Welcome to Ojai Valley CERT

IMPORTANT UPDATE.....


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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, January 27, 2009

Intro to Radio Communications (Saturday, 1/31/09)

This Saturday, January 31st from 9AM to noon, the Ventura Harbor Community Council, the Ventura Port District and the Ojai Valley Amateur Radio Club will offer a free Radio Orientation class.

The Radio Orientation and hands-on use of all types of radios (FRS, GMRS, Marine, HAM) will all be covered.

The main class is Saturday, January 31st from 9-11am and those who want more hands on training can stay until noon. Holiday Inn Express - Windjammer Room (closest to Spinnaker).

Bring all of your radios for this very important activity.

You will learn about frequency bands and propagation limits, Emergency communications and practice. The Incident Command System that is used in ACS (Auxiliary Communication Service). The art of communication without adding or dropping important information. How to interact with the ACS, ICS protocol
What to say - when to say it - when to listen This is very important!!!
Net Operation, and I am sure much more - Bring your questions - the experts will answer them all.

The Holiday Inn Express hotel is providing the room at no charge for this event.

Please RSVP to this email Lynn Mikelatos at lynnmikelatos@gmail.com if you are coming. There is plenty of room so please bring friends who are interested.

Lynn Mikelatos, VHCC Chair
lynnmikelatos@gmail.com

PS: Those of you interested in HAM licensing (Both Technician and General) - information on a February class will be available.
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