Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Jackson State Community College CERT Team II






Jackson State Community College in Jackson, TN is fielding their second CERT team. This CERT Team is a continuation of the JSCC CERT program to train as many faculty and staff as possible to repond to an emergency or disaster on campus.

The first CERT Team was trained in August of 2008. With this new Team, Jackson State Community College will have 30+ trained faculty and staff CERT members.

JSCC CERT Program Director, Leah Gray, has done an outstanding job of recruiting and traing these CERT Teams. Instructors for this class included:

Leah Gray - JSCC; James Woulfe - Madsion Co. Health Department; Alan Pitmann - JSCC; Gina Pearson - JSCC; George Conner - Jackson Fire Department; Alan Castleman - Madison Co. Sherrif's Department and Thomas Reeves - Jackson Fire Department.
This Team will complete their training sometime in mid-April.

Congratualtions to all participants of the CERT program. Your dedication and efforts make your workplace and community a much safer place.

G. Michael Winslow, CERT Coordinator
Jackson-Madison Co. EMA
TN Homeland Security - District 10