Drills
We practice twice a year when the clocks change, on Daylights Savings Day, in Autumn and Spring.
We practice response drills to prepare for a neighborhood response after a major shelter-in-place event such as a big earthquake or flood.
Some NRGs ,especially hillside communities, may elect to practice an evacuation drill, but evacuation drills need not be on Daylight Savings Day Drills. Testing communication lines to Central Marin CERT Command Post and with others within your NRG or neighboring NRGs is reserved for these program-wide drill days. If your NRG chooses to practice an evacuation drill on one of the Daylight Savings Days, please make sure you test your communication lines to Central Command CERT as well.
Newer NRGs may shadow other NRGs at other NRG CT locations to see how a neighborhood team response would run.
Other NRGs may practice simple radio tests for its NRG CT, its block captains, contacting neighboring NRG CTs and test communication links to the Central Marin Command Post.
In addition to testing radio communications inside the NRG and to CERT Command and other NRGs, more experienced NRGS may practice how to respond simulated incidents.
CERT teams within NRG can practice self-activation and practice responding to CERT elevated incidents.
Medical teams can practice communications or simulated incidents. Or coordinating access and deployment of medical supplies, accessing medical supply trailers, etc.
Central Marin CERT Command Post participates in the CMNRG radio drills as well from 1 of two locations (Nordstrom Annex Parking Lot or Corte Madera South Parking Lot).
The following guide outlines preparing for your first or next drill with a three-month timeframe.
Some NRGs ,especially hillside communities, may elect to practice an evacuation drill, but evacuation drills need not be on Daylight Savings Day Drills. Testing communication lines to Central Marin CERT Command Post and with others within your NRG or neighboring NRGs is reserved for these program-wide drill days. If your NRG chooses to practice an evacuation drill on one of the Daylight Savings Days, please make sure you test your communication lines to Central Command CERT as well.
Newer NRGs may shadow other NRGs at other NRG CT locations to see how a neighborhood team response would run.
Other NRGs may practice simple radio tests for its NRG CT, its block captains, contacting neighboring NRG CTs and test communication links to the Central Marin Command Post.
In addition to testing radio communications inside the NRG and to CERT Command and other NRGs, more experienced NRGS may practice how to respond simulated incidents.
CERT teams within NRG can practice self-activation and practice responding to CERT elevated incidents.
Medical teams can practice communications or simulated incidents. Or coordinating access and deployment of medical supplies, accessing medical supply trailers, etc.
Central Marin CERT Command Post participates in the CMNRG radio drills as well from 1 of two locations (Nordstrom Annex Parking Lot or Corte Madera South Parking Lot).
The following guide outlines preparing for your first or next drill with a three-month timeframe.
The next program wide drill is Sunday March 8, 2020. A Post-Drill Debrief Meeting will be held soon after the drill to which steering and active NRG CT teams are invited. See the NRG calendar for details.
Drill Guides
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November 4, 2018 Drill Materials
Many of our NRGs participated in a drill on November 4, 2018. For the Shelter-in-Place drill, radio lines of communication within NRGs and to Central Marin CERT Command were tested. Roll calls and scenarios were practiced. Instead of holding a drill, some of the newer NRGS watched more experienced Incident Command operations. Christmas Tree Hill NRG held an evacuation drill that increased awareness of the NRG in the hillside community and increased resident participation. On November 13, 2018 an NRG Leaders Post-Drill Meeting was held to share resources, experiences by a leaders panel on the challenges and organization of Incident Command, as well as Marketing and Recruiting Resident Participation. We broke out into small discussions on: Maps and databases, Radios, Marketing and Recruitment and Incident Command. A resources table showed the contents of a block captain's backpack, medical supplies, utility tools, weather proof, night time items and sample forms.
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