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Hooper emergency-preparedness team outlines CERT, RDAP and mock exercise plans
Summary
The city's emergency-preparedness lead summarized the year's work: CERT volunteer recruitment, a rapid disaster assessment program (RDAP) with 17 area coordinators, needs for public outreach and a planned RDAP mock exercise on Feb. 19.
Dave Harris, Hooper City's emergency-preparedness lead, presented a year-in-review and a work plan emphasizing volunteer training, local response organization and outreach.
Harris said the program has two pillars: trained Community Emergency Response Team volunteers (CERT) and a Rapid Disaster Assessment Program (RDAP). He described RDAP as a block-captain-style model using 17 designated areas and four quadrants; each area will have an area coordinator and a physical envelope/box with instructions for the first…
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