Ocean View Volunteer In Police Service Makes the News!

Congratulations Ocean View on making the news! Check out the story below:

http://www.dailytimesonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080210/NEWS01/802100318/1002

Sussex County CERT/SKYWARN Training

Sussex County Citizen Corps will be having a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)/Skywarn Training day on April 12, 2008.

The day will be full of informative activities and open only to those people that have already taken the basic CERT training. Class size will be limited to 35 people due to space limitations at the training facility. Since the training day is sponsored by the county, registration will be limited to residents of Sussex County.

Please see this flyer for addiitional information.

New Castle County Citizen Corps is conducting a CERT training session on February 29, and March 1 at the Mill Creek Fire Company. Please see our calendar for details.

Tom Moran Visits Delaware Citizen Corps Council Meeting

Tom Moran of the All-Hazards Consortium visited DEMA to present the All-Hazards Award to the entire Delaware Citizen Corps Council on January 16th 2008. Bob George Citizen Corps Program Manager and Marny McLee Citizen Corps Training & Outreach Coordinator accepted the award on behalf of the council.

New Disabilities Links

“In keeping with our “All Hazards - All Citizens" approach to preparedness, Citizen Corps is working with the Independent Resource Centers to bring our message on preparedness. Please visit our Disabilities Link which contains many web sites for Disabilities and Emergency Preparedness. These sites are provided by the National Organization on Disability (NOD)”.

http://www.delawarecitizencorps.org/links2

Delaware Citizen Corps Featured in the News

Delaware Citizen Corps was featured in two newspaper articles already in 2008. Check them out below!

Delaware News Journal

Delaware Cape Gazette

American Legion CERT Train-the-Trainer

On December 15, Bob George Citizen Corps/CERT Program Manager, Marny McLee Citizen Corps/CERT Training & Outreach Coordinator and Dave Young Lead CERT Instructor taught a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Train-the-Trainer Class to the American Legion. The class was taught at the Walter Fox American Legion Post #2 in Dover to eleven Legion CERT Team members who took the CERT class in Oct. The team will be the POC's for training at their respective Legions and will come together to teach CERT to members throughout the many American Legion Post all over the state and in the communities.

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New Fire Corps Program!

For those of you interested in serving the Minquadale Fire Company Fire Corps, please contact Teresa:

Minquadale Fire Company
129 E. Hazeldel Ave
New Castle, DE 19720

Teresa Fredricks
302 652-0986
teresa1290@gmail.com