EastTex Regional CERT held it’s annual kickoff meeting last. We had a great turnout with 38 people in attendance! A big thank you as always to Rockwall County OEM for access to the conference room. With quite a few changes taking place in the past 6 months,...
EastTex Regional CERT utilized in a major drill at Terrell State Hospital. The scenario: “The water tower had fallen on one of the buildings and several casualties and fatalities had been reported”. We had been asked to assist with traffic control and a...
The EastTx CERT team is proud to announce the graduating class of Summer 2018. Graduates attended two weekends of classroom and outdoor hands-on training pertaining to everything related to emergency preparedness and response. The FEMA developed G317 course covers...
In an effort to help communicate with it’s citizens after a disaster, Rockwall County has launched an app for it’s Office of Emergency Management. The app will have alerts, preparedness information, damage report forms, and other pertinent information. ...
Medical evacuation, or better known as “medivac” is the timely and efficient movement of an injured person to an emergency medical facility. The fastest medivac is handled by a helicopter air ambulance. It takes quick but careful planning and skilled...
On December 5th, EastTex CERT helped Kaufman County Emergency Management with a flood damage assessment to help identify roads that had been washed out on area roadways. About 10 ETRC members took photos and noted washed out roads, eroded culverts, and potential...
Easttex CERT uses, the emergency responder app, Deploy Pro during activation. Search the App Store or Google Play for "Deploy Pro Emergency" or click one of the links below
