The Churchill Area Neighbors Disaster Organization (CAN DO), a group of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trained volunteers, is holding their February meeting at the Eugene Bible College.
 
These meetings are open to anyone interested in being better prepared for disasters of any scale.
 
For more information, contact Charlie Fernandez, CAN DO CERT team lead, by phone at 1-541-520-3465 or by email at charlesfernandez@comcast.net 

 Place: Eugene Bible College, Room 103
Agenda:
1) Layout of 2010 meeting topics
2) 2010 Map CAN Project
3) CAN Plan for Disaster
For more information contact: Charlie Fernandez e:charlesfernandez@comcast.net c:541-520-3465

 If you were watching KVAL TV evening news a couple weeks ago, you'll know about one update for our Awareness Project. But wait, there's more! And you'll want to hear all about it first hand. See you at the meeting!

Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Time: 7:30-9:00PM
Location: Eugene Bible College (at the OBC Library, classroom #103) 

Agenda:
Awareness Project Update (People)
Neighborhood Map Project Update (Property)
December Meeting?
2010 Vision Exercise
Wrap-up and Announcements

In the event of a large-scale disaster, it may take several days for professional rescuers to reach your Churchill area residence. Before they arrive, you must fend for yourself, your family, and work with your neighbors to aid others in your area.
 
Of the 13,000-plus people living within the Churchill Area Neighbors neighborhood association, perhaps twenty have taken the CERT training. CERT - Community Emergency Response Team - training teaches you some of the things you can do to help your family and neighbors in the event of an emergency such as a flood, earthquake, or fire.
 
The next training session begins Monday September 21st. CERT skill-building classes take place every Monday and Wednesday from 6PM to 9PM for eight weeks.  Contact Patence Winningham at the City of Eugene (541-6882-5665 for more information.

Place: Churchill Estates
Time: 7:30PM-9:00PM
 
Agenda: Speaker Series: The Incident Command System Overview and Structure
The presentation provides an overview of the Incident Command System (ICS) used by emergency response teams in the event of a disaster. The presentation will also provide practical examples of how a CERT team like CAN DO will work within the ICS structure and be deployed through the Incident Command Center (ICC).
 
For further information: call Charlie Fernandez at 520-3465 or email him at charlesfernandez@comcast.net

Agenda:
1) review open action items
2) awareness project status
3) promoting Sept CERT training within CAN
4) fall skill-building/speaker-series kickoff 

We'll be meeting at our new location: Churchill Estates (across Bailey Hill from Churchill High School).
For more information email charlesfernandez@comcast.net or call Charlie Fernandez at 1-541-520-3465.

Want something novel to do on a Saturday?
Be a victim at the upcoming CERT Training Mock Disaster.
You get a make-over by a professional artist and a dramatic role in helping train your neighborhood CERTs (Community Emergency Response Team).
For more information, see the attachement or call 682-5665.

For more information call Charlie Fernandez at 520-3465 or email at charlesfernandez@comcast.net.

 
Here are the logistics of our next meeting:
 
Date: Tuesday April 21st
Time: 7:30 PM
Duration: 60-90 minutes
 
Agenda:
1) quick status of action items from last meeting (see minutes)
2) take Yvonne's quiz for fun (see attachment)
3) start awareness project
 
For more information, call Charlie Fernnadez at 520-3465.
 

Agenda
1) Quick review of action items from last meeting
2) brainstorm with City Planning personnel regarding alignment of building damage assessment and disaster preparedness objectives of neighborhood CERT teams.
If you are not yet on the CAN DO team but wish to attend, call Charlie Fernandez at 520-3465.