Melva Gifford

These are a continuation of my notes for Cert training on the topic of Cert organization.

Scribes:

• Scribes need to be assigned to everyone.
• Everything needs be documented from ascribe to the incident commander to one of the pairs of search and rescue documenting the search.
• They can ensure that safety is maintained during all tasks
• They ensure more effective medication
• They lessen duplicate efforts
• The document possible reimbursements
• The document possible liability issues
• Provide accurate reports when professionals arrive
• If you do medical treatment May copies of your notes before a deliver them to the person above you. Some people will use their smart phone and take a picture
• You can document how many volunteer hours are provided to sponsoring agency.
• Liability exposure will be documented.
• Communication will be improved between functional areas and between shifts.
• Section she is responsible for providing command post ongoing information about damage assessment, group status and ongoing needs.
• Command post is responsible for documenting is the locations, Access routes, identified hazards, and support locations. Support locations include a staging area, medical treatment in triage area and the more.

Documentation forms: There are eight. The used to pursue a documentation and information flow. Electronic copies check out the site: http://www.cert-la.com/forms/All-Forms-2011.pdf

• Damage assessment: the by CERT members of the travel through the area staging location; provides a summary of overall hazards in selected areas including fires, utility hazards, structural damage, injuries and casualties as well as available access.
• Personnel resource sign in: used to sign in CERT members of their rights the staging location. Tells whose is on-site, when they arrived, where they were assigned and special skills.
• Incident – assignment tracking log: is that a command post for keeping abreast of situation status and tracking the overall situation.
• Briefing assignment: is my command post providing instructions to functional teams. Used by teams to log her actions and report new damage assessment information.
• Victim treatment area record: completed by medical treatment area personnel record victims.
• Communications log: completed by the radio operator; used to log incoming and outgoing transmissions.
• Equipment inventory: used to check out and check in CERT managed equipment
• General message: Used for sending messages between command levels and groups. Messages should be clear and concise and should focus on such key issues as assignment completion, additional resources required, special information and status updates.

Documentation flow: 

• Damage assessment form is completed by CERT members as a travel to the area. This form is given to the CERT IC. It’s a summary of overall hazards in selected areas.
• CERT IC assembles teams and makes assessments based on the damage assessment information. The IC keeps incident assignment tracking log to record activities of functioning teams and situation status.
• Ascribe at the staging location signs in these volunteer using the personal resource finding one and noting a particular skill.
• Briefing assignment form is shared by the command post and the functional team. The front is used to communicate instructions about an incident such as address this type and team’s objectives. Scribe uses the backside to log team activities.
• Victim treatment area record is used to document each person brought into the treatment area and his or her condition. (Immediate, delayed or minor).
• Medications log is used to log incoming outgoing transmissions by radio operator. Equipment inventory is kept in the area or vehicle in which equipment is stored.
• General message is used for same messages between any command levels and groups. Messages must be clear and concise.
• Area maps, site maps and building plans also very useful for tracking response activities.
• Information is recorded even if you don’t have the correct paperwork do you. This is why it’s important for members to have a small notebook in a pen in one’s personal kit.

Incident scenario: we went through what if scenario of an earthquake in the city and reports came in a different problems throughout ranging from flooding, fires, crumbled houses and damaged citizens.

• On a traveling form, maybe put an asterisk by items that need to be prioritized.
• It’s good to have a big map so that you can structure what instances need to be prioritized.
• Trama log: document the location of each patient being treated. Always keep a victim’s belongings posted them. If a patient leaves the triage area document where the going and why in case family members come asking later.
• Ham radio personnel: write down all messages. Send a message and always keep a copy of what has been said. Some people will purchase a carbon copy booklet will have messages.
• A good thing to purchase is universal duct tape and a pocket knife so that you can type messages up. Good sources AutoZone. A light stick is a good for kids and gives them confident night when it’s dark.
• Green tape – reflects a better on a door. It’s a painter’s tape. Keep a sharpie and caution tape. Other resources are hand wipes. And a field guide
• Need local school floor plans is also important to have a good map of the city. Also good to have an area map of your neighborhood

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We have learned wonderful things about people’s lives by what they put into their journals. But I have found that a lot of people put useless information in the journal. I like to give two examples myself. When I was write in my journal lot I would say went to work came home and read a book or did this or that. I put no emotional content or feeling related to those events. When I read a journal entry from my great great grandfather Wilson and he would say walked 12 miles to town such and had dinner with Brother and Sr. so-and-so and that was it. I realize that I and my great great great grandfather missed a wonderful opportunity. By being so sparse in our journal we didn’t take the opportunity to tell our feeling on matters. That can make a journal entry boring.

It would be better to follow the examples of detailed journal entries of some great figures in history. We learn about historical events and thoughts by reading journal entries or letters from our founding fathers such as George Washington, John Adams. From records/journals historical figures and we read about what it was like to debate issues in Philadelphia. We learn history from their life experience and in interacting with that with fellow patriots. Sometimes we learn of other people not from their own journals but from the journal of friends. Those journal entries create to open the window into the type of man Ben Franklin was.

We learned that Ben Franklin was a prankster he loved playing jokes on his friends. There was one particular friend where he was having a doctoral debate on the Scriptures and he says I can prove to you about where a certain theology was in the Bible. they friend said I’ve never read it. Since Ben Franklin was a publisher, he arrange to typeset a fake page of scriptures and had it bound. Ben opened that Bible and showed his the verse that had the doctrine they were discussing, to prove Ben was right. His friend was shocked I have never read that before. He didn’t realize that his friend had created a fake page as a practical joke. What a delightful thing to learn about Ben Franklin was jokester.

Another example is when Ben Franklin acted as the postmaster general for the British post office. One of his responsibilities was to determine how long it took for mail to go from Tavern the Tavern. One day he was right in his horse in a bad storm and he knew that by the time he arrived to the next Tavern he would be soaking wet. He would go to the Tavern and all the wonderful seats close to the fire would be taken. What could he do about it? Then he came up with an idea. He decided to play a joke on the next Tavern. When he arrived there is a boy was assigned to help visitors would take care the horses says he got off the horse Ben Franklin said to the boy get me a bottle of oysters oysters yes a bottle of oysters my horse likes oysters sorrow. The boy was surprised you’d never heard of a horse allied oysters was mother people in the Tavern heard what he said in a sense this case horse likes oysters? They want to see so as Ben Franklin came walking into the Tavern people sorely Tavern to watch this horse eat oysters. Everyone started going toward the front and Ben Franken found a wonderful seat right next to the fire relax and picked up his feet. As the patrons of the Tavern started coming back skies horses doesn’t like oysters.

These are some great examples of the type of fun stories that can go into a journal. But there can be spiritual or live changing events that are documented. The content that stirs the soul in a journal is the meat. Dong this or that is just gravy.

Now that I use the software Dragon Dictate I can now dictate journal entries.

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I listened to an old recording of a LTUE symposium in the 90s. The speaker mentioned about writing on the movie script for Alien so this might be suggests from Ronald Shusett. I may be wrong. I’m not certain if he ever attend LTUE. And I did not label the recording.

• Read a lot of sf/f to avoid duplicate plots and stories.
• You learn how to write by writing.
• Then have anyone you can get to read it and give feedback. And get criticism that can help you improve.
• Writing schools not useful.
• To write a script into a book; you need to get of copy of the books as quickly as possible. Get access to the production picture of the movie and write it.
• Anything can be overcome by perseverance.
• Word processers are great for rewrites because you can more texts around more easily.
• To avoid redoing old plots approach it from a new perspective/angle.
• Write what you love to write.
• Write what you love to read.
• If you like it then someone else might like it.

Not sure if this will work but I’ll give it a try.

Good: endeavors

Bad:    endeavers

We will make numerous attempts to accomplish a goal. Well do this OR well do that thus we make multiple endeavORs.

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This is a very old panel from LTUE. Might be during the 80s or 90s. Much of the information is still relevant. The panelists are several BYU professors. Marian K Smith was the moderator. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

• Teacher can tell students by comments such as the following. I can see what you are trying to do and recommend ‘ author’ who does what they’re trying to do successfully.
• Techer can point out that you may be ampered about knowing enough about the English language
• You’re trying to make me feel about something but you’re using abstract nouns and verbs.
• Teaches may tell students, I think this are the reasons why such and such may not work
• Teacher can prod a student who writes boring material to look into themselves to give them insight.
• There has to a sense of order and logic in writing and exposition
• Teach a student to have a purposeful control over their fiction.
• Your writing ability can be influenced by the books you read.
• Writers don’t’ have objectivity over their own fiction. A teacher/friend can provide an outside prospective and tell what works and what does not.
• You read so you don’t duplicate the same stories ideas.
• Ben Bova: creativity can’t be taught. Craftsmanship can be taught
• Scott card: We can’t choose to believe. Belief happens through circumstances you experience (paraphrase)
• If a story does not sound with a real voice that occurs in a real situation the reader won’t care.
• Teachers need to not accept low quality. Make your student stretch so that they become better or as good as you.
• Some can start with a formula story concept ant then intentionally alter it.
• You can get a nucleus of a story can come from experiences of your life.
• The story needs to have an action.
• Word processors let you write father. Don’t have to retype and you can alter text.

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Effective two-way communication:

• Use runners as a pair. Assigned kids needs be responsible.
• They can also look out for each other. Team members provide the command post with ongoing assessments.
• Section heads gets updates from the team leads and then transfers that knowledge over to the incident commander.

Command post provide status on

• Instant location
• Access routes
• Identified hazards
• Support locations

Dealing with the media:

• CERT members should refer in the media inquiries to CERT IC. And I see recommend the public information officer of CERT sponsoring organization.
• Refrain from addressing the media until doing so will not inhibit or delay the team’s ability to do the greatest good to the base number of people.
• Exception area for the briefing. Make sure the information you share is both accurate and approved for release, while keeping victims right of privacy.
• Do not feel compelled to answer every question asked.

NIMS compliance:

• NIMS mean national incident management system.
• Provides a consistent comprehensive approach incident management and applies at all judicial levels across our emergency management functions.
• Established so all different types of organizations including CERT can work together.
• To meet and NIMS standards take IS – 100. And (in addition to national incident command systems courses) and IS– 700.b (introduction to national incident management systems
• Both independent study courses herbal online from FEMA at

http://training.FEMA.gov/IS/ NIMS.asp

CERT mobilization:

• CERT members take care of themselves, their families, their homes and their neighbors. After that…
• CERT members should proceed to the predesignated staging area with the disaster supplies. Along the way assess damage that would be helpful to report to the CIA and. The first CERT member of the stationary becomes the initial IC. As other CERT members arrive the IC can pass leadership to someone else. I see something operations to ensure effective indication, maintain control, accountability and the greatest good to the greatest number of people
• The IC will determine the team’s command post. In the better location is determined you can move to the better location
• Intelligence is collected is assessed and prioritized.
• The rescuer safety is paramount. Before a rescue asked is it safe?
• Heavy damage: no mission should be attempted use tape around the area on what the area every damage. CERT cannot restrain anyone else from attempting to rescue. Inform the IC leader of people in the building.
• Moderate damage. Locate, triage the three killers. Transfer victims to a safe area as influenced by rescues and time restrictions.
• Light damage: locate triage continue size up document

The theme for Family History we discussed saving family memories.

Last two 5^th Sundays of the year have been dedicated to improving the Sabbath day. One goo way to spend the Sabbath is to do family history.  Want to do the work when the web site isn’t as busy, get up early.

On the top of the web site, is the memory tab. It has three options: gallery, people and search. Under gallery you can import photos, audio files, photos and stories. You should be able to drag and drop.

Most of us may have piles of pictures that are not organized and labeled. Get them organized and put them in digital format so they can be backed up. Do this before pictures corrode or are destroyed. Each post has 15 megabyte limit.

Always have 3 forms of backup of important papers and photos etc. An achieved CD is a CD that is gold plated and should last 100 years.

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These are notes from the meeting I attended tonight where family and friends of LaVor Finicum told their experiences concerning the events of the murder of LaVor. Any misrepresentations or inaccuracies are the fault of the note taker.

LaVor as well as other ranchers had been occupying part building to protest overreach by the government and the BLM. A private video was released by the local police that showed that LaVor was killed while his hands were up which conflicts with the separate video posted by the FBI that indicated that LaVor was not shot until he reached for a gun. This video indicates otherwise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnCvd7RtZn0

• You can’t give what you don’t have.
• Ask yourself, do you have repenting to do? Use your agency appropriately. Make changes in your life so you can be more virtuous.
• Was the gun that was on LaVoy’s person stolen? Someone that did not have a gag order said no
• The reasons that the ranchers went to Oregon is that they didn’t like how the Hansons were being ignored with their pleas for the government to pay attention to their concerns. The ranchers went Oregon to get more attention.

Advice to us as an audience:

• Children the Constitution, they can’t defend it if they don’t know it.
• Don’t go anywhere without a camera.
• Asked why?
• Write letter sent to those who are incarcerated. They are discouraged and would appreciate emotional support.
• The first casualty of war is truth
• Be a people watcher. There are provocateurs who intentionally infiltrate a group to disrupt it and to give it a bad image. They may be a plant.
• Don’t be stupid.
• We do have the right to protect property and liberty.
• Radio show that talks about liberty: http://libertylineup.com/
• LaVor’s website that has me of his videos: http://onecowboystandforfreedom.blogspot.com/
• Possible website for legal defense funds: https://www.onecowboystandforfreedom.com/about-american-fight-for-freedom/
• If you would like to support these individuals are trying to stand up for rights and help with the legal fees, please submit my money to liberty lineup.org or Cowboys stand

Good: Discipline

Bad:    Disciplin

DisciplinE requires Effort and thus the e at the end.

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