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Skamania County CERT

Skamania County Emergency Management
Date last updated: Feb 14, 2013

General Information

Month and year the CERT Program was started: February 2006

Geographic Area: SKAMANIA (County)

Point of Contact:
John Carlson
DEM Coordinator
Skamania County Emergency Management
PO Box 790
200 Vancouver Ave.
Stevenson, WA 98648

(509) 427-8076
johnc@co.skamania.wa.us

CERT Web Site: http://www.skamania-dem.org/CERT.html

Training

On average, this CERT Program conducts the CERT Basic Training Course 1 time a year.

Number of CERT classes that have graduated since the program started: 7

Number of individuals who have completed CERT Basic Training Course since the program started: 70

Local CERT Programs offer training to the general public and/or to particular groups in the community. This CERT Program holds classes for the following groups:
  • General public / Open classes
Language(s) in which the program conducts CERT training:
  • English

Supplemental Training

Supplemental training conducted, recommended, and/or required for CERT members:
  • IS-100.a Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS)
  • IS-200.a ICS for Single Resources
  • IS-700.a National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
  • Amateur radio operation

Exercises

CERT in Action

Emergencies

Number of times the CERTs have responded in actual emergencies:4

Types of emergencies/disasters to which the CERTs have responded:
  • Pandemic
  • Winter storm

Activities During Emergencies

Activities conducted by CERTs during past emergencies:
  • Residential / Neighborhood checks
  • Staffing Emergency Operating Center
  • Staffing shelters

Non-Emergency Functions

Non-emergency functions performed by CERT members:
  • Mitigation activities
  • Emergency preparedness

Additional CERT Program Information

Skamania County CERT meets the second Wednesday of the month in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC).