This Monday, March 1, will be the Oak View CERT meeting with Jolene Hoffman, Director of the Ojai Humane Society. She will be speaking to us about "How to be Prepared For Your Pets During an Emergency". Bring yourself, friends or family who might be interested in this subject.
Where: Oak View Park and Resource Center,
555 Mahoney Avenue
Multi-Purpose Room
When: March 1 from 7 - 8PM
There will be a short meeting, for those who are interested, on an update about the triage kit, etc. after the presentation by Jolene Hoffman.
Congratulations to the latest graduating CERT class which occurred today. They were all great sports in participating during the rainy weather.
Welcome to the Oak View CERT!
Pam Edwards
Joanne Roberts
Audrey Herbison
Dana DeYoung
See you there.
Kathy Miller
Oak View CERT Coordinator
KI6VDI
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Popular Mechanics article - Disasers (Lessons Learned)
Interesting series of articles from Popular Mechanics Magazine.
It's always useful to understand the detail of past disasters so you can learn what to prepare for the future.
Popular Mechanics
It's always useful to understand the detail of past disasters so you can learn what to prepare for the future.
Popular Mechanics
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
CERT Training Available in Ventura Harbor (April/May 2010)
There will be a CERT Class in Ventura Harbor in April or May. If you are missing one or more sessions from previous CERT Trainings, you are welcome to attend just those sessions or all the sessions.
You will be contacted for a date and time of classes. Please email Scott Miller (smiller@venturaharbor.com). You might also email Scott your preference as to which night of the week is best for you. Classes usually begin at 6:30pm for 3 hrs.
Residents and employees/business owners within Ventura Harbor will be given priority placement in the class if more sign up than there are spaces
We appreciate the efforts of Harbormaster Scott Miller and Fire Marshall Brian Clark for making this possible.
Lynn Mikelatos
You will be contacted for a date and time of classes. Please email Scott Miller (smiller@venturaharbor.com). You might also email Scott your preference as to which night of the week is best for you. Classes usually begin at 6:30pm for 3 hrs.
Residents and employees/business owners within Ventura Harbor will be given priority placement in the class if more sign up than there are spaces
We appreciate the efforts of Harbormaster Scott Miller and Fire Marshall Brian Clark for making this possible.
Lynn Mikelatos
Monday, February 1, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Ventura County Announces Recipients of the 2009 Emergency Planning Council Awards
The Ventura County Emergency Planning Council will honor ten organizations and two individuals for their contribution to emergency services in 2009 on Thursday, December 10, 2009. The presentation of awards will be held at 9:00 a.m., during the quarterly Emergency Planning Council Meeting, at the Ventura County Government Center, Hall of Justice, Pacific Conference Room, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA.
Best Emergency Preparedness Training – Countywide CERT Training and CERT Refresher Training – Ventura County Fire Department
Best Emergency Community Program – Countywide CERT Training – Ventura County Fire Department
Here's the full story from Fillmore Gazette
Best Emergency Preparedness Training – Countywide CERT Training and CERT Refresher Training – Ventura County Fire Department
Best Emergency Community Program – Countywide CERT Training – Ventura County Fire Department
Here's the full story from Fillmore Gazette
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Ham Radio Rapid Response equipment show-and-tell
Tom Sullivan (W8MKL) gave a very informative presentation during today's Ojai Valley Amateur Radio Club Monthly Meeting -- 8AM, Third Wednesday at Holy Cross Pre-School on Maricopa Highway. The public are always welcome.
Tom is part of the Ventura County Auxiliary Communication Service (VCACS) Rapid Response Team -- this means that he is ready to roll at a moment's notice with a bevy of radio communications equipment to deploy on-site where needed.
In this picture you can see the truck's wheel holding in place an extensible pole with various antenna attached - Tri-band high-gain, directional antenna, High Frequency Buddipole. Upon arriving on-site, this antenna system can be assembled in less than 30 minutes. Of course, you can also see the antenna farm on the truck's cab which is permanently mounted.
In this picture you can see a custom-built storage unit which holds the various pieces of communications equipment, with the capability of sliding out components if needing separately.
Components include:
- Icom IC-706 (High Frequency Radio) for long-distance voice communications
- Pactor III modem (connected to Icom) for sending long distance packet (text) traffic.
- Alinco DR-135 (2 Meter for both voice traffic and local packet (text) traffic)
- Kantronics KPC-3 (TNC modem) - similar concept as Pactor, but local communications
- Radio Shack 25 AMP power supply if able to plug in - otherwise on deep-cycle batts
- Laptop for using Packet Software.
Paul (KI6USA)
Tom is part of the Ventura County Auxiliary Communication Service (VCACS) Rapid Response Team -- this means that he is ready to roll at a moment's notice with a bevy of radio communications equipment to deploy on-site where needed.
In this picture you can see the truck's wheel holding in place an extensible pole with various antenna attached - Tri-band high-gain, directional antenna, High Frequency Buddipole. Upon arriving on-site, this antenna system can be assembled in less than 30 minutes. Of course, you can also see the antenna farm on the truck's cab which is permanently mounted.
In this picture you can see a custom-built storage unit which holds the various pieces of communications equipment, with the capability of sliding out components if needing separately.
Components include:
- Icom IC-706 (High Frequency Radio) for long-distance voice communications
- Pactor III modem (connected to Icom) for sending long distance packet (text) traffic.
- Alinco DR-135 (2 Meter for both voice traffic and local packet (text) traffic)
- Kantronics KPC-3 (TNC modem) - similar concept as Pactor, but local communications
- Radio Shack 25 AMP power supply if able to plug in - otherwise on deep-cycle batts
- Laptop for using Packet Software.
Paul (KI6USA)
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