Comments on: CERT Helps Residents Return To Building After Crane Accident — & A Couple More Citizen Preparedness Thoughts

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First Anniversary Of Fatal Manhattan Apartment Crane Accident — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:48:39 +0000

[...] Though our role was an ancillary one — mostly helping to lighten the load on the uniformed responders and the Red Cross — neighborhood residents were thankful to have our assistance and happy to see their fellow New Yorkers pitching in. Little did we expect that there would be another major crane collapse just a few weeks later only 40 blocks north. [...]

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[...] of kits. (This neighborhood is also particularly sensitive to emergency preparedness issues since there have been two fatal construction crane collapses within the [...]

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Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:02:47 +0000

[...] someone who works regularly with the Red Cross here in New York CityÂ as part of my CERT responsibil…, it is terrific to see the organization — both nationally and inÂ local chapters like [...]

By: admin

admin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:44:23 +0000

Fair point, Harry. I think it should come from OEM or the Red Cross. But we can hand out pamphlets as you suggest. Ironically, one of my fellow CERTs made that exact suggestion last week. We need to carry some of that info in our CERT bags.
-John

By: Harry R. Burger

Harry R. Burger — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:39:20 +0000

Rather than rely on CERT members to properly and tactfully educate people 1 on 1 at the scene of the problem (and that people retain that information in memory), how about you put together pamphlets (I know FEMA and the Red Cross publish a bunch) and after you help someone, you leave them one of these and just explain that it contains advice on how to prepare for future emergencies. If they want to know more, there are always URLs on them these days. Usually there is also room for you to put your organization’s sticker on the back, if you want them to be able to find your CERT representative.

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