Everybody remember, the CERT Train-the-Trainer class will be held at Jacksonville High School starting Monday, March 17, from 6pm - 10pm. Class will run Monday-Friday 6p-10p and also on Saturday 9am-noon.

The Regular CERT Meeting at EMA has been cancelled! Those of you who are available are encouraged to attend Tuesday's Train-the-Trainer session at the high school.

If you have any questions regarding signing up for the class, please call the EMA at (256) 435-0540.

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The March CERT class will be Tuesday, March 18, 6:00pm at the Calhoun County EMA. We will be training on moulage (injury simulation) kits and how to use them for disaster simulations and first aid training. Everyone will have the chance to make up various injuries while, at the same time, refresh training on different injuries, their causes, and their treatments.

Remember the Storm Spotter Workshop on March 1, 9 am - 3 pm, at the Auburn Canine Training Facility at Ft. McClellan, located on Rucker Street near JSU McClellan.

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First off, congratulations to the Family Links AmeriCorps CERT class! We recently graduated over a dozen folks from the Basic CERT. Everyone had a great time, so thanks to all involved! Also, special thanks to our instructors: Anniston Fire Department, Harold Rhodes, Rick Freeman, Denise Rucker, Bill Schaubel, Jason Mullinax, Mikey Phillips, Buck Wade, and Debbie Blevins. Pictures coming soon!

A few housekeeping items:

Thursday, February 7, 7pm - ABC33/40 will be at the Anniston City Meeting Center with their Storm Alert 2008 program. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Tuesday Feb. 12 - Friday Feb. 15 - Radiological/nuclear awareness/operations training at EMA. See calendar for details if interested.

February 17 - 22 - Alabama Severe Weather Awareness Week 2008.

Tuesday, February 19, 6pm - Our February CERT meeting at the Cahoun County EMA. As always, everyone's invited to attend and to bring friends.

Saturday, March 1 - Our friends from the National Weather Service in Birmingham will be providing an all-day storm spotter session for us with both Basic and Advanced Storm Spotter classes. We'll have some special speakers from JSU and the TV24 weather crew. See the Community Calendar (link at the top of this page) for more details. Note: If number of registrants increases, we might move the class to JSU. This will be a very valuable asset to CERT's, so let's hope for a big turnout!

Wednesday, March 5 - Many Calhoun County agencies will be participating in the Anniston Community Exercise (ACE) '08 a.k.a. CSEPP exercise. If any CERT members are available, aren't already participating with anotether agency, and would like to play a part or observe the drill, please email myself or Debbie so that we can make arrangements.

Remember that Community Awareness Day will be Saturday, April 19, at Oxford Lake.

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