Howdy CERT Family!
We are 1 month away from the start of hurricane season, and we hope that you are beginning your plans to be prepared. One way to be prepared is to attend a local hurricane town hall meeting and get information from your jurisdiction about how to prepare. We as CERT members will be attending these meetings to let the people in our communities know about CERT and what we do, this is a great way to recruit new members and share our experiences with others about emergency preparedness. You can find the link to register for a town hall meeting here or on our website. Here is the list of dates and times for the meetings, and we would like to get 3 or more volunteers to represent us at the town hall meetings!
May 2025:
Who: City of La Marque
When: 5/17/2025, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: La Marque Central Fire Station – La Marque, TX
Who: City of Santa Fe
When: 5/24/2025, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: Runge Park - Santa Fe, TX
Who: City of Galveston
When: 5/24/2025, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: Community Center/Old Pump Station - Galveston, TX
Hurricane Preparedness Fair | Galveston, TX - Official Website
Who: Village of Tiki Island
When: 5/31/2025, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: City Hall – Tiki Island, TX
June 2025:
Who: City of Jamaica Beach
When: 6/14/2025, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: City Hall – Jamaica Beach, TX
Who: City of Texas City
When: 6/25/2025, 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Where: Doyle Center – Texas City, TX
Who: North County (League City, Friendswood, Dickinson, Kemah, Galveston County)
When: 6/28/2025, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: League City Civic Center - League City, TX
We start our 2nd academy this Friday, May 2nd, at Bayside Regional Park in Bacliff. Please share the link to register with people you know and on your social media accounts to try and get more people to sign up!
https://forms.gle/vySEnpdqFhwfPVRq9
We will need your help on Saturday, May 10th, for the Academy Graduation Drill at Bayside Regional Park starting at 12:45 pm. Please bring your CERT supplies and bag so that you can be either a victim or a responder.
Consider being a member of our newest small specialty CERT team, D.A.R.T. (debris abatement response team)! Cindy Weir and John Willis have volunteered to be team leaders for this group, and we will start meeting and setting up SOPs for the group. We have dedicated a large amount of our budget in 2026 to supplying this team with tools and supplies to help all our communities after a windstorm.
The "Disaster Readiness and Resilience Clinic & Expo", will take place in Hall A of the George R. Brown Convention Center in Downtown Houston on Saturday, May 17, 2025. The event will take place from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm. Volunteer hours will vary depending upon desired role/shift.
CERTs will be needed as Greeters, Runners, Activity Monitors, Care Partners, Spanish Translators (intra team) Traffic Controllers, and more.
CERT Volunteer Registration Link: https://shorturl.at/f47jB
We had a very successful CERT All-Members Drill on April 26th at Fort Travis in Bolivar! Thanks to all who came out, and I would like to congratulate Ron Sims on an outstanding job as Incident Commander! The drill demonstrated how important the Zello App will be when we are activated. If you have not requested the Zello App from the team, please follow this link to register and an email will be sent to you so that you can download the app as a member of Galveston County CERT!
CERT will have an outreach event in Santa Fe at Runge Park on Saturday, May 10th, from 9 am – 2 pm. We are looking for CERT members to come and staff our table and talk to the public about what we do as CERT members in Galveston County! You can follow this link to register to participate in this outreach event!
We are offering an American Heart Association Heart Saver CPR/AED and First Aid class in May. The CPR/AED class is May 13th from 6 pm – 10 pm. The First Aid portion of the class is May 15th from 6 pm – 10 pm. Both classes will be held at the Pioneer House at Carbide Park. You may attend only the class on the 13th to receive your CPR card, but you must attend both dates to receive your CPR/AED/First Aid certification. Follow this link to register!
Operation Safe and Sound is Memorial Day Weekend, and we need your help and support. Please follow the link and sign up to fill at least 1 shift! Here is the link for OSS!
Other up-coming trainings:
Bandaging and Stop the Bleed workshop: this training will be on June 10th from 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm. The location will be the Pioneer House outside of Carbide Park. Register by clicking here!
Splinting workshop: this training will be on June 12th from 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm. The location will be the Pioneer House outside of Carbide Park. Register by clicking here!
Search and Rescue skills and SOPs training (Any and all interested members): Saturday, June 14th, from 8:30 am – 1 pm. This training will take place at Walter Hall Park in the North Pavilion near the Banquet Hall closest to the parking lot near the covered pavilion. Register here!
Please come out and join us for a training or town hall meeting so that you can start planning on being prepared as we soon enter our hurricane season.
Stay safe and thanks for all you do!