New CERT Team members at LVH
Today was final test day for 12 new members at the old City Hall. These folks have been attending classes taught by Newport Fire and Police Department, the US Coast Guard, Red Cross and Pacific Ambulance Service since September. Classes ran about 3 hours per session. All culminated today in a written and practical test with older members acting as victims and trainers under the direction of Assistant Fire Chief Toby Cole (who spent this day, his birthday, with the CERT team) and Ret. Police Sergeant Dean Sawyer.
What this means for our community at LVH is the addition of two more skilled team members. Both new members of our team have also been attending our weekly LVH CERT meetings for months. So, there really will not be a need for them to integrate and learn our procedures as they have been doing that all along.
Please congratulate Greg Pfalmer and Wayne Hill if you see them about the hill and know that you are looking at two fine men who have studied and trained to watch over the welfare of everyone in our community in case of a disaster. Good to know they are there for us.
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