Citizen Corps Advisory Minutes 06/15/2011
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AUG 19 2011
Collier County
Citizen Corp Committee
June 15,2011
Board of County Commissioners
V oting Members Present:
Walter Jaskiewicz, Coast Guard Auxiliary
Russ Rainey, C.E.R.T.
Lt. Mike Jones, CC Sheriffs Office
Jim von Rinteln, Amer Red Cross
Steven Smith, R.S.V.P.
Chris Nind, Salvation Army
Dr. Joseph Neiween, MRC
Reg Buxton, Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Sanford, CC Fire Chiefs Assoc.
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V oting Members Absent:
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Doug Porter, Naples Civil Air Patrol
Jim Elson, CC Veterans Council
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Judy Scribner, CCEM
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Meeting was called to order at 3 :00 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance recited and roll call taken.
Approval of Minutes
Motion to approve the minutes of April 20, 2011 meeting. Approved unanimously.
Threat Update
Per Lt. Jones. The threats would be zone specific with no threat signs at this time. If an
area has a threat, then only that area would be notified. The system is set up by FEMA
with us being South West #4.
New Business
Jim von Rinteln tendered his letter of Resignation to Chairman Rainey who then thanked
Jim for his many dedicated years of service to The Citizen Corp and the Citizens of
Collier County. Jim then introduced the new head of the Lee County and Collier County
Red Cross, Ms. Heidi Ruster who was welcomed by all of the members. She pledged to
continue to work with us as Jim had done in the past.
Jerry Sanford spoke about the tornado that severely damaged large portions of Joplin
Missouri and reached out to the Fire Chief to extend our help to their CERT program.
Hurricane Update
Rick Zyvoloski reports that it is all quiet now with the big storms beginning in August
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with a very hot summer predicted.
Wildfire Update
Division of Forestry must call or invite your agency to fight a fire. Jim vonRinteln said
the Red Cross spent about $2,000.00 to help fight the fire. They will submit the bill to
Forestry. The Governor's Executive Order has declared a State of Emergency. The
Government (US) has not granted Florida a State of Emergency.
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Walt Jaskiewicz reported that Boating Awareness Week was held in May. There'was a" -.
holdup with the Auxiliary helping people with Walt setting up an ASC (Area Sector \.
Coordinator) with orders coming out of St. Petersburg. If we need something in Collier
County, Walt can get a quick response from St. Pete as the region has been set up in 7
sections. National Conference - A class to be set up so that the Auxiliary can participate
and will be seeking funds to teach ICS training.
NASBLA - Proper boat Operations and training for Fire Departments and Coast Guard
with FEMA recognition. It is a 5 day, 40 hour course at $2,000.00 per student. The
course was presented to FD, PD & Air Force Personnel at McDill Air Force Base in
Tampa. The Auxiliary had a hard time getting young people involved with the Auxiliary
and plan on setting up training for them.
Jerry Sanford reported on the progress of the Freedom Memorial.
Salvation Army. Chris Nind reported some counties have a 211 system up and running. A
land line will be established soon with enough money raised to keep it running for 2
years. The system based in Miami does not contain any Collier County information at
this time. Charlotte County is up and running. Training is needed to operate the 211
system. It would be very expensive to run in Collier County. Mary George is person in
charge.
MRC - Dr. Neiween reported that there are no infectious diseases now in Collier County.
The mosquito season has begun with the risk of infection on the rise. Protect yourself and
use repellant. The Health Department is concerned with heat related illnesses. Limit your
activity during the day. Keep well hydrated. MRC will be hosting Sky Warn Training on
July 15th with two sessions. Basic 10:00 a.m. to noon and advanced from 1:00 p.m. to
3 :00 p.m.
Red Cross - Ms. Heidi Ruster introduced herself to the group and said that 33 Red Cross
people had been deployed to Mississippi and Alabama. Manatee and Charlotte County's
are going to merge. Russ Rainey asked about training other Collier County employees in
shelter management and more support from CERT members. People are asked to work
with both the County and the Red Cross at shelters. The Red Cross is still the gold
standard for training. There is still a background check for Red Cross volunteers. The
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Red Cross will still manage some shelters after the storm passes through. If the volunteer
has not had a background check, it will normally take a week.
RSVP - Steve Smith reported that they can partner with the ARC and has a new MOU
that will go before the Collier County Board of Commissioners on June 28th. They are
going to New Orleans to the RSVP Conference with a bus tour of the 9th ward. RSVP has
had a 20% budget reduction and is struggling to survive with 600 members in their
database. There are 300 in resident now.
Jim vonRinteln's final thoughts - He expressed his thanks to all upon his leaving us and
will keep in touch.
CERT - Russ Rainey reported that he attended the North Naples CERT alumni meeting
where Jim Farrell, WINK Weatherman, spoke about Hurricane preparation. He then
invited Jim to speak at Fiddler's Creek
CERT group on July 6th at 2:00 p.m. Marco Island is having another CERT class for City
Employees. So far, three classes have been presented with 100 employees taking the
training.
Next Meeting/ Adiourned
Next meting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 16,2011 at 3:00 p.m. at the EOC.
Meeting was adjourned at 3 :50 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Jerry Sanford for approval.
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