Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Community College Citizen Preparedness Program officials host forum to encourage residents to be ready for the next Hurricane Sandy.
More than 100 area residents turned out for Wednesday night’s Community College Citizen Preparedness Program (3CP2) to learn disaster preparedness techniques from specially trained experts. Police Departments from Verona, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells and North Caldwell teamed up with the Essex County College Police Academy at the Verona Community Center to help residents prepare and teach them skills for surviving hundred-year storms much like the recent Hurricane Sandy or Hurricane Irene. “After Irene I began waterproofing and took out all of my photos and everything irreplaceable,” said Verona resident Bari Weissenborn, referring to her Mantoloking house. “I was very well prepared for Hurricane Sandy but I still got 2½ feet of water in my …
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Police will host an emergency training session for on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the Verona Community Center for residents registered for the program.
Natural disasters such as Super Storm Sandy show us how prepared we really are for emergencies. A natural disaster is just one example of an emergency situation, which is why the Verona, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells and North Caldwell police departments are hosting the Community College Citizen Preparedness Program (3CP2). The session will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Verona Community Center, 880 Bloomfield Ave Verona, NJ. "Training citizens to be prepared in case of a disaster is beneficial to everyone," said Verona Police Captain Mitchell Stern. "When people are properly trained, they become less likely to have to contact emergency services for non-life threatening needs immediately after disaster strikes." "Any …
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
How Prepared Are You For An Emergency Situation? Join local police departments and learn how to better prepare yourself and your family for emergencies.
Natural disasters such as Super Storm Sandy show us how prepared we really are for emergencies. A natural disaster is just one example of an emergency situation, which is why the Verona, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells and North Caldwell police departments are hosting the Community College Citizen Preparedness Program (3CP2). This program, made possible with the help of the Essex County College Police Academy, will provide training to all residents, families, businesses, community organizations, civic groups and anyone else interested in becoming better prepared during a disaster. "Given the recent weather events, how many of us prepared a 'jump bag' or 'go kit' that was at the ready if we needed to evacuate our home?" police said. "Did we know …
Kevin Hersh
1:10 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
I belong to West Essex CERT (Community Emergency Response Team). The community is trained in emergency preparations, how to work as a team, and to help the community during emergency situations. As I understand it, Verona opted out of the program when it was established in 2005. If Verona has an interest in a CERT program, please reach out to me, I will pass the information along to Essex County … more ›