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New Black Mountain CERT describes volunteer deployments, radio resilience on Allen Mountain
Summary
Volunteer Community Emergency Response Team leaders told council about recent activations, training turnout and a project to rehabilitate the Allen Mountain repeater for 72-hour battery-backed radio communications for first responders and trained volunteers.
David Bilstrom, a volunteer firefighter and CERT liaison, briefed the council on the Black Mountain Community Emergency Response Team(CERT), describing the group's mission to organize trained volunteers for the first 72 hours after emergencies and to support planned public events.
"CERT provides a structure and a reporting, accountability for these citizen volunteers so that we can embrace them and not turn them away," Bilstrom said, describing why an organized volunteer cadre matters in the immediate…
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