Hello Galveston County CERT Family!
We have come to the end of another successful year of being prepared to help our neighbors in and around Galveston County! Thank you for all that you do to stay prepared and to train to respond when needed.
Please help me congratulate our members who were recognized in November for the exceptional work they have done to benefit all our team members!
Volunteer of the Year: Cindy Weir!
Outstanding Member Award: Louis Petit, Donald Deyo, Tony Poynor
Team Leaders: Cindy Weir, Daniel Conrad, Donald Deyo, Horten Pomales, Jerry Banner,
Joe Everett, John Willis, Karen Booren (Captain Award 2025), Kate Harris, Larry Martin, Louis Petit, Mark Dignazio, Rich Kilmartin, Ron Grimes, Steven McGehee, Tony Poynor
Congratulations to these volunteers who made additional efforts that allowed us to succeed!
We will not have a CERT monthly meeting in December!
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, January 7th at the Pioneer House next to Carbide Park, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. We will be looking to find other locations for our meetings to accommodate members in other locations as well as those who are not comfortable driving in poorly lit areas.
We have a training opportunity with the County OEM and other agencies on Thursday, December 11th starting at 9 am located at Walter Hall Park main ballroom. This training is in preparation for helping during an evacuation, so we are looking for members who will be a part of our Evacuation Team to attend this training. They are wanting us to have 5 members to participate in the training and lunch will be provided, so we need to give the OEM the names of the members participating by Wednesday, December 3rd, at Noon. Please register to attend this training by following this link and registering.
We will need to start preparing for the Harris County CERT Rodeo on February 14, 2026. We will be training and participating with Bay CERT again this year. Follow this link to register for the Rodeo Team. We will have an orientation meeting on January 8, starting at 10 am located at the CERT Storage area under the Doppler Radar Dome.
Other training sessions that we are planning for January will be:
D.A.R.T. team (Debris Abatement Response Team). D.A.R.T. will be cutting and moving actual trees and limbs in Santa Fe as well as learning to assemble and care for our equipment. We will roll out our first draft DART SOPs and Protocols for review and comments. This training will be on January 10, 8 am – 2 pm. Follow this link to register!
Logistics Team, Saturday, January 17, 8am – Noon. Please follow this link to register!
Drone Team, Saturday, January 24, 8am – 1 pm, Walter Hall North Pavilion. Please follow this link to register!
We had a great turnout for our end of year social and November Meeting at Walter Hall Park last month and we raised $782.05 in our auction and personal donations, plus over $200 in our 50/50 to replenish our social fund! Thank you to our winning bidders and everyone who participated in the 50/50!
I want to wish everyone a safe and Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season!
John Herrmann