June 2021 Belmont CERT Meeting

The topics of discussion during this month’s Zoom meeting were:

  • With the State reopening and lifting most pandemic restrictions, many events are filling the calendar
  • Consideration for consolidating Skills Day into a one day event on Saturday, awaiting approval from SMCFD
  • Foster City will not be having a 4th of July celebration
  • National Night Out will be Aug 3, locations in Belmont are still TBD
  • Red Cross “Sound The Alarm” smoke detector event 8/14 in all three cities
  • Chili Cookoff in San Mateo Central Park on 8/28, CERT will have a chili booth in the competition
  • Disaster Preparedness Day 9/18 at the SM Event Center
  • Citizen’s Academy shows on the calendar for 9/22, stay tuned for more details
  • Ham Radio Licensing Class 9/25 (see flyer)
  • SFO Emergency Drill is 9/29, TBA if volunteers will be used this time
  • Fire Prevention Week is 10/2, CERT will be participating
  • Waterdog Run is 10/9, TBA if CERT support will be requested
  • Monthly CERT ham radio nets
  • The Tim Wong funds must be spent by end of the year, email Pat with your suggestions
  • The large 2200V generators provided by the FTSI grant were replaced with smaller more manageable (& trailer friendly) 1000V models

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