A Beginning, Not an End

Yesterday was the culmination and award ceremonies for National Consciousness Month. It was a true honor to be part of the festivities.

During this past month, we had the opportunity to participate and evaluate the following tabletops, exercises, and drills. In addition, taught several classes and train-the-trainer sessions.

• Central 911/Davao City Disaster Coordinating Council (DCDCC) Corporate Service Corps (CSC) Kickoff Meeting
• DCDCC/City Fire and Bomb Drill Tabletop Exercise - Final Planning Meeting
• RDCC Samal Island Water Rescue Exercise Tabletop Exercise - Final Planning Meeting
• DCDCC/City Fire IOC Fire Drill - Evaluator
• DCDCC/City Fire DTI Bomb Drill - Evaluator
• High School Earthquake Exercise, Evaluator
• Inter-Barangay First Aid Competition
• G402 Executive ICS and International Best Practices Training Session - DCDCC Executive Committee - Instructor
• Barangay Leaders Incident Command System (ICS) Train-the-trainer and International Best Practices Training Session - Instructor

These are just some of the many events that took place as part of National Consciousness Month.

Congratulations to all those that received awards.

2008 Fairfax County Volunteer Service Awards

110 Volunteers from the Fairfax County Citizen Corps Council

and Member Organizations (including CERT, VIPS, APOs)

are Fairfax County Volunteer Benchmark Awards Winners

http://www.volunteerfairfax.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=434

They will be recognized at a breakfast at the McLean Hilton

as part of National Volunteers Week, as presented by Volunteer Fairfax.

Congratulations!

And thank you to all of our volunteers!