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San Lorenzo Valley CERT Team Web Site

• There will be an advanced class; "CERT in the wildland fire environment" training for CERT graduates. This class for residents in the Felton Fire Protection district is July 23rd and the class for the rest of the San Lorenzo Valley on July 30th. Both are from 6:30 to 9:30PM and at the Felton Fire house.
• The next CERT class starts on Wednesday, October 1st (6:30PM-9:30PM) for residents in the San Lorenzo Valley. Continues on 10/08, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 and the final class will be on Saturday 11/01, from 9:00 am to 5:00pm.  This free class meets at the Felton Fire House. 
• Email Ray  or Liz at to sign-up. 

• July 10th is the next date for the San Lorenzo Valley Emergency Network (SLVEN) meeting for all Mountain Neighbor Network, and all San Lorenzo and Scotts Valley CERT volunteers. Our goal is to plan and form town teams that can respond to localized emergencies in the event of a disaster. It will be held at the Felton Sheriffs  station.

Here are some good places to look for information:

• SLV CERT Email list and Yahoo group
• Santa Cruz County CERT webpage
• Mountain Community Resources, the SLV CERT organizing body
• National CERT home page

For information contact:

Liz Taylor-Selling: 831 335-6606 -or-

Here are some on-line classes that provide specific information:

• IS 22: Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
• IS 317: Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams
• IS 100: Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS)
• IS 10: Animals in Disaster - Module A Awareness and Preparedness
  

Additional Involved/Sponsoring Agencies

• Felton Fire
• Santa Cruz County Chapter of the American Red Cross

Sponsoring Agency CERT Liaisons

• Felton - Ray Soler
• Ben Lomond - Tom Maxson
• Boulder Creek - Bryan Manternach

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