An Earthquake During a Pandemic? Oh No!
What if an earthquake occurred during a pandemic? The Bay Area Earthquake Country Alliance offered...
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Author: Martinez CERT
Wildfire Community Preparedness Day, May 2, 2020
As a Firewise community, we’re putting safety first on the first Saturday in May. We invite you to participate in our Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on Saturday, May 2, 2020. You can help your neighborhood create a sense of community by working together on a project that can make a real difference.
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Martinez CERT Annual Report – 2019
We had a great year in 2019, as reported by our Director Brian Lindblom to the City of Martinez and our Police Department.
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Your Covid-19 File of Life Form
Few of us have a handy information sheet that would help the first responders in case we need emergency assistance during our social distancing. File of Life created a Covid-specific two-page information sheet. Download and fill it out with YOUR information to help with fast and accurate response—as well as helping with first responder safety.
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California’s Roadmap to Modify the Stay-at-Home Order
The California Governor’s office has released a Roadmap of actions and outcomes affecting our future sheltering activities. It’s a short, easy-to-read document that focuses on actions that will be aligned to achieve four goals.
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Remembering Barbara
We are sad to have lost our friend and CERT volunteer Barbara earlier this year, on 21 January 2020. Her passing was unexpected, and thankfully peaceful.
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Using Zoom? The FBI has a few safety tips.
We’ve heard the stories of friends being “Zoom-bombed” (attacks via the Zoom platform) and other security concerns. Given the meteoric rise of Zoom’s use from an obscure app to the star of Covid-19 communications, these concerns rose to a higher level of interest at the FBI. The Boston Field Office offered recommendations to mitigate teleconference hijacking threats.
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You’re Not Alone
Scott Berinato of Harvard Business Review interviewed Scott Kessler for an article entitled That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief. We’re all in this sheltering together. It’s stressful in mysterious and uncertain ways. This article will help make a bit of sense of our current situation.
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