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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL AC710N Date: 2f'131C16 Item No.: �p, Department ApprovaL Manager Approrral: Agenda Section: i� �� Consent • _�—_ , , „.,.,_...._------ Item Description: Approvaf for the aciopiion of a Community Emergency Response Team {CER'T)---�-a vol�nteer component of' the City's emergency response plan BACKGROUND Community Emergency Response �'eams (CERT} are cornmunity based valunteer organizations, designed to he[p prepare for effective disaster response thrpugh training ancf planning. C�RT teams are organized and trained in accordance with standard operatir�g procedures developed by the City's emergency management team as a charter federal partner of the Na�ianaf Citizen Corps Council. The C�RT program can pra�ide an effective first res�onse capability direetly in the neig�rborhoods where team members li�e. Acting as indi�iduals firs#, then later as members af teams, trained CERT volunteers respond to emergency events impacting their neig�borhood. CERT team members are also trained volunteer groups that may be utilized as a �olunteer work farce to service argan€zations, emergency sf�elter suppo�t, crawd cantrol and evacuation events. The initial CERT team wil] consist af twenty members. Beginning in March 2006, CERT team members will be recruited frarr� il�e current Neighborhood Watch graup list. Media caverage and IocaE r�ews articles are planr�ed that wifl promote Rosevilfe's CER7 program. PROP05ED ACT�Ol� if approved by the Ciry Council, volunteer CERT team members will attend nine, three E�our training sessions, focusing on a varieiy of emergency response topics to include: disaster preparedness, fire safety, disaster medical operations, light search and rescue, CERT organization, disaster psychology, ar�d terrorism. The CERT course culminates with an actual live exercise in which tearrt members demanstrate newly acquired CERT skills. The CERT caurse is taught by volunteer trainers from the City's pofice and fire departments. Ongoing trainir�g of the CERT teams wif! be performed in conjunction with the currenf volur�teer Police Reserve Unit. �'INANCIAL [MPLICATIONS The costs are as fol[ow: Priniinglpubfishing training manuals Associated training supplies {consumables) Classroom refreshments CERT backpackslsupplies (20 pacics at $751ea) TOTAL $20p $200 $100 9 50Q $2,000 The City has received a gran# of $740 from Marshall Fields for the CERT program. The palice departrr�ent has alsa applied for a grant from the Roseville Community Fund for $1,800. We expec� ta receive a f espnr�se ta that grani request in March 2006.