WELCOME TO THE 2019 CERT & SKYWARN AWARDS BANQUET
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WELCOME TO THE 2019 CERT & SKYWARN AWARDS BANQUET
Des Moines County
Emergency Management Agency
Gina Hardin Janet Cindy Bowen Angela Moore
DMC EMA Charbonneau DMC EMA DMC EMA
Coordinator DMC EMA Volunteer Volunteer
Assistant Coordinator Coordinator
Coordinator (Former)
CERT Officers and Board of Directors
Barney Paytes Dan Moeller Melissa Mixer James Houghton
Chief Deputy Chief & Logistics Captain Communications
Training Officer Captain
CERT Academy
Day 1
Disaster Preparedness – Dan Moeller
Fire Safety – Barney Paytes
Disaster Medical Operations – Cindy Bowen
Day 2
CERT Organization– James Houghton
Disaster Psychology– Steve Parker
Light Search & Rescue – Dan Moeller
Terrorism & CERT – Colin Charbonneau
CERT Academy
Terrorism Training
Team Building Exercise Fire Safety Disaster Medical
S&R Cribbing
Welcome New CERT Members Donald Aliprandi Colin Charbonneau Ben Eagen Craig Ewinger Kylie Gavin Nick Gavin John Griffith Michael Hafner Brett Metcalf Dawn Moeller Craig Ranck Darran Reverend Thomas Smith Ashlie Timm
Training and Exercises
➢ Training events are an excellent opportunity for CERT members to practice,
assess and improve emergency response plans and have hands-on operations
while engaging volunteers and refreshing the concepts and skills learned in
the CERT Academy.
➢ CERT exercises are developed according to national guidelines and principles
outlined by the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. It is
important that CERT programs tailor their exercises to reflect realistic events
that may impact their community and practice skills they will likely use the
most.
Training
Monthly Meeting Training
Additional Training
▪ Incident Command
▪ Basic Life Support
▪ Flood Training
▪ Basic Weather Spotter
▪ Drug Task Force
▪ FEMA ICS courses
▪ Life is Why
▪ Compass Training ▪ Search and Rescue
▪ Preparedness of Go-Packs ▪ National Weather Service
▪ Emergency Preparedness ▪ Basic Moulage
▪ FEMA Traffic & Crowd Control ▪ Fire Rehab
▪ Stop the Bleed
▪ Identity Theft
CERT Training –
Search and Rescue
CERT Training –
Basic MoulageCERT Events A Very Vintage Market IAAP Drill (moulage) West Burlington 4th of July Steamboat Days Parade DMC Fair Farmer’s Market 34 Raceway fundraiser Day of the Child Boots versus Badges Snake Alley Art Fair Downtown Trick or Treat Pride in the Park Safe Trick-or-Treat Burlington Youth Triathlon Holiday Lighted Parade Juvenile Diabetes 5K run Great River Bridge Race Beaster Bunny Run Burlington Road Race Shamrock Shuffle Snake Alley Criterium Burlington Fire Dept. Control Burn
CERT Events
Boots Vs. Badges
Safe Trick-or-Treat
Snake Alley Criterium Pride in the Park
Day of the Child2019 Flood
Assisting Fire Departments TOP WBFD Fire Rehab BOTTOM BFD Controlled Burn
CERT Statistics Comparison 2017 / 2018 CERT Volunteer Info 2017 CERT Volunteer Info 2018 Total Volunteer Hours: 715.75 Total Volunteer Hours: 1551.25 Total CERT Members : 39 Total CERT Members: 52 New CERT members: 2 New CERT members: 14
Goals for 2019
Grow both CERT and SKYWARN team membership (recruitment)
Increase participation at meetings and at events
Continue to update all members to Basic Life Support (BLS)
Plan for the development of specialty teams
Keep better track of volunteer hours
Continue Fire Rehab training with the intention of offering it to all County
departmentsCERT - Serving Your Community Thank you all for the great job you do for your community. When you put on the CERT vest, you are taking time out of your own busy personal schedule to serve your community and help keep everyone safe. That selfless act is applauded. Keep up your great work and be safe!
DES MOINES COUNTY SKYWARN
Weather Ops –
GRMC (DESCOM)
HAM Radio
Operating Station
Net Control
Net Control & Net SupportNet Controllers
In Training
James Houghton Scott Gillis Cindy Bowen Nick GavinNet Support
Scribe
Connie Todd Amy Williams
John PorterHAM Radio Net Controllers Gary Dick Evan Bachtell Marcy Toal
New Members Craig Ranck Donald Aliprandi Michael Hafner Kylie Gavin Thomas Smith Melissa Mixer Darran Reverend Brett Metcalf Ben Eagen Marcy Toal
Training Training for new members Traffic - What-ifs (Emergency examples) Radio Usage Severe Weather Spotter Training Doppler Radar Heat Stress and Environment Practice Activation County-Wide Tornado Drill Jame Zahara (WQAD) – Weather Beast
Training –
Weather Spotter ClassTraining – James Zahara (WQAD) – Weather Beast
Radio Checks and Siren Tests
DMC Skywarn conducts weekly radio checks, this year check-ins totaled 360 volunteer hours. This is a great
opportunity for Skywarn and CERT members to practice using their radios and check-in with Weather Ops.
DMC Skywarn also conducts monthly tests of the outdoor warning sirens at 6pm on the first Wednesday of
each month. All sirens with the exception of Mediapolis sound for 2 minutes, stop for 5 minutes, then sound
again briefly until they are shut down.
Burlington Locations
County Locations
▪ West Avenue
▪ West Burlington – SCC
▪ Shields
▪ West Burlington - WBFD
▪ Ash
▪ Mediapolis
▪ City Hall
▪ Yarmouth
▪ James Madison School
▪ Middletown
▪ Grove Street
Note: IAAP also takes this opportunity to test their sirens during our monthly tests. ▪ Sunnyside
Danville also tests their sirens during this time, but are controlled by city officials, not
SKYWARN and DESCOM.Activations Although we have had many Activations throughout the year, this is an example of what we have had in just the last two months: ▪ May 17th – Field Net – 442 ▪ May 22nd – Tornado Watch – 403 ▪ May 24th – Tornado Watch – 403 ▪ May 25th – Thunderstorm (Resource) – 403 ▪ May 27th – Tornado (EF0) – 403 ▪ May 28th – Flash Flooding – 474 ▪ May 29th – Severe Weater (Resource) – 414 ▪ June 5th – Severe Weather – 474/423 ▪ June 15th – 3 Tornados (EF0 & 2 EF2) – 474
Storm Spotting During activations, our trained Skywarn weather spotters are sent out to various areas of Des Moines County to watch for severe weather activity. Spotters help by reporting things such as heavy rain, flooding, hail, wind, abnormal cloud formation, funnel clouds, tornados debris, and other severe weather conditions.
Severe Weather Event Support Des Moines County Skywarn also does severe weather support for events in and around Des Moines County, some of these events include: Steamboat Days Farmer’s Market Des Moines County Fair Youth Jamboree Outdoor concerts at Westland Mall RAGBRAI (2019)
National Weather Service -
Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador
The Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador™ initiative is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s (NOAA) effort to formally recognize NOAA partners who are improving the nation’s
readiness, responsiveness, and overall resilience against extreme weather, water, and climate events.Skywarn - Serving Your Community Thank you all for the great job you do for your community. When you watch the skies and alert the public, you are providing a valuable community service to help keep the public safe and out of harms way during severe weather events. This is a critical role in helping to save lives. Keep up your great work and be safe!!
2019 Volunteer Awards and Recognitions ➢ DMC CERT Length of Service ➢ DMC SKYWARN Length of Service ➢ Recognitions ➢ Volunteer of the Year Award
Recognition – Mayor’s Award 2019 Mayors’ Award James Houghton
Recognition –
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant
▪ Working with CERT and Skywarn
▪ Providing designated spotter locations
▪ Conducting synchronized tornado
siren tests
▪ Guards are members of DMC
SKYWARN2019 CERT Volunteer of the Year! The 2019 Jeanette Gallagher Volunteer of the Year Award Goes To…
2019 CERT Volunteer of the Year!
Dan Moeller!!Thank You –
Angela Moore
We would like to give a Special Thanks
to Angela Moore for all the hard work
and dedication she gave to DMC CERT
and SKYWARN. We will miss you as a
leader, but look forward to working with
you as a team member. Thanks for all
you have done!! You will be missed!!Thank You –
Gina Hardin
To a person who sometimes gets overlooked
in the wave of events, we would like to take
this opportunity to thank our leader Gina
Hardin! She works an exhausting schedule to
keep EMA, CERT and Skywarn on track, and
to make us feel like valued members of the
teams! We want you to know how much you
are appreciated by all of us!Thank You –
Donations for Event and Raffle Items
We would like to give a special thanks to Chaz Meyer and Steven Stoll for donating the
use of Regal On The Hill Event Center for our Banquet. We would also like to thank the
following individuals and businesses who donated items for our event.
34 Raceways
4 Seasons nails
Applebee’s Shaun Ryan
Arby’s Mary Bachtell
Burlington Bees Connie Todd
Jimmy Johns Tammy King
Papa Johns Janet Charbonneau
Pzazz – Fun City
Salon Central
Spirit Hollow Golf course
Subway
TrailwaysThank You All For Everything You Do!!
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