FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR

January 21st marked the date of the VeronaWalk CERT Team's first meeting of 2010. The focus of the meeting was to set goals for future meetings and training. This team is made up of volunteers who live in the community who have made a commitment to be there in the event of an emergency. The pictures reflect our volunteers studying a pamphlet, as well as water proof flash lights that could be a help during a critical time.

CAPTAIN'S MESSAGE

Our next team meeting will be on January 21 at 7:00 P.M. in our Town Center.

All team members, and anyone interested in joining our team is urged to attend. We’ll discuss and prepare for the upcoming countywide CERT drill. We will also talk about some of the new things headed our way. It’s going to be an interesting, exciting year with new training and new projects about to begin. I look forward to seeing everyone on January 21^st.

2009 - THE YEAR IN REVIEW

They say, "A picture says a thousand words."

The above "shots" show our CERT Team in various activities during 2009. As the pictures show Our Volunteers had a very good year, and look forward to an even better 2010.

PIZZA NIGHT FOR CERT VOLUNTEERS

Our team celebrated its' first anniversary during the December 10 meeting. Our family members also attended this milestone meeting which was at Town Center, and ran from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Our Volunteers also celebrated a year with no disasters while enjoying some great pizza.

Gregg Speers, of the East Naples Fire Dept, took time from his busy schedule to meet with us, and share some pie. The Pizza's were purchased by the team from Rick's Place, which is our community's new restaurant.

The pictures tell the rest of the story.

CAPTAIN'S MESSAGE

The VeronaWalk CERT team's December 10th meeting will be in our Town Center at 6:00 P.M.

As planned we’re going to have a pizza party to celebrate our teams first anniversary, and a year in paradise without any disasters.

Don’t forget to bring your spouse, or guest and bring any refreshment you care to drink. Please respond to the email sent to all team members in regard to attendance and costs as soon as possible. I look forward to seeing all of you there.

CERT DRILL: TEAM LOCATES AND ASSISTS VICTIM

The first alarm went off at 7:00AM. A horrible time to get up on a Saturday morning, but we did. If we were lucky we got a cup of coffee before grabbing the gear and arriving at Town Center by 8:00AM to conduct a planned Team Drill.

With everybody signed in we were given our radios and the mission was explained. An elderly man with Alzheimer's Disease was missing within the community.Our task was to Search and Rescue

Multiple teams were quickly assigned search areas and worked searching specific streets and common areas. As clues were found they were reported and noted at the Command Center. Eventually we heard the call: "We found the man."

With the mission completed the Team reassembled at Town Center for a debriefing and some good old doughnuts. Job Well Done.

CAPTAIN'S MESSAGE: DRILL NOV 7

On Saturday, November 7, at 8;00 A.M. our team will meet in the card room of our Town Center for a briefing and radio distribution prior to our drill.

Please bring the following equipment and wear your team shirt, CERT vest, ID card, whistle, pen and writing paper. Wear comfortable shoes. Sandals are not recommended. Wear a hat,(CERT hard hat optional, shorts are OK).

Bring drinking water, and wear sunscreen. We will be away from the Town Center for the drill, you may wish to car pool to the drill area once the briefing is completed. We should have a little fun, and sharpen our skills. The entire days activities, including a de-briefing back at the Town Center, should be no more then 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

This drill we take the place of our previously scheduled Nov. 19Th meeting.