Thousand Oaks January Emergency Preparedness Update

Added by Carol Miller on January 8, 2019.
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Tags: City of Thousand Oaks, Emergency Preparedness

Welcome to your go-to guide on Emergency Information

Volume 09 | January 2019

TIME TO SIGN UP!

Classes fill up quickly for emergency training.

Classes begin April 3rd, 2019.

To learn more visit www.toaks.org/emergency

and click on ‘CERT’

New CERT Graduates Page on Facebook.

There is a new Ventura County CERT Graduates Facebook page!

This is an excellent resource for CERT classes, refresher training, and general collaboration.

Click here or search for ‘Ventura County CERT Graduates’ on Facebook.

CERT Graduates Honored at our City Council Meeting.

Spring and Fall 2018 CERT Graduates were honored by our City Council Members at the December 18th City Council Meeting. Ventura County Fire Department Division Chief John Spykerman, Ventura County Fire Department Fire Captain and CERT Coordinator Andrew Gudaz, Thousand Oaks Police Chief Tim Hagel and City of Thousand Oaks Special Projects Manager Grahame Watts also spoke on behalf of the CERT Graduates. The Ventura County CERT Program continues to grow with over 2,500 residents who have graduated countywide, including, almost 500 Thousand Oaks residents.

Sign Up For Winter Weather Warnings.

The National Weather Service (NWS) provides alerts and warning information to the public.

Be prepared by:

· Staying informed.

· Signing up for weather alerts athttps://www.weather.gov/subscribe/

· Having emergency supplies at home.

· Having emergency supplies in your vehicle.

· Protecting your property from rain and debris flow by getting pre-filled sandbags available at the City’s Municipal Service Center located at 1993 Rancho Conejo Blvd. (Visitor’s Parking Lot).

· Residents can also fill their own sandbags at any Ventura County Fire Station during public operating hours.

The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation is Strengthening Disaster Response in America.

Founded in 1996, this non-profit organization rescues and recruits dogs and partners them with firefighters and first-responders to find people in the wreckage of disasters.

Their National Training Center is based locally in Santa Paula. Unfortunately, the Thomas Fire burned several parts of their campus, but, the reconstruction of their Search City is almost complete.

In 2018, SDF-Trained Search Teams were activated to standby in Santa Barbara for mudslide pre-staging and were also deployed to help in the aftermath of the Camp Fire in Northern California.

For more information visit:www.searchdogfoundation.org

Have a Service Request?

Have you ever wanted to quickly report an issue – like a pothole or landscape problem – but didn’t know which phone number or email to use? That’s why the City created ConnecTO. Residents can submit a request by clicking here or using the Service Request button.

Visit our web page for more information or to download the Apple or Android link.