Community Emergency Response Team Training January 21st

[Gwendolyn Hallsmith]

Hello and Happy New Year!

If you are interested in participating in a training offered by our Local Emergency Response Committee (LEPC) on being part of a community emergency response team, there is a training coming up on Saturday, January 21st, beginning at 8 am at the Barre Auditorium.  It's a free training, and lunch will be provided - I understand it will be pizza.

The invitation is attached.  It's important to RSVP to Julie Benedict (contact information below) as soon as possible, so she knows how much pizza to order (and, presumably, if you're allergic to anchovies).  

Topics to be covered include disaster preparedness, traffic control, disaster medical operations, fire safety, triage and treating life threatening injuries.  

Emergency preparedness was the main reason the city has organized the Capital Area Neighborhoods groups (CAN) and the Montpelier Alerts listserv.  We need CAN leaders in a few neighborhoods, and we need you if you are part of a smaller neighborhood association in your area.  So please let us know if you're interested in participating in CAN.  CAN meetings are the first Wednesday of each month at 5:30 in the Police Community Room.  To see a map of the CAN neighborhoods, click here:  http://www.montpelier-vt.org/page/365/.html. 

If you would like to be on the Montpelier Alerts list, and get e-mail messages or texts in the event of an emergency event in Montpelier, you can subscribe by clicking on this link:  http://www.montpelier-vt.org/page/381/Join-Montpelier-Alerts.html?id=2cYwvGSF and filling out the information there, or by sending an e-mail message to montpeli...@googlegroups.com (for text messages, please go to the link above).

Hope to see you there!

Cheers, Gwen.

Julie Benedict, BS

Vermont Department of Health

Public Health Specialist-Emergency Preparedness

Barre and Morrisville District Offices

VERV Administrator

L.E.P.C. #5 Chair

            802.431.5701      

NOTE NEW e-mail address:  julie.b...@state.vt.us

www.verv.vermont.gov

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Gwendolyn Hallsmith

gwe...@gmail.com

work address:

Director, Department of Planning and Community Development
City Hall
39 Main Street
Montpelier, VT  05602
ghall...@montpelier-vt.org
802-223-9506