Spring Updates from Kirkland's Office of Emergency Management
City of Kirkland Washington sent this bulletin at 03/01/2023 08:19 AM PSTUpcoming education, training, and opportunities from the Office of Emergency Management
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A Message from the Office of Emergency ManagementEven though the weather remains slightly chilly (and snowy!), we fortunately have made it through the worst of the winter! As winter ends, it’s time to look forward to the spring and summer months ahead. Here’s a reminder for some things you should consider doing to make sure you are the most prepared you can be:
We want to hear from you!The City of Kirkland Office of Emergency Management needs your input about where and how you engage in emergency preparedness activities in your neighborhood. We’d love your participation in a quick survey about what you currently are involved in and what kinds of activities you’d be interested in! Please submit your feedback by March 31st. Click this link to provide your community emergency preparedness input! Mayor Penny Sweet Declares the State of the City is "Prepared"
Mayor Penny Sweet delivered the annual State of the City address to the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce, during which she declared that the state of the City is "prepared." Mayor Sweet described how the City’s ability to endure and overcome COVID-19 was largely due to investments in emergency preparedness before the pandemic struck. A video of Mayor Sweet’s speech can be viewed at this link: 2023 State of The City. A transcript of the Mayor’s speech can be found at this link on the City’s website. Learning OpportunitiesThe Office of Emergency Management has been working hard to bring you more education, training, and hands-on experiences for you to learn more about emergency preparedness! Read on to see what videos, courses, and opportunities will be available to you over the next few months. 
We are hosting our first in-person preparedness class of 2023! This training will focus on pet emergency preparedness with a presentation from the Kirkland Police Department’s Animal Control Officer.This session will take place on Tuesday, March 14th, from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. Click on this link to sign up for this free, in-person session!
If you want to learn more from the comfort of your home, check out the latest edition of our “Let’s Chat” video series. This video covers how to care for your loved ones during a disaster. Make sure to look for Councilmember Kelli Curtis to hear the importance of preparing for the people you care about!
Click on the picture or check out this link to see the video! More CERT!We are blown away by the amount of interest in our Community Emergency Response Training! The upcoming May class is currently full, and we are excited to meet all of you. If you haven't signed up yet, do not worry. There is more CERT to come! There will be another CERT class planned for August. Be sure to sign up early to come learn more about disaster preparedness, live fire extinguisher use, basic first aid, and more. Skills Training: August 8, 10, 15, and 17 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Drill Day: August 19 from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. CERT costs $25 for City of Kirkland residents. Sign up for the August CERT class here! Have you already taken a CERT class and want to freshen up your skills? We are offering “CERT: Continued Education” courses, which are a mix of virtual and in-person refresher sessions for anyone who would like a reminder of all the topics you learned in your original CERT class. 
There will be an in-person session covering Disaster Medical skills on March 8th at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall. Anyone who has completed a Kirkland CERT course can click here to sign up for this hands-on training! There are also refresher videos on our website. Click here to see the online CERT CE content. KECT UpdatesWe are happy to welcome two new members to the Kirkland Emergency Communications Team. Thank you, Dave and Pete, for joining us! KECT is moving to more in-person radio activities, and we are always looking for more HAM radio operators. Please visit www.kirklandwa.gov/KECT to learn more about getting your ham radio license, or contact us at KirklandEM@kirklandwa.gov to get information about the team. An Emergency Management Tidbit
Are you interested in learning more about the world of Emergency Management? The King County Office of Emergency Management put together a group of videos called EOC 101 talking about Emergency Operation Centers (or EOCs). EOCs are locations where specialized personnel come together to facilitate response and recovery to a disaster. Be sure to keep an eye out for our very own Mayor Penny Sweet, and our Emergency Manager, Heather Kelly, in the videos! Click this link to watch the short educational videos about how EOCs operate. |
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