Tom Cooper

It’s that time of the year! At our November meeting we discussed our OEM Volunteer Christmas Party. We decided it would be best to have it at the Sistersville Fire Hall. After checking with them, we can have it on the evening of Thursday, December 11th or Saturday the 13th. […]

Folks, Our November OEM, CERT, SAR meeting will be this Thursday, November 6th at our office in Middlebourne. Our main topic will be planning for the Christmas party. We’ll get started at 7pm. Also, we have been asked to participate in the Momentive Family Safety Expo this Thursday and Friday. […]

Team, Our OEM meeting will be this Thursday, October 2nd at our office in Middlebourne starting at 7pm. Refreshments will be provided. We have several activities coming up and we need to schedule a SAR training. I hope to see you there, Tom Tjcooper

Team, We have to change our OEM, CERT, SAR meeting date to Tuesday September 9th. We will meet at our office in Middllebourne at 7pm. Thank you, Tom If you feel you are receiving this message in error or wish to not receive these messages, simply email me at mailto:tjcooper […]

Hey Team, The school has asked us to help with communications at the cross country meet. The event will be held Tuesday, Sept. 2nd at Tyler Consolidated. They’re asking the communicators to be there by 3:15pm. As in the past, the team members will take their places in the woods […]

Hi folks, We are preparing to have another GPS class next week. We will start at 6pm, Thursday, August 28 at the Senior Center in Middlebourne. We will go over the basics of using the Garmin ETrex Legend H. If you have your own GPS please bring it and your […]

Hi folks, Our monthly OEM meeting will be this Thursday, August 7th at 7 pm in our office here in Middlebourne. We have several things to go over including last Saturday’s training and future trainings. We will also discuss some weather related projects. Let me know if you want to […]

Folks, This is a reminder about our Saturday, August 2nd, search and rescue training/exercise. We will starting Saturday morning NOT Friday!! We had to cancel the Friday plans. We will start by setting the equipment up at 9am. Our partners from the National Weather Service be instructing us on using […]

At the meeting last night we discussed the next SAR training. Everyone wanted to do a mock search, so that’s what we will do! We have had Saturday, August 2nd reserved for a training since May, so let’s do it then. I will announce the location as soon as we […]

Team, Click on the link below to see the results of Monday’s search. Thanks Tracey, John Paul, Charlie, Allen, Ruger and Quarissa! http://www.wtrf.com/story/25916033/body-believed-to-be-that-of-missing-new-cumberland-teen-discovered-near-familys-property Also, Monday evening we got a call from dispatch asking us to respond to a missing Project Lifesaver person. The person was quickly found a few blocks […]

SAR team, I have been asked by another county EM to provide canine handlers and search managers for a search for a missing person. Several SAR managers and handlers have been notified, now we are asking for additional handlers and search team members to assist them. The search will begin […]

Friends, Our July OEM meeting is this Thursday, July 3rd at 7PM at our office in Middlebourne. We need to get some training scheduled! Please try to attend. The TCARO ham radio club will meet at 6pm. Everyone is welcome. Tom