Agenda Date: 05/17/2016
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Mayor's Presentation - Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Graduates, Trainers and Volunteers
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Presented By:
Bruce O. Beckman, Mayor
During his State of the Union address in 2002, President Bush asked that Americans volunteer their service to improve and safeguard our country. The three areas of emphasis for these volunteer efforts were: crime, natural disasters, and terrorism. The Citizen Corps Program was created to help Americans meet his call to service. One of the volunteer opportunities offered under the Citizen Corps umbrella was the Community Emergency Response Term (CERT) program.
The CERT class is a 32-hour commitment held on four Saturdays. It is taught by a team of first responders who have completed a CERT Train-the-Trainer course conducted by the state Office of Emergency Management or FEMA's Emergency Management Institute. CERT training includes: disaster preparedness, fire suppression, basic medical operations, and light search and rescue. This year's training concluded with a disaster exercise at the fire-training center. The simulation included a number of "victims" and "survivors" on the scene.
The Littleton City Council is pleased to recognize the graduates, instructors and volunteers for the latest CERT class sponsored by the Littleton and Englewood Police Departments, and the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department. This is the eleventh CERT class in Littleton.
The graduates are: James Barr Jr., Gary Baxter, Robyn Baxter, Weston Blatter, Andrea Brown, Nicole, Brue, Eric Carline, Matthew Foxhoven, Daniel Gohr, Timothy Hartwig, John Kokozian, Jacob Labit, Stephanie Labit, James Liles, Christopher McBee, Rachel McBee, Gregory Melton, D. Chris Morrison, Russell Nokes, Robert Orlowski, Scott Peterson, Ellen Roller, Jim Roller, Donald Shriver, William Stevens, Paul Stranahan, Michelle Tatnall, Karen Treptow, John Watson, Richard Westra, Robert Wijbrandus, and Lori Wijbrandus.
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