The Menlo Park Fire Protection District is holding a meeting for all current Menlo Park Fire District CERT members, or those who are interested in learning more about the different levels of involvement and membership. The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 26th at 6:30 pm. If you are interested in attending, please contact Heather Keller, Community Volunteer Coordinator at hkeller@menlofire.org to receive the calendar invitation.
This event is posted to encourage a robust community engagement and participation in the Menlo Fire’s CERT planning efforts. The posting does not imply an endorsement of the proposed new levels, their requirements or the proposed reporting (into the Fire District) of the trained CERTs. In some other jurisdictions, trained CERTs do not report into a Fire District but instead report into a jurisdiction. It’s important to keep an open mind regarding what’s best for our community, and what would most foster community disaster preparedness.
The Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters have also adopted the 4C values of Cooperation, Coordination, Collaboration and Communication. These were adopted to reduce overlapping and/or duplication of effort, and to fill needed gaps.
