Melva Gifford

This is a continuation of the review chapter of the CERT class. This is a quiz from the book. I don’t know which of my answers are correct.  I’ll have to review the previous chapters to review my answers but until then… here to testing my knowledge.

Following an earthquake, you and your fellow CERT members mobilize and meet at a disaster scene, where fire or law enforcement officials have already arrived. Before taking action, you work with the professional responders to get organized.

1. What is the name of the system used by emergency response agencies to manage emergency responses?

ICS, incident command systems.

2. In the CERT command structure, how is the CERT leader extrapolation?

By being the first person to arrive on the scene.

You are the CERT incident commander/team leader and therefore responsible for directing team activities. It established a command post for your CERT.

3. What should you do if you have to leave command post for whatever reason?

You delegate CERT incident commander/team leader status to someone else in the command post.

4. CERT members should always be assigned to teams of at least how many people

Two.

5. A woman comes up to his disaster scene that you have determined is unsafe to enter. What should you do?

What her that the situation is unsafe.

6. To whom should you give documentation?

The first professional responders on the scene.

7. Which of the following forms contained essential information for tracking the overall situation?

Incidents/assignment tracking log.

If you know the answers to the above that I have missed you are most welcome to give the correct answers in the comment section of this blog.

Here are my notes for this week’s addiction class. Any inaccuracies in my notes are the fault of the note taker.

• When you write something down have a better chance of achieving that goal.
• This class gives us the opportunity of self-reflection, learn how to rely upon the Savior, acknowledge the streets and weaknesses. Too often we ignore our strengths.
• We need to see other negatives but we also need to see our positives we are often better than we think we are.
• Some people feel that they are distasteful because of their imperfections.
• When you trust yourself to be accountable it can be of release.
• If you don’t involve someone you only source of knowledge will be safe. He wants to cut you down.
• One class member reminds us that Christ is gentle.
• Prices come to save the world.
• If there are any actions that could prevent you from going to the temple you need to make it right with the proper authority and with God. It’s
• Each meeting you can share what you learn. You do not share with anyone else what occurred inside the class is a place of confidentiality and anonymity.
• Often when we feel shame we can isolate ourselves. That sense of isolation can prevent you from going to others for help.
• We only as sick as our secrets.
• The Holy Ghost can tell you what to share not share.
• You will open to a specific component.
• The meeting emphasizes how the Savior has helped you and encourages others to rely upon the Savior.
• When we feel vulnerable and afraid we may be tempted not to come back.
• The meetings are not to point out members failures but to provide support and.
• The apostle, Paul, understood weaknesses as he worked on his weaknesses, phone on his side, throughout his life.
• Infirmities cause us to turn to our heavenly father.
• The meetings provide a chance for us to allow Christ atonement to release us from our character defects.

Do you have something to add? Please do so in the comment section of this blog.

This article is an excellent example of listening:

http://www.glennbeck.com/2016/11/10/what-a-gay-muslim-pakistani-american-immigrant-learned-traveling-to-rural-alaska-the-week-before-the-election/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20161110GBDaily_B&utm_term=Glenn+Beck

This is an example I need to follow.

Good: bullion

Bad: bouillion

You warm up bullion in a pot of cup. The U looks like that. No O.

Do you have a better idea to remember the spelling? Please feel free to share this in the comment section of this blog.

I attended a mock Cert disaster two weeks ago at the Provo city building yesterday.

In one short sentence: It was stressful.

We had two scenarios yesterday. Cert personnel had to rescue and triose people. There was screaming, people running around, alarms blaring. A mother wanted someone to bring restore her dead baby back to life. There were also confused people, blood, gore, injury. (All pretend thank goodness)

Mocks like this are useful because we can test our knowledge see how we handle ourselves under a stressful situation for practice. Even though I took the class six months ago I have already forgotten a lot.

How would you respond to the following?

• – A front window in block 500 E. explodes and glass shrapnel impels into a mother’s arm. Should that shard be removed or if not? How is the arm bandaged before being taken to the hospital?
• – After an earthquake, volunteers are searching the Cosco building. Part of the building has crumbled but part of it is still intact. Would volunteers still search the building? If so, what safety procedures and precautions should be followed by those searching the building?
• – At 1010 S. a bad event has happened and two children are experiencing severe shock. What can be done to care for them and how could someone die from shock?
• – At 400 e. Melva is trapped under a freezer and I can’t move. Searchers find me and they can’t lift the freezer. (All my fudge sickles are inside). How does one do cribbing to remove the weight from my lower body and thus rescue me?
• – At 1070 S Someone had their leg amputated because of an explosion. Roads are clogged with debris so professional help will take some time to arrive. How do we tend to the leg?
• – In the apartments of building B, there is a fire….
• – Wait! That really happened.
• – What would we do, if rescue was not quick in coming? The fire was put out. Do you know who needs to be rescued from what apartments? How would you get them down the stairs?
• – How about this, during a bad storm multiple homes are flooded.
• – Wait! That really happened too.
• – These are just a few things to think about.
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Now we can see the value of block captains to each of your neighborhoods

I hope this object lesson can be of use to church ministries, Sunday schools, family devotionals or family home evenings.

I heard an interesting quote today at church/conference. I see it as a variant of the quote that “church is for the sinners”. A lot of times we as people become comfortable with our lives and might even feel that would doing good simply by going to church. But if we are attendant to the sermons and teaching shared at church and if we try to apply them in our lives we will have plenty of opportunity to still recognize our shortcomings.

One way I see that many people use to apply the Scriptures to him or herself is that he or she will put their name directly into the Scriptures. So when one of the apostles is speaking to the saints as in Chronicles or Christ is speaking to a center or an apostle teaches on the principle we have the Scriptures show us is essential recipient of this. By putting our names into the Scriptures we can better envision the sermons and Scriptures talking specifically to us and encouraging us to be more self-reflective and thus we can be encouraged to improve.

Objects for this lesson:

Place clean dishcloth on a flat surface and talk about how smooth it is. Next place some sugar or other seasoning underneath the cloth. Place the cloth back on top and rub against it and you can begin to notice the small imperfections beneath. It is not too bad so we become comfortable with the slight irregularities of the cloth and continue to live our lives like normal.

Now lift the cloth and put raw oats underneath it. Cover up the debris and rub against the increasing lumpy material. It is still not too bad, so, we continue to live our lives as we normally do.

You continue to deposit bigger and bigger items underneath the cloth until finally, the cloth is so lumpy the contents beneath it that we begin to realize that the shortcomings we need to be addressed.

Church can help us recognize those lumps.

If you have other ways you can use these object lessons please feel free to do so thanks.

Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCfaYlRyTGA

Clinton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LYRUOd_QoM

Good: straddle

Bad:    strattel

How can I remember its Ds instead of Ts. When I straddle a horse, I find it easier to ride if there are stirrups. And the two dds look like stirrups of a saddle.

Do you have a better idea? Please share it in the comment section of this blog.