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SEPTEMBER 15, 2095
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Through the Strategic Plan, the Police department is charged with, "Partnering with emergency
assistance and disaster relief organizations to promote community awareness of emergency
preparedness." In support of this strategy the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
program has been re- established in the City. The CERT program educates people about disaster
preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response
skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization and disaster medical
operations, Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members
can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional
responders are not immediately available to help.
The Santa Ana CERT Program is officially registered with the Federal Emergency Management
Agency as well as Citizen Corps. The first course was offered in June 2015 on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings, graduating 25 residents. Based on time concerns from graduates the current
course offering was re- evaluated and will be offered on Saturdays In October, This move was
determined to allow more of our resident's flexibility to attend the course. The October course has
been announced and registration is ongoing. Those Interested in CERT program information may
contact:
Steve Rhyner
Emergency Operations Coordinator
(714) 047- 5315
srhynersanta- ana;org
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CERT Program Update
Sept. 15, 2015
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CERT training materials are currently available in Spanish and our Emergency Operations
Coordinator is gathering Instructors to provide this course for our Spanish speaking residents, We
expect the Spanish language CERT courses to be of'f'ered in 2016.
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
This Item is directly related to Goal #1 - Community Safety,
communications, information sharing and community awareness of
Strategy F (Partner with emergency assistance and disaster relief
community awareness of emergency preparedness).
FISCAL IMPACT
There iano isc .,l impact associated with this item,
Carlos Rotas
Chief of Police
Santa Ana Police Department
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Objective #2, (Broaden
public safety activities),
organizations to promote