Flood Recovery Volunteers Needed

These are needs that have been identified by the Christian County Long Term Recovery Committee. All of these needs are from recent flooding. These people did not have insurance and did not receive any FEMA assistance. Anyone that may be able to assist with these needs, please let the EMA office know. 417.581.2126

• 945 sq feet of ceramic tile for family whose basement was flooded.
• Volunteer to replace flat stone retaining wall. (must be skilled).
• Volunteer to replace retaining wall. Approximately 15 feet of wall has been washed away. The family is in need of help with supplies of landscape timber, cinderblocks. The wall is now landscape timber, family does not care what product is used to replace wall. Needs whistle in driveway dug out, cleaned and repositioned
• Older couple needs help with replacing sheet rock in basement. Would like help installing and donations of sheet rock are needed.
• Need someone with trackhoe that would be willing to donate time to help a family, fill wire baskets with rock and place in river to stop erosion.

Thank you,
Phil Amtower, Director
Christian County Emergency Management

C.E.R.T. Training Exercise

On Saturday, November 1st, a large training exercise will commence for the newest C.E.R.T. team members. As usual, this will take place at our luxurious training facility at the airport in Ozark. We're expecting 50 participants, so much help will be needed.

Makeup will take place at 1230, with the exercise beginning at 1400. For those of you going out Trick or Treating as zombies on Friday night, feel free to leave your makeup on overnight.

C.C. C.E.R.T. Members - Train The Trainer Course.

Several of your Christian County C.E.R.T. team members are going through SEMA's Community Emergency Response Team Train The Trainer course in Springfield, MO this weekend. This 24 hour course over 3 days will prepare these folks to help train new C.E.R.T. teams

Pictured from left to right are: Lloyd Divine, Jeff Morrissey, Brent Hurt, Alan Suiter, Kristina Henson

This Train-the-Trainer will give them skills to train citizens in the community to perform essential life-saving functions while waiting for the professional responders to arrive following a disaster. Course topics include disaster fire suppression, disaster medical operations, light search and rescue, disaster psychology and team organization.

Final C.E.R.T. Training of 2008

The final C.E.R.T. training of 2008 will take place at the end of October and beginning of November. Please remember, you do not have to take the courses in order, so join in at any time. It will be held at James River Assembly of God on Oct 24, 25 and Nov 1. With an Exercise to follow at the Air Field in Ozark.

The schedule will be as follows:

Fri 10/24 Units 1 & 2 from 1800 hrs to 2130 hrs. Yes it’s military time, you should use it and write it when documenting Emergency Management Incidents. If you’re really confused just subtract 12.

Unit 2 is Fire Suppression so wear clothes that you can get dirty. No open toed footwear. Bring your own goggles if you have them.

Sat 10/25Units 6,7, & 8 + Health Dept P.O.D. PPT; if we get through those units early, we’ll start unit 3. The instructors are very respectful of your time and want to make good use of it while you’re there.

Sat Nov /1 We’ll be doing Units 3,4 & 5. at 0900 hrs. Lots of practicum’s, laying on the floor, moving wood, bandaging, victim transport etc. And then we’ll go to the air field in the early afternoon for a big exercise. I’ll need those from the Ozark First Baptist class to be at the air field with us for your exercise as well. It’s not required but it’s very helpful. Those from the Hope church class we need you for victims so please RSVP me and let me know if you can be there (airfield) around 1400 hrs.

James River Assembly will have snacks and drinks at the church for those taking this class as well as Lunch on both Saturday. This class is limited to 50 participants. If you have any Q’s You can call Phil at 0300 hrs, here’s his home number-….. Not really, that would be funny though. Email me with Q’s

Directions to the Air field are as Follows:

From Lambert's Restaurant, head West over Hwy 65 to the first left Rd, N.22^nd turn Left at the Rapid Roberts Gas station. Go south for 0.7 mi the drive way will be on your left, I’ll have a CERT sign out there. Park in the designated area and we’ll deploy you from there.

Everyone who has CERT gear, Helmets, vests, packs etc. bring them. We’re going to get a big picture for the National Cert Newsletter so trim your eye brows.

When this next class at James River Church is completed, we will have trained over 150 people in Region D since May 1^st of ’08. Thank you to all who made that possible.

Citizen's Corps Meeting Reminder

Citizen Corps

Meeting Reminder

We have a Special Guest Speaker for this meeting!!!

Presentation:

Prevention & Response to Suicide Bombing Incidents.

Participants will be trained in Defining the Suicide Bombing threat, Infrastructure Protection, Risk Management, Critical Asset Assessment, and several other topics.

October 14th

6:30PM

2nd Floor Courtroom

Courthouse on the Square

enter thru the east door