A total of 16 community members graduated from CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) class March 31. The graduates attended an eight week course learning disaster preparedness, fire suppression, medical treatment, triage, light search and rescue and disaster psychology.
Maple Valley Fire & Life Safety has over 220 CERT members to assist our community following a disaster.
Congratulations to the following new CERT Members:
Debra Abney, Claudia Barnes, Layne Barnes, Paul Cook, Melissa Garvin, Brain Higdon, Shannon Higdon, Amy Kinshella, Eric Larsen, Laurie Dunivant-Larsen, Julie Larson, Jennifer (Lolly) Larson, Scott Moore, Todd Rayburn, Alyssa Schuring and Scheris Schuring.
Also a thank you to the CERT Members that instructed during the course and the CERT Members that played a role during the final:
CERT Battalion Chief Paul Bokor, CERT Battalion Chief Kathy Wooley, CERT Captain Diana Holt, CERT Captain Myk O’Leary and CERT Captain Aaron Moulton, Gail Patterson, Ilene Beal, Linda Johnson, Rosan Gilyeat, Scott Gilyeat, Stephanie Gilyeat, Kimberly Gilyeat, Christa McVicker, Ron Snyder, Sherri Lord-Smith, Martin Zamazal, Jerry Lemon, Linda Rutland, Mama Passarelli, and Rhiannon Zeman.
Janine Johnson
Public information officer
Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety
