Hello Galveston County CERT Family!
The Atlantic tropical weather risk is rising as it normally does at this time of year and I hope that you are prepared and ready to take care of yourself, your family members, your pets, and your property, as well as your neighbors who may not be as well prepared. Please take time to talk to your neighbors and assess their level of preparedness and perhaps let them know about CERT and our upcoming academies.
Our monthly meeting will be this Wednesday night at 6:30 pm and will be located at the Pioneer House next to Carbide Park.
Our third CERT academy will be held at Bayside Regional Park in Bacliff in September! This will be conducted over 2 weekends. The dates are Sept. 11, 12, 13, 18, and 19. Here is the link to share with others and on your social media. Please ask someone to join the academy! https://forms.gle/QTuh4KoG4ZcGop9u9
Our last academy of the year will be in October at the Pioneer House at Carbide Park. Please share the link and information on your social media and ask someone to join the academy! https://forms.gle/XPbrnAueqjBY1oQV9
We ask our CERT members to come out and help with the graduation drills at both academies. Those dates and times will be September 19 from 12:45 pm – 4 pm at Bayside Regional Parkin Bacliff, and Sunday, October 18th, from 2:30 p – 5 pm at Pioneer House.
I am encouraging our CERT family members who have not been active to consider taking part in refresher training during the upcoming CERT Academy in September in Bacliff. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on skills practice with our basic skills and refresh on your incident command forms and procedures! You can come out for as many hours as you want, there is no minimum, or you can participate in the entire academy! This is also a great way to earn a new CERT ID Badge if yours has expired or was printed without an expiration date (which means it is no longer valid). Follow this link to register to participate in refresher training!
We will be participating in the County Exercise for evacuations at the Mid-County Annex on October 2nd, starting at about 7:30 am. I am looking for at least 20 volunteers to participate. I will have a registration form up soon!
Here are other training opportunities:
AHA Heart Saver First Aid and Stop the Bleed, September 15 & 17, 2026
Bandaging Skills class Sept. 29th at Walter Hall Park Upstairs Meeting Room
Splinting Skills class Sept. 30th at Walter Hall Park Upstairs Meeting Room
CERT Drone Team Training Sat. Oct. 10, Walter Hall Park South Pavillion
CHAT (CERT Ham Action Team) Training, Tuesday, Oct. 13, Pioneer House
Search and Rescue certification training: Fundamentals of SAR and SAR Tech II
Our last Operation Safe and Sound will take place on Labor Day Weekend, September 5th – 7th, 2026. Our registration page is up, and we are needing you to dedicate at least 4 hours to fill at least one shift so that we have enough volunteers to keep San Luis Pass safe and welcoming on Labor Day Weekend! We need members for all shifts, but we have a big need for Sunday all shifts. Here is the link to register for OSS!
Please register for the upcoming training classes and Operation Safe and Sound, and let’s get back to doing what we do best!