Comments on: California To Launch New Citizen Disaster Corps; Gov. Schwarzenegger Tweets Colorful 7P’s Preparedness Philosophy

By: Ron Boron

Ron Boron — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:22:34 +0000

We already have an agency in Michigan called the Michigan Volunteer Registry where trained CERT,VIPS,MRC and other Citizen Corp volunteers have signed up to be mobilized and deployed to any part of the State as needed or when disaster strikes. All have been cleared through the Michigan State Police (MSP) and trained in their own specialties and basic CERT training (20hrs)

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:08:18 +0000

In response to Sanitizer, if we had enough professionals to handle the disasters,we would not need volunteers at all. But, we can not afford to have enough professionals standing by waiting, a cadre of trained volunteers works. I would interested to see more about the program. Is it “super-CERT?”

By: Mind Your Pees

Mind Your Pees — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:07:48 +0000

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By: Claire B. Rubin

Claire B. Rubin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:15:22 +0000

We have a lot of smart, professional people in our locality and I am confident that they would do a great job as a volunteer cadre. I thing the CA concept is a good one; I would like to see it happen in my community.

By: sanitizer

sanitizer — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:18:22 +0000

‘a squad of 1,000 elite, well-trained volunteers who can can be deployed to disaster sites as soon as they are needed’…
IMHE if you want elite it’s better to have professionals rather than volunteers; it’s why we have professional policemen, armed services, etc. the main exception is politicians and I don’t know anybody of right mind to ever refer to this sub-species as ‘elite’.