1. MONTGOMERY COUNTY CERT
GENERAL MEETING
June 20, 2013
(rescheduled from June 13th
)

2. MCCERT Potluck Party
DATE: Sunday, August 11, 2013 (Rain or shine)
TIME: 1:00p.m. – 6:00p.m. (or later!)
LOCATION: Anne Culver’s home - Silver Spring
RSVP: RSVP to potluck@montgomerycert.org and please
include how many family members will join you
We are excited to begin celebrating this year’s Tenth Anniversary of service by having
a potluck party for you and your family. The success of MCCERT could not be
accomplished without your involvement and dedication, so it is appropriate we begin
celebrating this milestone by getting everyone together to have some fun and say
thank you!
Please mark August 11th on your calendar as a day to come and have a great time
meeting fellow MCCERT members and families. We are planning some fun-filled
activities and encourage you to come experience the day! The party is potluck;
therefore it would be helpful if everyone brought a dish to share. More information
(directions, etc.) will be provided.

3. Tonight’s Agenda
• Operations
• Training
• Outreach
• Information Technology
• Survey Results
• Miscellaneous
• Presentation by Montgomery County Police
Crisis Intervention Team
June 13th
Tornado

4. On June 13th
at ~11:00am, IAR message sent regarding:
The day’s weather forecast,
Update on possible deployment(s)
SITREP development, and,
Status of the general meeting that evening
Forecast

7. Tornado Warnings of June 13th
• Thank you for providing SITREPS:
– Pearce Hunt
– Stephen Panossian
– Anne Culver
– Kathee Henning
– Gary Frace
• Thank you for being on standby for SM
monitoring potential
– Katelyn Keegan and Patrick Benko
cont’d
– Ken Ow
– Bob Marques
– Carl Brill (two hats)
– Carol Wisniewski
– Richard Wells

8. External Appreciation
• Thanks again for all of your help. I've shared it with
Chris and Chuck and they had great things to say -
MCOEMHS
• The NWS in Sterling, VA expresses its appreciation to
those who assisted in conducting surveys and
provided information used during the
surveys...including members of the emergency
management... skywarn storm spotters... and
members of the public affected by these storms

9. Operations Update

10. Policies and Procedures
• Operations Coordinator and Deputy have
begun working on populating the Operations
appendix of the P&P
– Assistance provided by Communications
Coordinator

11. 3rd
Annual CERTCON
• Hosted by Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
• Two day seminar/functional exercise for
CERT members in NCR
• June 29th -lecture series
• June 30th - hands-on drill
• Weekly conference calls
• MCCERT involvement in planning not as
evident as the past two
• There is a need for mock victims for
Sunday
• For more info and to register:
http://certcon2013.eventbrite.com
• Next year – P.G. County CERT

12. Training Update

13. • Graduated largest class on May 11th
– Mock victims included Boy Scouts and MCCERT family
members
Training

15. Police-Sponsored Summer Camp
• MCPD 6th
District provides a summer camp in
Montgomery Village for 30 middle schoolers
• CERT has been asked to assist
• Our training coordinator, Kathee Henning has
put together a team to assist in this event
• Scott Zimmerman (MCPD) is our contact and
also a new member to MCCERT!

16. Outreach

17. Recent Outreach Events
• May 9 – Boy Scouts (Paula Sind-Prunier)
• May 13 – MCPS Office of Community
Engagement & Partnerships (Jay Wilson)
• May 20 – Western Montgomery Citizens
Advisory Board Meeting (Jay Wilson & Any
Members)
• May 22 – CERT Presentation to Choice Hotels

18. Recent Outreach Events
• May 23 – City of Takoma Park Emergency
Preparedness Committee Meeting (Jay W.)
• June 3 – Career Day at MCPS Arcola
Elementary School (Georgianne Mitchell and Jeff
Alderdice)
• June 12 – National Archives and Records
Administration Health and Safety Fair (CERT
Team)
– Thank you to the members who had registered
(continued)
Cancelled

19. County Fair: Aug 9th
– 17th
MCCERT will not be in attendance at the Fair on August 11th

20. Upcoming Outreach
• Bethesda Urban Partnership
– Discussed CERT
– Willing to include CERT in monthly newsletter/e-
blast
– Interested in partnership & training opportunities
– Outreach will transition training responsibilities to
Training
(continued)

21. Information Technology Update

22. • Jay KapLon (IT Coordinator) and Steve
Peterson attended two 2-hour recorded
webinars
– will begin using CERVIS for its record keeping and
communication efforts soon
– specific fields to the system must be identified
– once customization of CERVIS is completed,
importing of data will begin
Volunteer Management
Software - CERVIS

23. Website
• Hiccups with transitioning from iPage to
Wordpress
– Did not transfer as initially envisioned
– Links were lost
– Formatting of site changed (although not too severe)
– Reassessment of website and its functionalities is
necessary
– CERVIS’ event registration component will be
embedded on the website

24. April/May Training Class Survey Results

25. Apr-May 2013 Class Survey
• 32 trainees completed survey
• 89% strongly agreed or agreed with the
classroom and material questions
• 97% strongly agreed or agreed that instructors
were knowledgeable, well prepared, and
encouraged interaction for all Units

26. 32 trainees completed survey
89% strongly agreed or agreed
with the classroom and material
questions
97% strongly agreed or agreed that
instructors were knowledgeable,
well prepared, and encouraged
interaction for all Units
Comparison
13
95%
. . . .
91%
April/May SurveyJan/Feb Survey

27. Miscellaneous Update

28. Recognition

29. 10 Year Anniversary
• Celebration to
be held in
December with
our annual
holiday party
• We are starting
off with the
potluck party in
August

30. Help Wanted
• Need assistance with potluck party
• Need assistance with coordination efforts for
the 10 year anniversary/holiday party, please
• Need a webmaster
If interested, please email president@montgomerycert.org

31. Self-Activation Policy Reminder
• Section 13.1 of the Policy and Procedures -
Activation, Call-Out, and Response Procedures and
Standards: During Emergencies
– Activation is only by the authority of the MC-CERT
Program Manager or designee. At no time may any MC-
CERT or member acting as part of a team be activated or
activate themselves without authorization. Should a
member respond to an
emergency without official
activation, he/she is deemed
to be responding as a private
citizen, not as a CERT member.

32. Thank you
We hope you can make it to the Potluck
Party
Please RSVP!
potluck@montgomerycert.org