Fellow CERTS: May finds us as busy as ever, wrapping up CERT Basic 18-03, and in full swing for planning for CERTCON 2018. CERTCON began here in Montgomery County in 2011 when we decided it would be good to find a way to meet and train with other CERTS in […]
On Thursday, April 5 between 10 and 11 a.m., 20 Washington metropolitan-area jurisdictions, which include all of Montgomery County, will simultaneously issue a test message to the public through the national Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system. This will be the first live regional test using WEA’s geo-target capabilities and is […]
This month it seems appropriate that we CERTs reflect for a moment on how Dr. King’s message applies to our work today. Our CERT foundational principle when we teach triage is “The greatest good for the greatest number”. It seems to me that this philosophy applies to more that just triage: […]
