G-Day Class #6 N. SLO Co. CERT

This morning the 6th class of the North San Luis Obispo County CERT graduated at the Paso Robles Emergency Operations Center (EOC) following a few hours of hands-on live exercises in various skill areas relating to CERT activities for which it had been classroom taught over the course of the previous four Thursday evenings. The entire class was divided up into groups of about eight people and each group visited a station devoted to each skill area. Below are images I captured of the proceedings.

Cribbing station

Sand-bagging station

Fire extinguisher and utility turn-off station

Primary triage station

Secondary triage and treatment station

Awards ceremony in the EOC with area CERT-coordinator Jim Fritsche (left) officiating.

Waiting for the barbecue that followed the graduation ceremony.

Southeast view of the EOC which is the command and control center for the City of Paso Robles in the event of an emergency within the city limits of or adjacent to the city.

Southwest view of the EOC. Note the signage above the doors in this image and the one previous.

Our celebratory cake

It's official now.

All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved)