Saturday, December 19, 2020

What's the Fire Districts Liability for Elderly Firefighter in a Line of Duty Death?

 As far as I know none of the LMRFD volunteer have been given a physical exam. As a volunteer for NACFD like all their firefighters I was given a physical, two physicals in fact.

We have several volunteers who are over 60 years old. I think that's great to keep our older citizens involved in the community and using their knowledge and experience for the fire district is great. 

But what is the fire districts liability if a volunteer dies from a heart attack and it's judged to be a LODD (Line-of-Duty Death)

When a firefighter dies in the line of duty their family gets tens of thousands of dollars. That's great as these guys are heros and their family deserves help if something happens on the job.

But firefighters unlike law enforcement have a special clause that says an on-duty fatality is defined as an injury or illness sustained while on duty that proved fatal, including illness resulting from a sudden cardiac event or stroke within 24 hours of training or emergency response.

It seems only common sense to give volunteer firefighters a physical exam before they start. A 65 year old volunteer with a history of cardiac problems could show up for their first fire call or training session and have a heart attack and it would be a LODD.

Firefighters families are devastated when their loved one dies and they deserve the tens of thousands of dollars in benefits from various organizations. 

The LMRFD needs to be responsible and make sure volunteer firefighters are in reasonable physical condition before sending them on calls or attending training by giving them a physical exam. 

What liability does the fire district have if an elderly volunteer dies on a call or within 24 hours and we had no idea of an underlying condition?  


Friday, December 18, 2020

LMRFD Board Meeting Meadview December 17th

It looks like we finally have a board of directors who understand what the fire district needs and they are working on it. I need more information but it looks like things are going to change for the better. 

Thank you to the new board members.....

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

How To Use Local GMRS Repeaters in Dolan Springs and Las Vegas

GMRS is kind of informal compared to ham radio. You can use call signs and many do like "WRFS930 base to mobile" when I call my wife, Or I can just say " Jean got your radio on". You do need to give your call sign. The FCC rules say "(a) The GMRS station call sign must be transmitted: (1) Following a single transmission or a series of transmissions; and, (2) After 15 minutes and at least once every 15 minutes thereafter during a series of transmissions lasting more than 15 minutes"

There are a lot of GMRS repeaters in the Las Vegas area, around 15 or so last time I looked. Most are for local coverage like the one here in Dolan covering about 20-30 miles, but several like the Rat Repeater on 462.675. It sets high on Mt Potosi at 8750 feet. The link shows a map of the estimated coverage of the Rat Repeater and I can hit it with a handheld from 9th and Pierce Ferry Rd. 

This is the same frequency as my repeater but we use different tones, so don't be surprised if you hear people in Vegas talking when you're in Dolan.  

The Dolan Springs repeater covers from around milepost 32 to milepost 51 on US93. It's on 462.675+ 5 Mhz, that means you receive on 462.675 and transmits on 467.675, a 100.0 hz subaudible tone that's required to open the repeater.

The MyGMRS.com page has lots of information like this map of GMRS repeaters or the Repeater Directory where you can search for repeaters by state and shows a map of estimated coverage for the repeater. More on emergency service NETS and high tech stuff like internet linking of repeaters for regional or state coverage too.

Arizona GMRS Repeater Club Tucson AZ has lots of great info on GMRS repeaters, radios, and more... 

How to Get a GMRS License






Tuesday, December 15, 2020

First Responders Cows and Open Range Where an Accident Could Put the Ambulance Out of Service and the Crew Injured

 We all know how dangerous driving here in Arizona is with our free range cows, especially at night. People from other areas and think letting cows run around in nuts. 

But in Washington, Idaho, and Montana we had a different problem, herds of deer, elk, and bison on the road. In Montana we would have several hit on any weekend. In Washington I've been hit by more deer than I've hit. Scares the hell out of you, bam and you get broadsided by a deer. 

FYI more people are killed trying to avoid a deer than hitting the deer. Bison, Moose, and Cows are bigger and can do significantly  more damage.... 



What if you have a life threatening medical emergency and the LMRFD ambulance hits a cow in route? This would increase the response time from minutes to hours, seriously injure the crew and damage our ambulance. With our long response times depending on the condition of the crew after an accident, it could be some time before anyone realized something was wrong. 

Today FLIR Forward-Looking Infrared devices are common and much less expensive than older units used by law enforcement and the military.

A unit like the FLIR PathfindIR II Object Detection System cost about one ambulance call $2500. This VIDEO of the Pathfinder FLIR System shows the importance of FLIR in a rural ambulance like ours where being involved in an accident putting the ambulance out of survice and injuring firefighters is not acceptable 



Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Why the LMRFD Needs a Fire Chief Who Lives Here...

There are a number of reasons we need a fire chief who lives in the fire district. 

First in a major disaster where roads are damaged or closed there's a 2 out of 3 chance the chief will be in kingman with his family.

Secondly it takes too long for him to respond on emergencies. Like with the fire at 6am this morning it took the chief 45 minutes or so to get to the fire in Dolan. 

We know a structure fire can double in size every 30 seconds especially when it's a mobile home like this morning. So it's pretty much all over and done by the time the chief gets there.

Third we need a chief who will communicate with any resident who has a question or problem. He shouldn't ignore questions or comments and especially not ignore those who literally spent hours filling out the volunteer application. 

This is our fire district yet it's being ran by people who are not stakeholders here. They don't live here, don't own property here, and some don't even need to show up to work here. Their family is safe in areas with far more resources that the LMRFD. 

Friday, December 4, 2020

Software Defined Radios Make Great $20 Receivers for Fire, Sheriff, DPS, or Anything Else...

 Software Defined Radios are the latest thing in radio scanners, receivers and transceivers.  For $20 to $50 on eBay you can have a cool receiver that covers all frequencies from 24 Mhz to 1766 Mhz. That's from just below CB frequencies to microwave frequencies. 

The interface is easy to use, plug it into a USB port, download the HDSDR software and enter the frequency you want to listen to, or record the radio traffic on the built in recorder.



This is the same type of receiver the government uses to find bugs, your signals, or anyone talking on pretty much any frequency.

Here you can see a number of signals being received. If you want to listen then just click on the signal in the upper part of the screen you're interested in listening to. 


You can select several types of signals, AM, FM, USB Upper Sideband, LSB Lower Sideband, CW Morse Code, and Digital signals.

Listening to scanner frequencies is fun, and can be very useful in knowing what's going on in rural areas like ours.. 

Have Fun.... 

Jay 

Ham call sign KA7MBQ 

GMRS call sign WQRS930



Thursday, December 3, 2020

LMRFD Needs to Embrace FirstNet for Communications

 The federal government built a special stand alone cellular network separate from what you or business customers use called FirstNet.

It was built for first responders and allows high power equipment with 5 times the power of your cell phone. 

BUT if we don't use FirstNet why would AT&T spend money to expand the network here? 

FirstNet: Reaching Rural and Remote Parts of America FirstNet is built for all public safety. That means every first responder in the country – career or volunteer; federal, tribal, state or local; urban, suburban or rural. And reaching rural and remote parts of America is one of our top priorities. Using all AT&T LTE bands and Band 14 spectrum, FirstNet currently covers more than 2.61 million square miles. In 2019 alone, we added more than 120,000 square miles of LTE coverage, which is roughly the size of New Mexico. To put it simply, we’ve been busy giving more first responders and the communities they serve access to the critical communications capabilities they need. But we aren’t stopping there. 

We’re actively extending the nationwide reach of FirstNet to give agencies large and small the reliable, unthrottled connectivity and modern communications tools they need. 

The LMRFD Needs to support FirstNet

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

HamShack Hotline the Ham Radio Operators Bat Phone for Emergency Communications

 HamShack Hotline is Free for Ham Operators 

Hamshack Hotline (HH) is a dedicated Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VOIP) network that is free to amateur radio operators around the world. The goal of the Hamshack Hotline is not to replace the traffic that is carried over RF, but rather augment it when conditions are diminished or otherwise busy. You’ll find phones in personal ham shacks, EOCs, club stations and mobile command posts. 

Communicate with other hams who operate in state and local Emergency Operations Centers EOC's....

I wonder if it would be possible to set up a Hotline like this for GMRS groups who emergency communications? 

Saturday, November 7, 2020

I Give Up, It's Been Two Months Since I Asked to Volunteer, Again...

Chief Winn obviously isn't interested in volunteers so I gave up and sent this email to the chief.

Jay Fleming leapspeaker@gmail.com

7:36 AM (2 hours ago)
to Chief
OK Chief I give up, you win. 
I'll wait until the next board member quits, should be soon. I'll serve my community by applying for the next board opening.

Jay Fleming

I contacted Chief Winn about volunteering on September 3rd 


I had a meeting with Chief Winn about coming back as a volunteer on September 15th. 


A week Later on September 22nd I sent the chief an email to see what was going on about volunteering. 

No Answer from the chief


Another week Later on September 29th I sent Chief Winn another email saying I hadn't received a reply from him. 

No Answer from the chief


October 4th I had not received any response from the chief.


On October 5th Chief Winn finally replied saying "I just got back from vacation and he hoped we would meet the week of October 5th BUT No Contact from the chief


12 days later on October 24th I sent Chief Winn an another email saying "It's been a month and a half since we met any decision yet?"


Today is November 7th it's been over two months since I first contacted Chief Winn about volunteering and still NOTHING from the chief. 


I sent the chief this email November 7th 2020

Jay Fleming leapspeaker@gmail.com

7:36 AM (2 hours ago)
to Chief
OK Chief I give up, you win. 
I'll wait until the next board member quits, should be soon. I'll serve my community by applying for the next board opening.

Jay Fleming

I haven't wanted on the fire board because then I can't use my knowledge and experience as a volunteer. So the next board opening I'll apply for the opening and use my training and experience in fire fighting and EMS to hire a fire chief who lives in the fire district and understands without communications and volunteers we have nothing in a major disaster. 

Monday, November 2, 2020

Emergency Communications 101

Emergency Communications 101 

This is from BearCom Communications a two-way radio dealer

If you use a two-way radio (walkie-talkie) on the job, you need to know what to do in an emergency. This is especially true if you’re far from a landline telephone and dialing 911 is out of the question. 

Public safety, police, firefighters, EMTs and emergency-response professionals know the essentials of two-way radio use because it’s so central to their work. Radio users in industries such as construction, hospitality, education, event planning, and other sectors deal with far fewer emergencies, so they need to set aside extra time to learn or refresh themselves on the right thing to do in a crisis.   

Five Two-Way Radio Best Practices for Emergencies

A lot of things have to be done right when using two-way radios in an emergency. Some of these tips may seem like common sense, but common sense often flies out the window amid the stress, anxiety and chaos of a crisis. Be sure you know these five points in advance:

1.    You must be prepared. If you are unfamiliar with two-way radios, take some time to learn how they function and what features your device offers (such as emergency alerts). When you’re getting trained on a new radio, insist on asking what you would do differently in an emergency.

2.    When talking, less is more. Be brief and efficient — know what you are going to say before talking into the microphone; otherwise you’ll tie up the channel while thinking of what to say. (Remember: When you use the push-to-talk button, you’re preventing other people from talking on the same frequency). NOTE: Many digital MOTOTRBO models from Motorola Solutions enable texting if Push-to-Talk is not practical or possible.

3.    Don’t mind your manners. While you must respect fellow users, you don’t have to be polite by saying “please” or “thank you.”

4.    Repetition rocks. Repeat back information you receive to confirm that you heard correctly.

5.    You have no privacy. Remember that group conversations are not private on open channels — any other radio user within range can hear what you’re saying by tuning to your frequency. Actually, this is a big plus in emergency broadcasts and SOS situations where the operator wants to relay a message to as many people as possible.

Cell Phones Aren’t the Answer in an Emergency

The Columbine school shooting in 1999 marked one of the first times where easy access to cell phones played a role in a major emergency. Unfortunately, students could call newscasters, but could not convey accurate information, creating conflicting reports that confused first responders. And 911 dispatchers were flooded with calls, which did more harm than good.

Fourteen years later at the Boston Marathon bombing, cellular networks either slowed dramatically or intermittently stopped working altogether. Runners and their loved ones could not connect, and victims had trouble communicating with emergency responders. That frustrating scene of over-strained cellular networks has become familiar in such disasters as the September 11 attacks and Hurricane Sandy.

For all the reliance we place on cell phones, they have failed repeatedly when needed most. In almost every instance, congestion is the problem. Too many people try to use their phones at the same time to get help or tell family and friends they are okay.

Two-way radios excel where cell phones fall short because they have dedicated bandwidth and a limited number of users. They’re also much easier to use — usually it’s not much more than pushing one button and talking. With the addition of bi-directional amplifiers, distributed antenna systems, and repeaters, reliable two-way radio coverage can be extended throughout a facility or across a campus in areas where cell phone signals cannot reach.

Two-Way Radio Groups Help People Prepare and Stay Informed

Organizations are putting a priority on two-way radios for emergency communications. For example, the Times of India reported that a monsoon flooding disaster in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand prompted officials in other flood-prone regions to establish amateur radio facilities to provide emergency communication. Also, the American Radio Relay League hosts its national Field Day so amateur radio clubs across the U.S. can get together to test their radio equipment and practice emergency communication strategies.

Communication is Essential During a Crisis

With a little planning and preparation, two-way radios can help manage an appropriate emergency response, interface with first responders and save lives.

  


Thursday, October 29, 2020

Chief Winn Really Isn't Interested in Getting Volunteers, Really

In my opinion Chief Winn isn't really interested in getting volunteers. He kept the current volunteers on to prevent people from complaining if he dumped the volunteer program, but it appears he Really Isn't Interested in New Volunteers. 


At the September 25th board meeting the chief mentioned a former volunteer coming back and two new volunteers had interest but hadn't got back to him. 

At the October 23rd meeting the chief said nothing about volunteers. 


It shouldn't take months to get a former volunteer setup and working. Especially a well trained former volunteer who was fired by the former chief for disagreeing with him. 


This is about my attempt to volunteer with Chief Winn


September 3rd 

I contacted Chief Winn about volunteering


September 15th 

I had a meeting with Chief Winn about coming back as a volunteer. 


September 22nd A week Later

I sent the chief an email to see what was going on about volunteering


September 29th Another week Later

I sent Chief Winn and email saying I hadn't received a reply from him. 


October 4th Another week Later

I had not received any response from the chief so I sent a message to the administrative assistant asking if his email was working.

Most business people on vacation use the auto-reply function on email telling people they're out of the office and when they will return. Chief doesn't apparently doesn't understand basic business communications.. The AA replied it was working he had contacted her.


October 5th Finally

A week after my last email to him Chief Winn replied to my September 29th email. He said "I just got back from vacation today. I have been doing some research into what we had discussed and I will need to schedule a meeting with you once I get all the info I have been gathering. I'm hoping by next week I will be able to arrange a meeting with you.


Week of October 12th

Chief said he hoped we would meet this week but so far nothing from the chief about meeting


October 24th 12 Days Later

I sent Chief Winn an another email saying "It's been a month and a half since we met any decision yet?"


October 29th 5 Days Later

Still noting from Chief Winn


It's been about a month and a half since I met with Chief Winn about volunteering. With our limited manpower and long response times  volunteers who works for nothing rather than $500 per shift should be a priority, but it's not with Chief Winn


It's pretty clear Chief Winn is not interested in volunteers. He only keeps the current volunteers who were hired by Chief Bonnee so he won't piss off the community. Why on earth should it take months to get an experienced volunteer back to work?


I'm tired of people who don't live in the fire district telling taxpayers what we need and what to do. We need a chief who promotes volunteers rather than blow them off. 

Anybody should be able to volunteer in the office, as a firefighter, or whatever, it's OUR fire district. Why is it that only people who don't live in the fire district have access what's going on in the office. Locking out taxpayers as volunteers especially in the office looks like they have something to hide. 


What's up with new hire chiefs taking weeks of vacation before working a year. I thought you earned vacation after working a year not a couple months. 


Monday, October 26, 2020

Lets Talk About Volunteers and Marijuana

Arizona is about to vote to legalize marijuana. Here's something to think about when the ambulance take over an hour.... 

Today marijuana is legal for recreational use in 11 states including Nevada and California, and medical marijuana is legal in 33 states including Arizona. 

We need to change how we look at medical marijuana use and volunteers in Arizona. Nobody wants anyone responding on a call impaired from marijuana, alcohol, or any other substance. 

Volunteer firefighters are difficult to find in large communities let alone small communities like ours. Who want's to carry a pager 24/7 to get called out at dinner time and in the middle of the night for free? 

It's time we get over the prejudice and druggie stereotype of people who use marijuana. You would be surprised how many of our leading business and government officials use marijuana rather than alcohol. Remember marijuana is legal in Washington DC... 

In 2013 CBS Channel 5 from Phoenix came up to Dolan to interview me about first responders using marijuana. The article Medical Marijuana Rules Unclear for First Responders pointed out how various agencies dealt with medical marijuana.

It's been 7 years and I hope agencies have changed their outlook on medical marijuana users in Arizona. I understand their reluctance to allow recreational marijuana users to volunteer in Arizona. 

If a volunteer used marijuana legally in Nevada on Saturday and was drug tested after a minor traffic accident on Wednesday. He would be charged with DUI simply because he had metabolites left from using marijuana 5 day ago. 

If the volunteer had an Arizona Medical Marijuana card, law enforcement would need to prove impairment, something they couldn't do after 5 days. 

The Arizona Medical Marijuana Act has various protections for patients. When driving police must prove impairment and employers cannot refuse to hire, fire, or otherwise penalize a job candidate or employee because the person is a registered medical marijuana cardholder. In Nevada like alcohol and prescribed medications marijuana isn't included in pre-employment drug screens.

It's time we get over what people do in their own home. The LMRFD had lots of volunteers who provided excellent service, what happened?





Monday, October 19, 2020

FirstNet: Reaching Rural and Remote Parts of America

FirstNet: Reaching Rural and Remote Parts of America

FirstNet was designed from the ground up for first responders. FirstNet includes Band 14 with higher power equipment for rural areas. 
BUT if the LMRFD doesn't work with FirstNet to let them know where we need communications help, how will they know. 

 Unique Challenges Facing Rural First Responders

We also realize that emergencies don’t know zip codes. That’s why we’re addressing rural coverage needs in multiple ways to deploy the network in places where coverage may be difficult. From the FirstNet fleet of 76 dedicated deployable network assets to the Rapid Deployment Kit, which can envelop first responders in a 300-foot “connected bubble” – ideal for rural and remote emergency situations.

And unique to FirstNet, we’re launching high-power user equipment (HPUE) solutions, like the FirstNet Ready™ Assured Wireless Corporation embedded IoT module and USB connected modem. Following 3GPP standards, power class 1 HPUE solutions can transmit stronger signals. This means HPUE can significantly increase the coverage area for first responders serving rural, remote and tribal communities

https://about.att.com/innovationblog/2020/05/fn_rural_connectivity.html

Sunday, October 18, 2020

VOTE Phyllis Aitken and Doug Braaten for the Lake Mohave Ranchos Fire District

Please VOTE

Phyllis Aitken and Doug Braaten have the knowledge and experience to help our fire district.

It's so important that we vote for board members who support volunteers for the fire district.

We have lost too much local control of OUR fire district and we need that back.




Saturday, October 17, 2020

I Met with Chief Winn a Month Ago about Volunteering I Told Him I Would Like To Do 3 Things to Help

I met with Chief Winn September 15th about being a volunteer again. I told him I would like to do three things to help the district. Drive equipment when needed, set up emergency communications, and follow up on illegal burns, and I explained why.

Driving

I'm too old to drag hose but I can go out with Scott on brush fires so we have 2 people making it safer. I drove truck for years and would like to drive equipment when needed. I don't know how many millennials can drive a stick shift let alone the 10 speed transmission in one of our water tenders. 

 Communications

The ability to communicate is the most important tool a fire district has. Without communications there's nothing. 

In a disaster without communications there's no way to know who needs help or what roads are open and passable. Remember our fire trucks get stuck quite often now, what if we had an earthquake?  Not knowing what roads are open becomes a life and death situation if the fire truck gets stuck.

I asked Chief Winn if since becoming chief if he had registered his cell phone with WPS the Wireless Priority System

He didn't even know what WPS was, so I assume his phone is not registered. He didn't know if the station phones were registered with TSP the Telecommunications Service Priority 

That means in a disaster the chief and our fire stations would have no better chance of making a call on an overloaded system than you or I do, slim to none.

When I asked the chief how the LMRFD would communicate if our local repeater and cell phones were to go down. Chief Winn looked like a deer in the headlights, you know that thousand yard stare like you don't know which way to go.  He has no idea how we would communicate in a disaster. Mohave County Emergency Management has limited emergency communications that would go to more populated areas.

I was shocked Chief Winn didn't know that after 9-11 Congress had authorized a stand alone cellular network designed and built for first responders called FirstNet. FirstNet has high power equipment for rural areas like ours.

I've been a ham radio operator for 40 years and operate a local GMRS repeater on the national emergency frequency in Dolan. I wanted to help set up an emergency communications group of volunteers for Dolan Springs and Meadview so we could gather information in a disaster and get that information to first responders. 

 Illegal Burns

I wanted to follow up on illegal burns and educate people about the dangers during a burning ban and the laws about burning garbage and burning permits. If education didn't work then call MCSO and work with a deputy to get a citation issued. I told the chief I felt many people were from other countries and may respond better to someone wearing a uniform shirt with fire dist patches rather than a tee-shirt. Every time we get called out units respond from Dolan and Meadview putting firefighters at risk running code especially at night with our cows. 

I met with Chief Winn September 15th he said he'd get back to me. Today is October 17th so I'm not sure how serious he is about volunteers. 





Chief Winn is Too Busy for Volunteers?

I give up, Chief Winn has time to go on vacation but no time for new volunteers. 

September 3rd I contacted Chief Winn about volunteering. 

September 15th I met with Chief Winn telling him I would like to help drive equipment, setup emergency communications, and follow up on illegal burns we keep responding to time and time again. 

September 22nd I sent an email asking if had chance to talk to emergency management and the sheriff about what we talked about. 

October 4th I had sent several emails but received nothing from Chief Winn so I sent an email to the administrative assistant asking if his email was working. She said it was..

October 5th Chief Winn sent me an email saying "I just got back from vacation today. I have been doing some research into what we had discussed and I will need to schedule a meeting with you once I get all the info I have been gathering. I'm hoping by next week I will be able to arrange a meeting with you.

October 17th Chief Winn must have been too busy all week to worry about volunteers or manpower so I give up.

Why is he taking vacation after only a few months on the job? I always had to be on the job a year before getting paid vacation.

With units responding lights and siren from Meadview on a regular basis leaving Meadview unprotected, add the risk of hitting a cow responding 30 miles to a trash fire and it shows the need for volunteers.






Monday, October 12, 2020

What You Need to Know about Citizens Emergency Response Teams

Community Emergency Response Teams are made up of local volunteers who can be first responders for family and neighbors in a disaster. 



CERT History

The CERT concept was developed and implemented by the Los Angeles City Fire Department in 1985. The Whittier Narrows earthquake in 1987 underscored the area-wide threat of a major disaster in California. Further, it confirmed the need for training civilians to meet their immediate needs.

CERT became a national program in 1993. There are now CERT programs in all 50 states, including many tribal nations and U.S. territories. 

Each is unique to its community and all are essential to building a Culture of Preparedness in the United States. There are over 2,700 local CERT programs nationwide and more than 600,000 people have trained since CERT became a national program.

When a disaster strikes smaller communities like Dolan Springs and Meadview we will be on our own for days or weeks as most aid will be directed to major population areas. This is why we need a CERT team as well as volunteers for the fire district. 

What we have when disaster strikes, is what we have 2-3 firefighters. If roads are damaged there is a good chance the chief won't be in the fire district or won't be able to get here.

When fire strikes in Dolan Springs or Meadview there are always people who show up wanting to help firefighters. As much as firefighters appreciate the help, untrained people are a liability if they become injured at fireground. Rather than helping they're a distraction for firefighters worried about their safety.

If you're one of these people who show up wanting to help, thank you. But please call Chief Winn at the LMRFD Station 41 in Dolan Springs and tell him you would like to help out.

Start or join a local CERT Team. If you're not a joiner then all the CERT Basic Training Material like the Basic CERT Manual are available for those who would like to do the training on their own.

We live in a very rural area with limited response from first responders. That's why it's so important everyone learn these basic skills to deal with emergencies until professional first responders can arrive. 

A CERT team needs a sponsor like the local fire district or law enforcement agency.

The info below is from FEMA's CERT Page

Community Emergency Response Team

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the 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. CERT offers a consistent, nationwide approach to volunteer training and organization that professional responders can rely on during disaster situations, allowing them to focus on more complex tasks.


Saturday, October 10, 2020

Our Little Blog has over 40,000 Views from the World

 In August 2015 I was surprised 1000 people had read my little blog about our fire district.

Today my little blog has over 40,000 views from all over the world

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