Hello Galveston County CERT Family!
Our CERT meeting in October will be on October 1st, at the Pioneer House next to Carbide Park, and will start at 6:30 pm. We will do a Zello App comm net starting at 5:45 pm before the meeting. Please take a moment to open the app and check in so that you know that you are still able to use the Zello App. We will be on the “Everyone” channel.
There will be a Celebration of Life for John Wade on Sunday, October 5th, at the pavilion behind the Bacliff Fire Department at 600 Grand Ave., Bacliff, 77518. The event will begin at 1 pm and end at 4 pm. If you wish to attend, please RSVP to John’s sister, Andrea, at awkoop@aol.com since the event will be catered.
We are looking to put together a CERT Specialty Team to assist the county with mandatory evacuations. This team will require special training and therefore individuals need to commit to assisting when needed. If you wish to be considered to be part of this team, please follow this link to register. We still need about 20 additional Evacuation Team members! October will be a training month for the county evacuation system, and we are asking the CERT Evacuation Team to participate in the training available. Please follow this link and register for only one of the available ETN (Evacuation Tracking Network) training sessions. These training courses are held at the OEM building at 1353 FM 646. You can also log into the TDEM website and register for an overview training of the ETN system. It is recommended to take the online T-ETN100: ETN 2.0 Mobile Application Awareness course at tdem.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx prior to attending the course.
Our next CERT Academy is in October and will be held in Jamaica Beach! Please share this information with others on your social media or by sending a message to your friends! https://forms.gle/gGrNz12zLnEvxGtq6
We need CERT members to help at the academy graduation exercise on Saturday, October 18th. Please arrive at the Jamaica Beach City Hall by 12:45 pm.
CERT will be hosting a table at the Clear Lake Shores PD Fall Festival on October 25th, from 9 am – 2pm. This will take place at Stewart Elementary School, 330 FM 2094 in Kemah. Please follow this link to register and help!
CERT will once again join the West End Lion’s Club at the Lion’s Fall Market in Jamaica Beach on October 25th. We will host an information and recruitment table and we need about 4 members to staff the table and tell people about CERT! You can follow this link to register to help!
Upcoming training courses:
Our CERT All Members Drill will be on November 15th from 9 am until 2 pm. Please save the date and register online so that you can participate!
CERT will participate in the Wings Over Houston Air Show on the weekend of October 17-19. Information is being generated, and you will have the opportunity to volunteer online once we get the details. We do need Galveston County CERT members to help at a special show on Friday, October 17th. This show is scheduled to open gates at 9 am so we will probably have a 8 am – 1 pm shift, and a 1 pm - 6 pm shift. Click here to register! If you need further information, please contact Tony Poynor at tpoynor1@yahoo.com
Our next meetings will be on:
October 1st at Pioneer House starting at 6:30 pm.
November 5th at Walter Hall Park Banquet Hall starting at 6 pm, we will have a meal and a social.
Hope to see you on Wednesday at the meeting!