Central County Fire
SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH
September 2020
"Doing the greatest good for the greatest number"
Please make time to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in your homes, businesses, and communities. Whether it is September or any other month of the year, disasters can strike at any time without warning. Central County Fire Department encourages everyone to be prepared for when - not if - the next emergency will occur. 
How prepared are you? Click here for a collection of documents, links, and videos, all in one place to help make it easier for you to get prepared.
SMC ALERT is an alert notification system used to immediately contact you during urgent or emergency situations. You can set alerts to send emergency and non-emergency text and voice messages to your:
  • email accounts
  • cell phones, smartphones, tablets
  • voice messages to landline phones (home & work)

SMC ALERT is free.

#CERTweek
September 21 - 27, 2020
The Listos California Emergency Preparedness Campaign in partnership with the National CERT Association presents CERT week. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program has been a crucial part of making local communities more resilient since 1986. Join the Listos California Emergency Preparedness Campaign and the National CERT Association as we celebrate the CERT program during National Preparedness Month. We are asking CERT programs all over the world to share their memories during #CERTweek, September 21-27, 2020. Post your photos, videos, testimonies, milestones, etc. on twitter and use #CERTweek and @NationalCERT1 so that we can retweet you. You can also share the links to your social media accounts.
In California, make sure to @ListosCA when sending out a tweet so that the Listos California Campaign can help share all your great work!
Follow us @NationalCERT1 on twitter with your CERT or Agency Account and we will follow you back. You can do this prior to CERT week.
2020 CERT Online Training
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates people about disaster preparedness and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.
Online CERT is developed to provide the FEMA standardized 2019 curriculum to learners across the United States, meeting the lecture portion of the CERT training requirements. To get started, you just register with your local CERT Program Coordinator. To complete the hands-on skills and exercise practical portion and receive your full CERT credentials provide your online course completion Merits and check in with your CERT Coordinator. You will then be provided information about the final steps to complete the course and become a CERT Graduate!
Register Here to participate in the CCFD CERT Program Online Training.
CERT Volunteer Opportunity
The Listos California Emergency Preparedness Campaign is inviting CERT members to join a volunteer opportunity to help others while staying safe. Your dedication to community service, and knowledge of emergency preparedness and response, make you ideal messengers to reach thousands of Californians with critical disaster preparedness information this summer and fall.

The Social Bridging Project is now able to expand its outreach and call California adults of any age with lifesaving information on how to prepare for natural disasters. This opportunity is open to any CERT trained volunteer and does not require the volunteer to have a background check.

Interested individuals will register with our CCFD CERT Program and provided the Social Bridging Project registration information.
For more information or to become a Bridger please click here.

A Special Thank You!
On Friday, August 28th Sutter Health Mills Peninsula Medical Center staff delivered a special thank you to our CCFD First Responders and staff. During the surprise visits to Stations 34 and 36 Health care workers from Mills Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame brought warm wishes of gratitude and lunch. We're all in this together and it's nice to take a moment and appreciate what we all are going through and how we all support one another during these difficult times.
Upcoming Events (Virtual)
THIRD ANNUAL NEIGHBORFEST
Sunday, September 13, 2020
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 am
Register here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hnn-virtual-neighborfest-2020-tickets-117705276651 One week before Neighborfest, those who have registered will receive information on how to join the meeting via Zoom.

For more information visit:
On September 13th, Hillsborough Neighborhood Network (HNN) will host a Virtual Neighborfest to promote emergency preparedness, Neighbors Helping Neighbors and Neighborhood Resilience. The event is sponsored by the Town of Hillsborough, the Hillsborough Police Department (HPD) and the Central County Fire Department (CCFD).
Eighth Annual Disaster Survival Drill
Saturday, October 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
All Burlingame residents are invited to participate. It will be a shelter-in-place drill observing social distancing guidelines as we adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.

To sign up, send an email to info@burlingamenetwork.org with your name and street address. You’ll be added to BNN’s mailing list and will receive more details closer to the drill date.
Central County Fire Department