asked to purchase tickets for the event as further support for the team. About$6 of each ticket price is a donation to CERT.

This Will Be our Major fund raising event of the year, and yourassistance is need in make this a successful event.

Please contact Randy Sleet at 760-450-4847, or by emailto sleetrandy@yahoo.com if you want to help or have any questions.

Neighborhood Grant Initiative Input NeededWe will have an opportunity to apply for a grant of up to $10,000 from SarasotaCounty later this year. Your input regarding what equipment or supplies should bepurchased, or what training should be paid for is requested. Keep in mind that this isa matching grant, so we will either need to raise half of the money asked for in thegrant, or we will need to perform some number of volunteer hours, valued at$15/hour, to qualify for the grant.

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If you have any suggestions for this grant request, please contact PaulNienaber at 941-468-3843 or by email to paul9aber@gmail.com.

"Stop the Bleed" Course Offered in JuneThe North Port EMS is conducting a "Stop the Bleed" course at Fire Station #81 inNorth Port on June 15th. There is no charge for this training. This is a nation-wideprogram designed to save lives that has grown out of experience with many masscasualty events when it was discovered that many fatalities had occurred simplybecause no one had the knowledge and skills necessary to keep a victim frombleeding to death before first responders arrived on the scene. This two hour coursewill be followed by a short training session on the proper way to conduct a gridsearch as a further CERT skills builder.

If you want to attend this training, THERE ARE SEATS STILL AVAILABLE,please contact Joe Wyatt to register at 856-981-8509 or by emailto jtwyatt@comcast.net.

CERT Basic Training Class Graduated June 1stCongratulations to all of the new CERT Basic trained team members who completedtheir training in North Port during May, and a big thank you to the volunteer victimswho made the graduation exercise a valuable learning experience for the new CERTmembers.

Nancy Moody, GP-CERTSteven Sloane, GP-CERTBarbara Litcher, GP-CERT

Ed Litcher, GP-CERTPatrick Seeboth, IW-CERT

Kathleen Seeboth, IW-CERTHelene Yurasek, IW-CERT

Kathy Brown, IW-CERT

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Fred Zimmerman, IW-CERT

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Published by IslandWalk CERT, C/O Property Manager, IslandWalk at the WestVillages, 13605 Tantino Dr., Venice, FL 34293. Phone: 941-493-2302

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