Tom Cooper

The Mountain State Wilderness Search and Rescue team would like to invite Tyler County Search and Rescue/CERT to join them for their annual fundraiser, the New Year’s Resolution 5K Race & Walk. The event takes place at Kanawha State Forest, Shelter 8, in Charleston on Saturday, January 7, 2012. Dogs on […]

We have a SkyWarn Weather Spotters Class scheduled for 6:00 PM on Tuesday, February 7th at Sistersville Fire Hall. The class has been revised to include the basic and advanced training. This will be Charleston’s first offering for 2012. It will be a great class! What is SKYWARN®? The effects […]

Attention ALL Volunteers! Herb at “WV Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management” has posted the 2012 training opertunities. Please let me know if you are interested in any of the classes. Most expenses are reimbursed. Planning for the Needs of Children In Disaster G366 Hawks Nest SP 21 – […]

This is a reminder that there will be NO OEM meeting for December! Remember the Party next Friday the 9th. tjc

G191 Emergency Operations Center/ICS Interface Class At the former WV Penitentiary, Moundsville, WV December 14 & 15, 2011 9am – 5pm Instructor: Bob Fowler Info: 304-243-0423 RESA 6

Mike Kelley has become Tyler County Search and Rescue’s first SAR Technician I. This is a very high honor in the SAR world. Mike hopes to become a SAR instructor and evaluator. Great job Mike!!! tjc

Wood County Emergency Communications Inc. (www.wc8ec.com) will be holding a one day Amateur Radio Technician Class Radio class December 3, 2011, starting at 9:00am. The class and examination will be at the Mid Ohio Health Department, 211 Sixth Street, Parkersburg. Testing for the Amateur Radio license will follow the class. […]

The OEM/SAR/CERT Christmas Party will be at 6PM Friday, December 9th at the Sistersville Fire Station Community Hall. Please email me what you would like to bring. This is what I know of so far; Ham Homemade Mac and Cheese Mashed Potatoes Bean Salad (Phone Salad) Green Beans Homemade Rolls […]

The OEM/SAR/CERT Christmas Party will be Friday, December 9th at 6pm. The Senior Center is not available that evening, so Chief Leasure said we can use the Sistersville Fire Station Community Hall. It is located right along Rt 2 at the south end of Sistersville. If you get this email […]

We’ve been asked to participate in a CERT exercise in Vienna this Saturday, November the 12th. The scenario will be a tornado at a local church. They asked if we would like to do the moulage or be victims for the new CERTeam members. The exercise will start at 1pm, […]

The WVSARCO Training Weekend that was planned for next weekend has been CANCELED do to lack of students. tjc

We will be doing a Project Lifesaver refresher training this coming Thursday, November 10th at the Senior Center in Middlebourne. If you have taken the two day training course over 2 years ago you need to take this refresher to requalify as an electronic search specialist. If you’ve taken the […]