Fire Service Day, May 11, 2024
It’s Fire Service Day, a special occasion where we open our doors to the community to showcase what we do best – serving you! Come on down to your neighborhood Fire Station for a day packed with excitement, education, and free family fun!
This year’s theme is “”Celebrating Community Resilience”, shining a spotlight on you the community members “Celebrate our City’s Resilience.”
During our Open Firehouse event, you’ll have the chance to take a tour of your local Fire Station, learn valuable fire safety tips, and even snag a free smoke alarm for your home (while supplies last). Plus, we’ll be crowning some exceptional community members as “Honorary Fire Chiefs” for their outstanding support of the […]
15th Annual Grateful Hearts/2nd Annual Disaster Preparedness Fair
Calling all CERT Trained and Family members! Come and join us to view CERT Activation and enjoy the 15th Annual Grateful Hearts/2nd Annual Disaster Preparedness Fair at Warner Center Park on April 6, 2024. Feel free to bring friends and family to the Fundraiser Grateful Hearts/Disaster Preparedness Fair event. However, please note that only CERT members are allowed at the refresher portions. A viewing area will be available outside of the “drill” area. READ THE ARTICLE AND DOWNLOAD THE FLYER
Welcome new CERT Commander, Captain Hurtado
We welcome Captain Frank Hurtado as our new Los Angeles CERT Commander! Captain Hurtado, with 27 years of dedicated service to the Los Angeles City Fire Department, brings a wealth of experience, knowledge, and training to our team. READ THE ARTICLE
Farewell and Appreciation, Captain Dustin Gates
Captain Gates was promoted to Captain II several months back. He was assigned to the CERT Command for only 1.5 years, however he shall always be a legacy. As you embark on the next chapter of your remarkable career, we would like express sincere appreciation for your dedicated service with the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) CERT Unit!!! READ THE ARTICLE
CERT Valley Bureau Go-Bag Meeting January 2024
We had a fantastic turn-out for our annual meeting to review Go Bags, Home Kits, Pet Kits, etc. At the meeting, we discussed what we need in our Go Bags for home, car and work. We reviewed ideas from SOS and our fellow community members and were reminded to replace expired items in our kits and batteries in our smoke detectors.
Here were some other review topics:
- Do you have enough water bottles or containers on hand?
- Do you have several weeks’ groceries at home?
- Have you checked your First Aid kits for expired products?
- Do you have an extra supply of medicines available?
- Are your important documents in a sealed plastic bag & accessible?
- Do you have a stash of cash, especially small-denominated bills?
- Is your Go bag/Bug-out bag, etc., easily reached if you need to evacuate?
Jeff Edelstein of SOS Products led us through different types of kits and shared his knowledge […]
CERT Refresher, 10/7/23
Sign up for the CERT Refresher to be held on Oct. 7, 2023 at Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center, 1700 Stadium Way, LA, CA 90012. 6:45am to 3pm.
Click to sign up, or scan the QR code on the flyer.
