TEAM MEETING: MARCH 22, 2012

   VeronaWalk CERT's March 22, 2012 meeting consisted of  a critique of the March 10th county wide CERT drill. Our team did exceptionally well, and strong points and weaknesses were discussed. We also pin pointed areas where we will concentrate our training on prior to the 2012 hurricane season.

CAPTAIN' MESAGE

 

 

On March 10th all Collier County Community Emergency Response Teams gathered for a very realistic county wide exercise to practice their life saving skills. For the second year in a row the VeronaWalk team clearly came out ahead of every other team. Had that drill been a real disaster, or emergency our team would have been  ready to help their neighbors,and do it safely. Congratulations VeronaWalk CERT.

Our next team meeting will be held on March 22 at 7:00 PM in our Town Center, a review of the drill will be held then.

CAPTAINS MESSAGE

  All CERT members are requested to check their email regularly. In the next few days you'll receive directions and starting times for the County wide CERT drill on March 10, 2012.

 

TEAM MEETING

The Team held its' monthly meeting on Monday, February 20  at Town Center.  We had a round robin training session. The topics were first aid, triage, communications and incident command.

 The group also welcomed two new members keeping our team strong and active.

CAPTAINS MESSAGE

  There's been a change of date for our February meeting due to the major event "Broadway" coming to our Town Center.

The February meeting will now be held on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.

 

The is will be last meeting prior to the county drill. We will hold a multi-station refresher at this meeting. Please bring your 2 way radio to this meting.

JANUARY TEAM MEETING

The TEAM held its' monthly meeting at Town Center on Jan. 26, 2012. There was discussion regarding  "Trauma Bags" that were recently acquired. These "Trauma Bags" can be easily transported to needed areas in the event we have to respond to a critical incident.

CAPTAINS MESSAGE: MEDIA OUTLETS & PHOTOGRAPHY

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATLY

       January 19, 2012

To:      All ENFD  CERT Teams

From:  Director Bishop

Ref:     Social Media outlets and Photographs 

Team Leaders please review with all CERT team members.  It is imperative that all members on your team understand the potential personal liability that can arise out of the use of photos both in print and on social media websites. 

CAMERA USE

East Naples Fire District supports the documentation of training events and team photos but requests that all such photos are taken by East Naples Fire District Staff trained in protecting personal rights. Taking photos is a very slippery slope and can end up in court.  

Use of cameras, whether cell phone cameras, stand-alone cameras, or cameras contained on any other such personal devices, whether digital or conventional film cameras, including video camera, while performing any function, including activation, on behalf of East Naples Fire Control and Rescue District, CERT, is prohibited.

Much of this has to do with Public Record laws and HIPPA Privacy laws that govern the release of information.  

In the case of an activation photo documentation may be used as necessary communications with East Naples Fire Rescue personnel.  In this case once pictures are taken, no images may be used, printed, copied, scanned, e-mailed, posted, shared or distributed in any manner without the express, written approval of East Naples Fire Rescue.  Example:  This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, posting photos on personnel websites such as FaceBook or MySpace, You-Tube or on other public safety agency web sites, or e-mailing images to friends, colleagues or others in the Fire Rescue industry.   All photos become property of East Naples Fire.