Canes Emergency Response Team

Hello CERT members

As the sidebar shows, our next general meeting on Monday February 27th, 2012 is a room change day and after agendas, the meeting will take place outside. We hope to see you all there!

The meeting will be at MM315 at 9pm

If you have not filled out a survey from this past drill and would like to, please fill out one of the two surveys below.  We appreciate your feedback to help improve our organization!

Please choose one of the two surveies that best applies to you, in regards to your attendance at the Fall 2011 DRE!

Attended                                Not Attended 

 Also, if you would like to send additional comments about the drill or have any questions, please do not hesitate to email operations@umcert.com.

Applications are now open for our Basic Recruit Class Training Spring 2012!

Please click the following link to apply:  UMCERT Spring 2012 Member Application Form

Information Sessions will be held Tuesday, January 31st 21st at 7:00pm in UC Flamingo Ballroom C & Wednesday February 8th at 7:00pm in UC  room 241. You can learn more about what CERT does on campus, time commitments, and more about training.

The deadline to submit your application is February 10th, 2012 at 5 PM.

Applications are now available for AVP of Administration! Please click on the link below to apply. For a brief discription of the job, please scroll down and read more about administration. If you have any additional questions, please email administration@umcert.com.

AVP of Administration Application 

Good Luck! Have a good day!

Stephanie Smart

VP of Administration

Hey team,

I hope that you all have a spectacular summer vacation and come back in the fall rejuvenated and ready to get back to work! I just wanted to say, again, what a pleasure and an honor it has been serving as your president. I know that you are in good hands next year with a new executive board headed by my successor, Chris Carvajal, and that you will accomplish a lot together. Big things! All the best to you in your scholastic endeavors and beyond.

Respectfully,

Elsie Black

The Disaster Readiness Exercise is going to be on Saturday, April 16th (don’t worry – it’s not in the morning so you can sleep in!). We need help recruiting volunteers to act as victims for the exercise, so please direct them to our website, where they can register. In exchange, we will provide them with community service hours. Please direct them to the below link:

CERT Volunteer Registration Form

Regional Citizen Corps Drill:

Broward County Citizen Corps Council proudly presents the 2011 Regional Drill. The drill will be a one-day event on Saturday, March 26, 2011, between the hours of 8:00AM to 3:00PM at Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium, 3700 NW 11th Place, Lauderhill, Florida 33311. Participating drill members will be able to practice their skills.   There is NO registration fee to participate. Pre-Registration is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for this drill.  To guarantee your participation, please email your registration form and Hold Harmless and Indemnification Agreement Wavier to Freddy Zelaya Jr. at freddyz@fortlauderdale.gov or fax your registration to 954-828-6709. Onsite registrations will be accepted on a first come first serve basis on the day of the event.   For additional information, please contact Freddy Zelaya Jr. at 954-828-6702.

2011 Regional Citizen Corps Drill Announcement Flyer

2011 Regional Citizen Corps Drill Registration Form

Relay for Life:

Relay for Life will be on April 2nd.  If you have not yet signed up online, you may do so following the directions below:
To sign up (use Internet Explorer; NOTE: The URL has been changed) go to:

CERT Relay Page

- Click “Join Our Team”
- Select “Join A Team or Register as an Individual Participant”
- Fill out the information and your registration will be complete!

Zoo Day:

Our next Zoo day will be April 17.  On that day, we will volunteer at Zoo Miami from 9 am – 12 pm.

Thanks to those of you that came on the CERT Retreat – it was a great success! Please give us your feedback. What did you like about the retreat? Is there anything you would have changed, added, or gotten rid of? Please let us know through this anonymous feedback form:

Click Here for CERT’s Feedback Form

This weekend is BRC 10′s training! Our new members will be joining us soon, so get ready to show off your preparedness skills!

Welcome back to UM. Hopefully by now you have all settled into your classes and are ready to begin the new semester! I have several announcements for you:

*   Our FIRST MEETING of the semester will be this Monday, January 24th, in the UC Ballrooms. It will be a short first meeting back and we would greatly appreciate your attendance to confirm that we have your correct information, and distribute important information about upcoming CERT activities.

*   As a reminder of our attendance policy, please see the attendance worksheet posted under “Member Responsibilities –> Attendance Policy” to assist you in keeping track of the meetings (all attendance will also be posted by our administration team on Blackboard).

*   If you would like to see the After Action Report for the CERT full-scale exercise that was conducted on December 4th, 2010, please e-mail me at president@umcert.com.

*   Last, but certainly not least, please see below regarding the new Ready South Florida regional preparedness campaign. Please help support preparedness in the UM Community and feel free to e-mail friends and family this important preparedness information:

Do you care about the safety and well-being of your family, loved ones, and friends?  Have you helped them prepare for disasters by encouraging them to get a kit, make a plan, and be informed?  Do you need a place to direct them to get easy to understand information on what they can do to prepare?

Ready South Florida is a regional campaign designed to promote the importance of preparedness in our community!

Encourage your family, loved ones, and friends to learn more about how to prepare by visiting our website by clicking HERE. Also, follow us on Facebook to receive preparedness tips and facts!

Thank you for supporting preparedness in our community!

See you all on Monday!

From all of us here at UM CERT, we wish you and your families a very happy and safe holiday season.

See you in the New Year!