Welcome to Ojai Valley CERT

IMPORTANT UPDATE.....


THIS WEB-SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED.

PLEASE GO TO HTTP://OJAIVALLEYCERT.ORG

This blog provides information to those interested in CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) activities in The Ojai Valley, CA. CERT works in partnership with OVARC (Ojai Valley Amateur Radio Club) which provides Ham Radio Communications - http://www.ovarc.org/.

http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert is a good place to begin learning about CERT. The fact is, immediately after a major disaster, each of us will be on our own while Emergency Services Personnel (Fire, Hospital, Police, Hospitals, etc) figure out what happened and how to respond. CERT teaches valuable self-preservation skills and empowers each of us to be of service to ourselves, family, neighborhood and community. By integrating CERT with Ham Radio, citizens can effectively communicate actionable information from the field to the Emergency Operations Center -- help will be on the way sooner.

Please check out the CERT Calendar & Map at the bottom of this web-page and sign our Guestbook (top right of page).

Ojai Valley (CERT, Ham Radio, Red Cross)

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Ventura County CERT Coordinator position filled

I'm very pleased to announce we now have a Ventura County Fire Department Program Adminstrator for CERT - Ramona J. Armijo, PhD.

For CERT Groups, Ramona is our liaison between Ventura County Fire Department and all Ventura County CERT groups.

This new partnership will encourage growth in CERT; create more training programs; foster a sharing of ideas; work towards fund-raising projects and grants; and build a strong community involvement towards disaster preparedness.

We are all looking forward to working with you.

Link to VCFD News Release:

http://fire.countyofventura.org/publicinformation/newsreleases/PDFs/RamonaArmijoJoinsVCFD10302008.pdf