O’Hare Suburban Chapter No. 193

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Location:  Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen

      798 W. Algonquin Road, Arlington Heights, Illinois

JOINT MEETING  -   CHICAGOLAND CHAPTERS

Speaker:         Bruce Ahlmann, Contact for the

                        City of Des Plaines Citizen Corps CERT

Bruce’s responsibilities as a volunteer are to develop and train CERT volunteers. The program is offered to Medical Reserve, City Personnel and Volunteers At Large. The training promotes preparedness of self, family, and community.

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) was developed and implemented by the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) in 1985.  The Whittier Narrows earthquake in 1987 underscored the area-wide threat of a major disaster in California.   The training program that LAFD initiated makes good sense and furthers the process of citizens understanding their responsibility in preparing for disaster. 

The CERT course benefits any citizen who takes it.  Individuals will be better prepared to respond to and cope with the aftermath of a disaster and can be recruited and trained as neighborhood, business, and government teams that, in essence, will be auxiliary responders.

Bruce will go into more detail about CERT, the training program and briefly how we can become better prepared for disasters.

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This promises to be a very good program and I encourage you to bring guests!!

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Networking:  6:00 PM             Dinner:  6:30 PM

                          $35.00 NAWIC Members          Guests:  $40.00