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9C <br /> Page 11 <br /> �r�trv <br /> #� <br /> $�.��►•+i``�r <br /> Summary of Disaster Preparedness Training for <br /> the Residenfs of Cities in San Mateo County <br /> A disaster in the making <br /> tssue <br /> Are the cities of San.Mateo County adequately preparing their residents ta deal with <br /> major disasters? <br /> Summary <br /> .As Americans learned with Katrina,residents must rely on themseIves during the first <br /> hours and days of a major disaster. Individual actions can deternnine whether or not one <br /> has food,shelter,medicine,or even life itself. Community Emergency Response Teaxms <br /> (CERT)are a critical means of training individuals for an immettiate response in a <br /> disaster. Trnplementatian of CERT training by cities and towns in San Mateo County is <br /> mixed,at best. <br /> The San Mateo Count}r Civil Grand Jury{Grand Jury)recornmends that every city in San <br /> Mateo County establish an active and ongoing CERT traaning pragram,with ths izutial <br /> goal of training 5%of its households. <br /> 5 <br />