On November 16, 2019, from 09:00 – 12:00, Martinez CERT will be part of a county-wide exercise to test our radio communication links all the way from local CERT teams to the CoCo County Emergency Operations Center. This exercise will give all of us an opportunity to practice how we would organize in a major event and how well we can communicate up and down the chain. If you would like to participate, please contact one of the coordinators listed in this post.

Photo credit: Catherine Owen

An important thing about disasters is that most aren’t scheduled. Many are serious enough to change our life priorities in some way. Most people don’t think a disaster will happen to them. Denial is a powerful thing.