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Justin Ortiz, AmeriCorps - working behind the scene to help
make CERT a success - Thanks Justin! |
| Carla Glazebrook, Executive Director Fresno Citizen Corps |
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Fresno Citizen Corps Council meeting Monday May 9th. Hosted
by One-by-one Leadership this time. |
| Two hundred forty First Responders from 60 local, regional,
state and national agencies work on disaster interoperability tabletop
exercise. The interagency working relationships were super! |
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Final Class 17 October 22, 2005 |
Class 17 graduates are applying their new skills. |
| Class 17 Urban Search and Rescue October 17th |
USAR Team Pictures below. |
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Gwen leads Class 17, Unit 3 Saturday October 15, 2005 |
AmeriCorps members conduct Head-to-Toe assessments on each other. |
Class 17 practicing Head-tilt, Chin-lift. |
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Mayor Allan Autry with ADA Council Chair Ed Ames and Matt Bullis for the City
Fresno ADA Council convention on Disaster Preparedness for disabled
persons October 12, 2005. |
Fresno City and Clovis City Emergency Managers Rainer and Chad talk
business during the ADA Council Convention! |
CERT Played a role in ADA Council Convention! |
Captain Tony Escobedo talks about the FFD Firefighter demonstration of the
new Stryker evacuation chairs helpful in extracting disabled persons via
high-rises staircases. |
The new Fire Support vehicle used as mobile command post, rehabilitation
of firefighters and fire victims was shown at the ADA Convention. |
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Kevin, Fred, Roz and Tim. |
Continued Education session September 28, 2005. We heard
from CERT Grads who served in the Katrina ARC response. |
| CERT Fresno Presented CERT-Lite to the San Joaquin Valley
Amateur Radio Society Harvest HamConVention Friday September 16th, 2005.
Glen and Cedric led the discussion. |
President Kim Davis SJVARS, her VP Carole and attendees to
HamConVention. |
Gordon "Gordo" West noted author and leading figure in Ham Radio
displays a few of his tools from his Go-Kit. |
Gordon West tells the group how amateur radio and CERT in Southern
California have linked for emergency communications. A weekly net links
neighborhoods. |
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| Class 16 Graduates July 30, 2005 |
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Photo, Sergeant Ron talks with the new class, Class 16 on their first
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Fresno Citizen Corps with AmeriCorps Safe and Proud Neighborhood
participants celebrate Flag Day June 14, 2005 in City of Fresno Council
Meeting |
Carla Glazebrook addresses Fresno City Council on Flag Day |
Chair of Fresno Citizen Corps Peter Weber talks about the role of Fresno
Citizen Corps in front of City Council. |
AmeriCorp and Fresno Citizen Corps Members in Fresno City Council
Chambers. |
Fresno Pacific University, Class 15 includes Campus Safety Officers. |
OK, so now what do we do? |
Getting organized! |
Teams in action. |
Medical Ops. Saturday May 14th, ANG 144th Firefighters join in. Allan and
his team-members are a big addition to CERT Training. |
Jorge assists in Head-to toe assessment. training. |
During Search and Rescue, Firefighter/EMT
Allan got zapped! |
Christopher watches to make sure the head-to-toe is done correctly. |
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Class 15 at Fresno Pacific University on the first meeting
May 10th. |
| Thanks to Fresno Pacific University for their great
facilities. |
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| CERT Fresno Instructor Ali Umar has been working with
Central California area native tribal leaders to create Tribal Community Emergency
Response Teams (T-CERT). Here is a picture of Ali at the New Years Eve Red
Road PowWow. |
Ali is doing awesome developmental work in developing T-CERT! |
| CERT Class 14 started April 4, 2005 |
Fresno Police Sergeant Don Gross (Homeland Security) welcomes Class 14. |
Class 14 captured! |
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| Urban Wilderness Clinic March 12, 2005 Thanks to Murph, Gwen,
Glenn, Kevin and John! |
Thanks to Kroeker Inc Demolition Contractors (Jeff,
Mike and Rod - all CERT Class 13 Grads! |
Latrine Building  |
Selection and usage of cooking stoves |
Jeff says "I Have to drink THAT?" |
Glenn shows signaling, helicopter, ground signals cloth and
hands use, radios. |
Oh Goody - LUNCH - Oh, Just MRE's - Ja'teme has read her instructions
while Gwen is just getting started. |
It was 82 degrees AND REALLY HOT in the sun! |
March 12, 2005 Group Photo  |
Shelter building - did we say it was hot in the sun! |
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| Class 13 in Training Saturday January 29,2005 |
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Graduation photo of Class 13 Saturday January 29th. |
| Fresno Fire Chief Randy Bruegman talking
to CERT Trainees during Small Fire Suppression Unit 2 January 20, 2005.
Chief Bruegman just returned from a trip to Washington DC with Mayor Autry
and Police Chief Jerry Dyer. |
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CERT and COP Continued Education session -
Search in Fresno City Council Chambers January 17th. |
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| CERT Sand-bagging January 7th - They
filled 50 Pallets in about 3 hours! (Click on photos for larger image) |
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Justin manning the computer - where
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Fifty Pallet loads of sand bags later! |
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| Fresno Police Department Citizens On
Patrol (COP) Northwest PD Area receive hands-on CERT Fire Suppression
Training November 30th. |
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| Fresno CERT's participated in a Fresno Police Department
Continuing Education session on Terrorism November 4, 2004. Working
"Under Cover" is Officer Rich. CERT's are discouraged from
getting near any terrorist incident. Officer Rich described the extreme
hazards. |
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| Rich has an extensive terrorism reading list. |
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| Class 12 works as a team on a problem. |
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Class 12, A CERTeam Exercise -
Confused - You Bet! That's why we train. |
| Class 12 Graduating November 12, 2004 |
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Class 11 Unit 4 Splinting Medical Ups Two |
| Barbara puts a pressure bandage on Mary Jane |
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Checking the airway |
| Class 11 Fire Suppression October 28, 2004 |
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| Class 10 Graduates and Instructors October 27, 2004 |
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October 27, 2004 CERT number class 10 final simulation. Two members sort out the facts
as chaos still prevails! |
| Lester says whatever works in the disaster exercise October 27, 2004! |
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| CERT does Prevention activity as Fresno Fire Department
FireCorps - Smoke Detector Installation October 23, 2004 - Shawn and
Darrell |
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Reading backwards! |
| AmeriCorps Volunteers heed the call to deliver humanitarian
service to others by installing smoke detectors. Members canvassed over 100
Manufactured Homes, installing 20 detectors and distributing replacement
batteries. |
Justin and Anne |
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| Fresno Police Sergeant Donald Gross talks about CERT Members
future role in Preparation, Mitigation, Response and Recovery phases
during Patriot Day, September 11, 2004 swearing-in ceremony. |
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Cedric Reese, CERT Coordinator introduces Fresno City Fire
Department Captain Clint Nichols the "Father of CERT in Central
California" during CERT Members swearing-in on Patriots Day September
11, 2004! |
| The newly sworn-in CERT Members after the Patriots Day
Ceremony September 11, 2004. |
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Newly sworn CERT Members finish canvassing a 155 unit mobile
home community insuring smoke alarms are functioning. This mobile home
park suffered a death from a non-operational smoke alarm one week ago. The
CERT Members will return to install 50 plus donated smoke alarms and fresh
batteries in the following week. This was conducted under the City of
Fresno Fire Department Prevention Division. Great work CERT! |
| Class Ten in their first session hearing Gwen talk about
Disasters in Central California. |
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Class Ten September 8th, 2004 |
| Class Eight has been busy - here they are at Training
Station #3 on June 16th. |
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CERT Grads - Seventh Class May 22, 2004 |
| CERT Grads - Sixth Class April 29, 2004 |
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Final Exercise April 29th - Chaos prevails |
| Connie wonders where that SAR team went during our final
exercise April 29th? |
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Gwen Leads training on Triage for 70 Fresno Police
Department Citizens On Patrol (COPS) April 26, 2004 in Fresno City Council
Chambers. Glenn, Murph, Carla and Cedric assisted. |
| Gwen helps COPS while they practice a Head-To-Toe April 26,
2004 |
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| CERT Continuing Education April 24th Shelter Management
Taught by Fresno Chapter of the American Red Cross - Sallie Rameriz and
Ann Lindley |
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Heather, Carla, Rob and Kevin work on ARC Simulation |
| Connie and Ernest listen to a point Ann is making. |
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| Learning splinting April 1st, 2004 training session |
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Serious Play during Murphs class April 1st |
| CERT Fire Suppression Teams in Training, March 18, 2004 |
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Fire Suppression at Station 3 Training Classroom, March 18,
2004. Thirty-Nine students registered. |
| Some of the all-volunteer CERT Instructors (l-r, Glen, Gwen,
Ali, Cedric and John) - The Green Team. |
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Train-The-Trainer Class June 2003 |
| Instructors Gone Wild June 2003 |
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CERT Social August 21, 2003 (From Left, Gwen Blomgren,
Glen Blomgren, Cedric Reese. Ali Umar, Ron Richardson, Mary Banigan, Bill
Allen. (Click to enlarge) |
| Gwen Blomgren, Disaster Unit, October 1, 2003 Twenty-eight
students registered. |
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Hands-on Disaster "problem-identifying", October 1,
2003. |
| Search and Rescue - Bill and Ken lead the final simulation |
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Glen on Fire Safety Module |
| Hands-on Fire Suppression |
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Medical Operations I |
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Medical Operations I |
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Blair and Wendi Graduate! |
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A Victim recovers! |
