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The News of Sun City Center
May 2011
CERT adds 28 graduates at Sun City Center
CERT graduates (from left): Jack Werkowitz, Jim Howley, Ron Heimburger, Neomi Durham, Al Alderman, Carol Howley, Kelly Emerson, Eileen Bishop, Margaret Kuss, Alan Blackwell, Dave Floyd, Mary Bramel, Ron Engles, Steve Ralston, Phyllis Brown, James Haney, Lynn Reitz, Manley Durham, Marilyn Safrian, David Harris, Doug Gatchell, Martin Hurwitz, Jim Smith. Not pictured: Ed Barnes, Sam Sudman, Ranjani Muralidharan, Sai Vankayala, Manasa Kanithi. Twenty-eight new members were added to the Sun City Center Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) on graduation of its latest class on March 12. CERT is designed to complement fire and police organizations in disaster situations where professional, uniformed rescue and medical services are overwhelmed. The team is sponsored, trained, and equipped by Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. The hands-on training included basic search and rescue, firefighting, triage, and emergency first aid. Additional sessions covered hazardous materials, terrorism, disaster psychology, and the national
incident command system. Ten new graduates live in Kings Point and 12 in Sun City Center. Others are from Riverview, Tampa, Wimauma, and St. Petersburg. The two-week class session was taught by Bill Barron, president of Sun City Center CERT, with assistance from vice president Dick Tattarelli.
With the addition of this latest class, SCC-CERT now boasts 176 active members; making it one of the largest Florida teams. CERT program helps train people to be better prepared to respond to emergency situations in their communities. When emergencies happen, CERT members can give critical support to first responders, provide immediate assistance to victims, and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site. CERT members can also help with non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of the community.
Sun City Center CERT is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation; designed to support our local community. Members meet for refresher training at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month in the Atrium Building’s Florida Room. Residents of Sun City Center and surrounding communities interested in joining or making a tax-deductible contribution to SCC CERT should contact Bill Barron (642-9079) or Dick Tattarelli (6349468) or by email to scccert@yahoo. com. The next training classes will be offered in Sun City Center during October 2011.
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