ADAPT Meeting Dates and Drills

Next ADAPT Community Meeting Date:  February 3, 2018

• All community meetings are held the first Saturday of every month at 9am but there are some exceptions. We meet at the Atherton Town Council Chambers across from the Atherton Town Hall - Police Department - 83 Ashfield. Meetings include planning for upcoming events followed by hands on emergency training and education

Upcoming Drills: more information to follow

• March 10th - East Palo Alto Community Emergency Drill   menlofirecert.com  or info@mpccm.org
  • The Menlo Park Fire Protection District offers yearly Community Crisis Management classes and Community Emergency Drills in Atherton, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto.  Please join us for the 2nd Annual East Palo Alto Community Emergency Drill on March 10, 2018 at the Faith Missionary Baptist Church and surrounding area.  The drill begins at 8:00 AM with check-in and concludes at 1 PM.  Bring you CERT gear and equipment.
  • As an individual who is concerned about neighborhood and community disaster preparedness, this drill gives you the opportunity to practice your knowledge and skills in a live and simulated community-wide emergency event within a multi-block neighborhood setting.
  • Participants will assembly and be briefed about the scope of the major disaster, organized to respond and carry out numerous emergency missions including assessment, communications, reconnaissance, triage, medical transport and treatment, light search and rescue, traffic and crowd control, fire suppression and a number of unexpected, challenging emergency scenarios.
  • We welcome individuals (at whatever level of disaster response skills you possess), church groups, Boy and Girl Scouts, Explorers, other CERT groups, community organizations, schools, businesses and corporations to take part.  This is an excellent opportunity to meet other citizen first responders, like yourself, and to work together to solve disaster scenario situations.​
• June 23rd - Menlo Park Community Emergency Drill - more information to follow
• Sept 8th - Atherton Community Emergency Drill - more information to follow

COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TRAINING (CERT):

• Covers a wide range of basic emergency skills and disaster preparations conducted by experienced Menlo Park Fire instructors.  Topics include light search and rescue, communications protocol, CPR, fire suppression, light medical response, basic household preparations and neighborhood organization.
• The basic training course consists of  two full weekend days (9-5pm) of instruction and is free to the public and courses are usually conducted at Menlo Fire Department Station # 77 located at 1467 Chilco Avenue in Menlo Park. Ad hoc training is also offered periodically by local and national experts.  ​
• See the Menlo Fire Department CERT website for details: www.menlofirecert.org  or email: mralston@menlofire.org / ph: 650-688-8400

EMERGENCY HAM RADIO TRAINING

• Please contact Jon Mosby of Blackberry REACT (kf6rfq@comcast.net) for training resources and opportunities.
• There is a monthly HAM check in the first Monday of each month at 630pm using 147.555 simplex with a PL tone of 114.8 followed immediately at 440.450 duplex with a PL tone of 107.2.

RED CROSS EARTHQUAKE APP (i-Phone / Android)
http://www.redcross.org/mobile-apps/earthquake-app

F.E.M.A. EMERGENCY APP AND SAFETY TIPS  (i-Phone / Android)
https://www.fema.gov/mobile-app

ICE BLUE BUTTON EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION APPLICATION (EMT/Paramedic Recommended)
http://www.icebluebutton.com/