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| Santa Paula CERT Drill |
This drill was the coming together of all we had
learned in our CERT training and actually seeing it
happen. It was new to many of us. Not new for many
and we learned from them. The drill made the
Incident Command System all come together in our
minds. We worked as teams, meeting new friends,
learning great skills and was a day, not of being told
what we did wrong as what we did right.
We had quite an eye-opening experience with
hazardous conditions as well as real fire, using real
communications, and team-work as we did search and
rescue operations, triage, fire fighting, incident
command, logistics, and the dreaded debriefing.
Captain Lazenby gave us great ideas to make this
drill experience, an outline for future drills and
disasters. We know that the more we accomplish at
these events the more comfortable we will be; to
talk on the radio, treat injuries, and do search and
rescue in a safe way for us and the ones we are
attempting to help.
Chief Davis was there for the debriefing and he
helped us know easier ways to work together. He was
our critic, but it was all given to us with great
appreciation for our hard work and commitment to
the CERT program. He made us feel like we were all
very special and volunteering for CERT was an
amazingly worthwhile goal for all of us. Hurray!
Of course, we especially appreciate Mr. Levy for
donating his time and property for our drill. It was
a beautiful day in lovely surroundings. Thank you!
Thank you to all that were there to help. Captain
Lazenby, Chief Davis, all the fire department
personnel, ambulance attendants, and especially all
the CERT members that came and made this event so
rewarding!
learned in our CERT training and actually seeing it
happen. It was new to many of us. Not new for many
and we learned from them. The drill made the
Incident Command System all come together in our
minds. We worked as teams, meeting new friends,
learning great skills and was a day, not of being told
what we did wrong as what we did right.
We had quite an eye-opening experience with
hazardous conditions as well as real fire, using real
communications, and team-work as we did search and
rescue operations, triage, fire fighting, incident
command, logistics, and the dreaded debriefing.
Captain Lazenby gave us great ideas to make this
drill experience, an outline for future drills and
disasters. We know that the more we accomplish at
these events the more comfortable we will be; to
talk on the radio, treat injuries, and do search and
rescue in a safe way for us and the ones we are
attempting to help.
Chief Davis was there for the debriefing and he
helped us know easier ways to work together. He was
our critic, but it was all given to us with great
appreciation for our hard work and commitment to
the CERT program. He made us feel like we were all
very special and volunteering for CERT was an
amazingly worthwhile goal for all of us. Hurray!
Of course, we especially appreciate Mr. Levy for
donating his time and property for our drill. It was
a beautiful day in lovely surroundings. Thank you!
Thank you to all that were there to help. Captain
Lazenby, Chief Davis, all the fire department
personnel, ambulance attendants, and especially all
the CERT members that came and made this event so
rewarding!
Great cribbing exercises and everyone got a
chance to really lift and do some search and
rescue when we changed divisons.
chance to really lift and do some search and
rescue when we changed divisons.
| Mr. Mike L. & Stradivarius Ranch Thank you! |
| Incident Command Center |
| Communications |
Dividing into groups with search
and rescue; including search, fire
suppression, lifting & cribbing,
and hazardous conditions.
and rescue; including search, fire
suppression, lifting & cribbing,
and hazardous conditions.
| We learned a new way to back-up fire suppression by being out to the side instead of behind. Thank you--Chief Davis. |
| Disaster Triage: S.T.A.R.T. = Simple Triage And Rapid Transport. |
Someone always needs to be at Logistics
and quickly supply teams and individuals
or runners; and make an accounting of all
that is used. How many times did we hear,
"We need someone over here at Logistics!"
and quickly supply teams and individuals
or runners; and make an accounting of all
that is used. How many times did we hear,
"We need someone over here at Logistics!"
| Reporting back and then the Debriefing. |
A Great drill day and we all learned so much! Especially getting
to know our team! Again, thank you! Thank you, Kevin B. and
Ron E. for all the wonderful pictures for this web page.
June 6, 2006.
to know our team! Again, thank you! Thank you, Kevin B. and
Ron E. for all the wonderful pictures for this web page.
June 6, 2006.
Let's do this again!
Website created by Susan Lazenby (c) 2007
Captain Steve Lazenby's wife. Thank you CERT
teams everywhere for all the help. To add
information or redo the web page my email address
is: slazenby@roadrunner.com
Captain Steve Lazenby's wife. Thank you CERT
teams everywhere for all the help. To add
information or redo the web page my email address
is: slazenby@roadrunner.com
| "When?" "Now!" |
Summer '06
Did we see the
hazardous chemical
sign? OOPS!
hazardous chemical
sign? OOPS!
