Fairfax County CERT Takes on DC Metro - And Is Prepared

Members of Fairfax County CERT completed WMATA training and became members of the Metro Citizen Corps.

The program consisted of three modules:

Module I – Program Orientation / Terrorist Activity Recognition and Reaction Training

Module II – Passenger Train Familiarization at the Metro rail yard

Module III – MetroRail Familiarization / Tunnel Walk (Actually entering the MetroRail tunnel system during operating hours)

Thank you to the Metro Transit Police Department and Department of Emergency Management for conducting this training.

Additional photos can be found at (including a train running by us just a few feet away):http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=80706&id=746279659&l=4835874bea

(Originally Posted By Andrew Levy on http://fairfaxcountycert.blogspot.com/)

The photo above also includes some of our instructors from WMATA Police/Emergency Management that also responded to the Metro incident on June 22. Our thoughts go out to the families and the response of all the rescuers.

This was an excellent program that really prepared us to react in the event of an emergency.

For additional information, please contact neighborshelpingneighbors@live.com

Update on C-130 Military Aircraft

This summer, Neighbors Helping Neighbors featured some of the emergency and disaster response programs we worked with in Davao City in the Mindanao region of the Philippines.

The front page of the Sun Star newspaper provides an update on the C-130 crash that we have been featuring the response activities on this website.

In Shock That They Would Need To Use ICS, At Least So Soon

As readers of the Neighbors Helping Neighbors blog know, we spent the majority of the summer working with emergency response personnel in Davao City, Philippines.

Less than one week after returning home, a major incident occurred in the region, which impacted the majority of the organizations we worked with.

The complete article, including quotes from some of the people and organizations we trained, can be found at:

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2008/08/27/c.130.plane.debris.body.parts.found.html

Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone.