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Upcoming Events, News & Updates
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Central County Fire Department is dedicated to keeping our communities prepared and resilient by providing information that will allow them to serve not only themselves but their neighborhood and beyond. This e-newsletter is to keep you informed.
Preparedness and resilience starts with you!
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Bleeding Control Review for CERT Members
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Hillsborough Town Hall, 1600 Floribunda Ave.
This class - open to CERT Members only - will provide a full review of bleeding control techniques and will allow students to practice hands-on skills including the application of tourniquets.
PLEASE NOTE: All CERTs are required to bring their CERT backpack and personal protection equipment (PPE).
This class is offered free to all Burlingame, Hillsborough and Millbrae residents.
Pre-registration required - space is limited. To register for this class, please go to
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Get Ready Disaster Preparedness Class
Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Burlingame Corp Yard, 1361 North Carolan Ave., Burlingame
This basic disaster preparedness class will teach you how to prepare yourself, your family, home and workplace for a major disaster. The information provided will allow you to help yourself, rather than needing help, following a disaster.
Course instructors are experienced staff of the Central County Fire Department, which serves the Cities of Burlingame, Millbrae and Town of Hillsborough.
This class is offered free to all Burlingame, Hillsborough and Millbrae residents.
Pre-registration required. To register for this class, please go to
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CERT Training Spring Session 2018
- Class held on Wednesdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
- April 11 thru May 16, 6:30pm - 9:30pm and
Sat., May 19, 9a - 5p
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Burlingame Corp. Yard, 1361 North Carolan Ave.
CERT training provides private citizens with the basic skills needed to respond to their community's immediate needs in the aftermath of a disaster when emergency services are not immediately available.
We are offering a Spring CERT training session which will run from April 11th through May 19th. Classes will be held on Wednesday evenings at the Burlingame Corp. Yard, at 1361 N. Carolan Avenue in Burlingame from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. The final class, Skills Development & Application, will be held on Saturday, May 19th, from 9:00am to 5:00pm at the Burlingame Corp. Yard.
This training is offered free to all Burlingame, Hillsborough and Millbrae residents.
Please spread the word to family and friends who are not yet trained to become a member of CCFD's CERT Program!
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Safety Updates from Central County Fire
Fire Prevention Team
Daylight Saving Time - Change Clocks, Change Batteries
alarm batteries when you change your clocks.
Daylight saving time
is a great
time to remember to change your smoke alarm batteries after you set your clocks ahead.
This small step is an easy one and it can help save lives!
Having working smoke alarms reduces the risk of dying in a fire in half. On average, three out of every five home fire deaths result from fires in homes with no smoke alarms (38 percent) or no working smoke alarms (21 percent).
Stay safe with these safety tips:
- Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area and on every level of the home, including the basement.
- For the best protection, interconnect all smoke alarms throughout the home. When one sounds, they all sound.
- Test smoke alarms once a month by pushing the test button.
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Fire and Fall Prevention
Did you know that if a fire starts in your home, you may have just two minutes to escape?
The most effective way to protect yourself and your home from fire is to identify and remove fire hazards. Most fire deaths occur in homes with no working smoke alarms. During a home fire, working smoke alarms and a fire escape plan that has been practiced regularly can save lives.
The season for spring cleaning is here. It's a good time to make sure you have working smoke alarms and clean up those fire hazards.
Plug into Electrical Safety
Electricity is there to help brew your morning coffee, operate your computer, heat your home, and run your television. We use electricity so often that we seldom think about the dangers.
Take a moment to think about how often you depend upon electricity and answer the following questions. Every question you answer with "no", is an opportunity for you to make your home a safer place to live.
- Are heat producing electrical appliances unplugged when you are not using them?
- Are electrical cords in good condition, not frayed or cracked?
- Are electrical outlets overloaded in your home?
- Are electrical cords kept out from beneath furniture and rugs?
- Do all outlets and light switches work?
- Are multiple plugs, plugged into a surge protected power strip, rather than using multiple extension cords?
Never use water on an electrical fire, you could get shocked. If the fire is small, turn the power off and use a multi-purpose (ABC) dry-chemical extinguisher to put out the fire. If you can't turn the power off, or the fire is large, evacuate your home and dial 9-1-1 from a safe phone.
Fire and Fall Prevention for Older Adults
At age 65, older adults are twice as likely to be killed or injured by fires compared to the population at large. Fires and burns are not the only hazards that threaten our older citizens. Statistics from the Center of Disease Control (CDC) show that falls are the leading cause of death from unintentional injury in the home.
Some of those falls are fatal, while others permanently disable victims, often causing loss of mobility or independence.
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Looking for sand bags? Need tips on how to fill / tie a sand bag?
- Burlingame - 600 California Dr.
- Hillsborough - 1600 Floribunda Ave., parking lot on North side of Town Hall
- Millbrae - Millbrae Ave. by the skate park at Poplar Ave. intersection
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CERT Upcoming Events, News & Updates
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Burlingame CERT Updates
Rik Kasuga, Burlingame CERT Volunteer Program Coordinator
Burlingame CERT Meeting - March
EVERYONE is invited to attend the March Burlingame CERT meeting on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:00 PM at the Burlingame Man Public Library - Lane Room. We will be discussing Burlingame CERT Communication.
All Burlingame CERT members should be registered on
SMC Alert
, as that will be the first communication you will receive from the Burlingame CERT leadership. Prior to the meeting, all attendees are requested to download the free
Zello App
to their smart phones as we will be discussing and practicing its use in disaster communication.
In addition, all Burlingame CERT Hams are requested to bring their HT's to the meeting, if available. Burlingame CERT members may bring Walkie-Talkies, as well, if there are any questions about use. We welcome your comments about Twitter as we are also exploring its use in disaster communication.
Burlingame CERT Meeting - March
Wednesday, March 28 - 7:00 PM
Burlingame Main Public Library - Lane Room
480 Primrose Rd.
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San Mateo County CERT Communications Simplex Drill
Burlingame CERT plans to participate in the San Mateo County CERT Communications Simplex Drill on Saturday, April 14, 2018 from 9:00 AM to Noon. This will be an opportunity to practice and test amateur radio emergency communication using mobile radios and external antennas. Burlingame CERT Hams and non-Hams alike are invited to participate. Location is yet to be determined.
San Mateo County CERT Communications Simplex Drill
Saturday, April 14 - 9:00 AM -12:00 PM
Stay tuned - location yet to be determined
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Save the Date - Green Dawn Exercise
Burlingame CERT plans to participate in the Countywide Green Dawn Exercise (
formerly known as the annual "Silver Dragon" exercise) on Thursday morning, June 7, 2018 at an outdoor location where CERT skills will be practiced during a disaster scenario. More information will be provided as further details are worked out.
Save the Date - Green Dawn Exercise
Thursday, June 7 - time TBA
Stay tuned for more information
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Save the Date - Burlingame Citywide Emergency Drill 10/13/18!
The Burlingame Neighborhood Network (BNN) invites you to participate in the sixth annual Citywide Emergency Drill from 9:00a to 10:30a on Saturday, October 13, to learn how to work with your neighbors in the aftermath of a disaster to support one another. More than 300 individuals participated in last year's drill. Sponsored by Burlingame Police Department.
The exercise is organized by BNN and supported by the Central County Fire Department, the Burlingame Police Department (sponsor), Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers and local Ham radio operators. There is no fee.
To indicate your interest and keep informed about upcoming training opportunities, sign up for BNN's free newsletter here.
Burlingame Citywide Emergency Drill
Saturday, October 13 - 9:00a - 10:30a
Stay tuned for more information
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Why Tight-knit Communities Survive
Kathy Schmidt, Chair, Burlingame Neighborhood Network
According to a recent article in the New York Times, "How to Prepare Your Community for a
Disaster
," all those hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes and floods are making people realize they need to do more than prepare an emergency plan and kit. A New York City preparedness expert, Mitch Stripling, points out that
most search and rescue after a disaster is done by people in their communities, long before professionals arrive.
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Millbrae CERT Updates
Dino DeRanieri, Millbrae LEND-CERT Volunteer Coordinator
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Red Cross Shelter Fundamentals - Classes Added
The American Red Cross Shelter Fundamentals classes are being offered once again - see flyer below. Sign-up
ASAP
as these classes tend to fill up quickly - very popular.
Please email Dino DeRanieri at [email protected] when you register.
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Calling All Millbrae CERTS - Volunteers Needed for "Skills Day", Sat., 3/10!
We are in need of Team Members to help Fire for the "Skill Day" exercises. Helpers need to show up at 8:00 am.
Setup, registration, demonstration, communication and be a "victim". This a great way to refresh your skills by participating.
DSW swearing in will also be available, which facilitates your getting a Millbrae CERT ID Card.
Saturday, March 10, 2018
8:00a to 2:00p
Millbrae - Fire Station # 37
511 Magnolia Ave.
Please RSVP ASAP if you can help out. We need to have a count of participating members to order food for breakfast and lunch. Respond to Dino at [email protected] .
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Millbrae CERT Newsletters
Find all Millbrae CERT newsletters here.
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As always, stay involved and stay connected. The Burlingame
Neighborhood Network, H
illsborough Neighborhood Network and Millbrae CERT have excellent ways of getting to know your neighbors and what each of you can do to make your neighborhood
a better and safer place.
For Burlingame Neighborhood Network go to BNN
For Hillsborough Neighborhood Network go to HNN
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