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Special Training Event on Saturday,July 20, 2009, 9:00am-12:00pm:

Announcing a special training module for Current MERRAG members and CERT graduates

RSVP REQUIRED, AS SPACE IS LIMITED

Carpinteria CERT Graduates RSVP to 684-5405 ext 401

Santa Barbara CERT Graduates RSVP to 564-5703

Current MERRAG Members RSVP to 969-2537

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Hosted by Carpinteria CERT  

WHEN:JUNE 20, 2009 - 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

WHERE:  GIRL’S INC , 5315 FOOTLHILL RD, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013

CERT Special Module:

Evacuation Preparedness and Wildland Fires in the Urban Interface

IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL LEARN:

• Evacuation Preparedness and how to prepare homes for wildland fire
• California’s wildland fire problem in the Urban Interface
• The factors that influence fire behavior
• Relationships between fire, fuels and structure survivability
• Team Organization and Management Disaster Exercise

Board Meeting - Open to all members

MERRAG!  (pronounced Mirage) is a network of trained volunteers who work and live in the Montecito area. Members are prepared to respond to a community disaster during the critical first 72 hours following an event. Since 1987, the mutual “self-help” organization has been serving Montecito’s 13,000 residents with the guidance and support of the Montecito Fire, Water and Sanitary Districts. 

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