Del Monte Beach Neighborhood CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) will be hosting an “Open Container” for the residents our neighborhood this Saturday, June 6th from 8:45 AM to 10:00 AM at the Tot Lot on Spray Avenue. Come meet the volunteers in our neighborhood that are trained to respond in times of crisis. This is also a great time to see our well-stocked emergency response container with all of the recent upgrades.

Our team has been working with the City of Monterey, CERV (Community Emergency Response Volunteers) a 501c3 based out of our neighborhood and with NIP (Neighborhood Improvement Project) funding to get our container ready for any disaster. This year a solar panel was installed with batteries, inverters and charging stations. We also have a base radio with an antennae that can reach Downtown Monterey, Pacific Grove and can communicate with the Coast Guard, Fire and Police.

With the help of our neighbors and community members we can assist each other during the smallest incident or the largest catastrophe. I encourage you to stop by, visit and learn more about this asset to our neighborhood.

If you cannot make it this weekend and are interested in learning more about CERT please visit their website at http://montereycert.org/

If you’d like to make a donation to our neighborhood container please do so at http://cerv501c3.org/ Scroll to the bottom and click “Donate.” Funds can be earmarked for items that we still don’t have in our container.

Hope to see you Saturday!
———————————————————————————————————————————

Monterey CERT has confirmed dates for the next CERT training for new students. This will be our weekend series, taught over two consecutive weekends. Classes are held at the Emergency Operations Center, next to the Fire Station on Pacific St, Downtown Monterey.

Class dates will be:
Saturday September 19th 0830 to 1630 hrs.
Saturday September 26th 0830 to 1630 hrs.
Sunday September 27th 0830 to 1630 hrs.

Persons wishing to enroll may send an email to: [email protected]. Please include the following information:
Full name
Physical and mailing address
e-mail address most commonly used
Cell and home phone numbers

Registering students will receive an e-mail confirmation. Persons without e-mail may leave a phone message at: (831) 646-3416.