1. EMERGENCY MANAGER ­ CERT COORDINATOR ACTIVITIES
I am responsible for recruiting and maintaining volunteers. I research and develop plans
to utilize CERT volunteers for flood fight and damage assessment missions. I developed
the first detailed plans and training program in the nation for these 2 missions, all of
which has taken me 5 years. I have developed multiple detailed plans, Emergency
Action Plans, Standard Operating Procedures and a training program for both missions
adhering to ICS and NIMS compliance.
CERT program administration involves: recruiting, maintaining and managing
volunteers; applying for and managing grant money; developing and maintaining
policies; and managing the volunteer training calendar. I am currently managing a
database of over 1,600 volunteers. Many volunteers are trained in CERT Basic
Training, other National CERT training, amateur radio, damage assessment and
Operation Flood Fight Training. Subject Matter Experts are identified to enhance and
bring credibility to the FC CERT program.
I have also managed projects, managed programs, updated plans and have written
Memorandums of Understanding.
I have very recently been able to get Franklin County StormReady through the National
Weather Service. Part of becoming StormReady certified was to ensure our weather
SOP's were in order and sufficient for NWS. The weather SOP's updated were the
Severe Thunderstorm Warning SOP, the Tornado Watch SOP's In Office and Out of
Office, and the Tornado Warning SOP's In Office and Out of Office.
For the last 4 years as CERT Coordinator, I coordinated the NWS Weather Spotter
Trainings. I was responsible for coordinating with the NWS a date and time for the
training; coordinating with The Ohio State University Emergency Manager on a campus
location and all of the tables, chairs, technical equipment, etc. necessary for facilitation
of the training; coordinating with other volunteer organizations and agencies to set up
information booths; recruiting and responding to registrants interested in the training;
recruiting and training volunteers to help the day of the NWS training with registration,
crowd management, radio communications support, and information booth coordination.

2. I oversee the all­volunteer Siren Watch Program. Our Warning Manager is in charge of
the program and I administer the products that collect the data and ensure the
recruitment of volunteers. We have a volunteer Siren Watch Team Leader who helps
both of us with reminding the volunteers of the Wednesday siren tests; he manages the
roster of volunteers for the program and assigns volunteers an outdoor warning siren.
Volunteers physically monitor their siren for sound and rotation and submit their results
through a system the Warning Manager, the Siren Watch Team Leader, and I can
monitor. So far we have over 100 volunteer Siren Watchers.
I maintain an group of active volunteers that help me with minor projects including
keeping track of volunteer time and other administrative tasks. There are approximately
50 active volunteers helping me with these projects on a weekly basis.
I also maintain a group of approximately 20 active amateur radio volunteers for our
RACES team. These volunteers meet weekly to ensure the readiness of our public
safety and amateur radio equipment and maintain the Club Station License W8THV.
I have directly managed 6 interns from OSU on projects such as researching the
Hurricane Sandy Recovery effort, the Household Preparedness Planning template and
the Neighborhood Preparedness Planning template. Interns have also helped me with
the StormReady project and some of my CERT grant processes. In 2014,
I rebuilt our Franklin County Flood Monitoring Plan ensuring all river gauges were
identified; all dams and reservoir levels were identified; river levels were identified;
low­lying areas involving population were identified; contact numbers were identified;
and SOP's developed based on watches, warnings and any emergency action steps
necessary to warn the endangered public.
I am currently managing a Commodity Flow Study Project for Franklin County.
I am currently managing a radiological equipment exchange working with our state EMA
to exchange civil defense equipment for their 2 year calibration cycle with our local
emergency partners. I am also currently managing the hazardous spills reports within
Franklin County and I am responsible for any Freedom of Information Act requests for
such spills.
Since March 2010, I have managed 8 CERT grants totaling $363,000+ awarded through
Citizen Corps, Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) and State Homeland Security
Program (SHSP) grants.