2015 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular Celebration

2015 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular Celebration

The City of Upland is proud to present its 29th Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular Celebration! 

This year's celebratory show will feature over 1500 pyrotechnic shells. Tickets will go on sale on June 1 at the City of Upland Recreation Division, the Upland Public Library and Mountain View Chevrolet. $8.00 per person pre-sale and $10.00 per person the day of the event. 2 years and Under: FREE. 

The ticket booth and admission gates at the stadium will open at 5:30 p.m., with a live performance by Flashover beginning at 6:00 p.m. 

The Fireworks Sky Concert is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. For sponsorship information, please contact the Recreation Division at (909) 931-4281.
Time:9:00 p.m. Gates Open At 5:30 p.m.
Location: Upland High School Football Stadium

UPLAND CERT at Firework celebration

2015 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular Celebration

Please stop by and say Hello! to the CERT members assisting the Upland Police Department on the Fourth of July during the Firework Spectacular Celebration at Upland High School! 

You will find us directing traffic, securing restricted areas, checking passes at gates and sharing CERT information at our CERT booth! We will be wearing the CERT vest, so you can identify us. 

Thank you to our volunteers for sacrificing their time with family and friends to help keep people safe during this event. 

Remember, If you see something, say something!!

Have a wonderful and safe 4th of July!!

Letter from Neil Gerard, Chair

 

 

Upland CERT Goals from our New Chair; Neil Gerard

June 1 ,2015

Thanks for your confidence in selecting me as the new Chair of the Upland CERT program.  I will try meet your expectations and continue to help build our CERT program into the organization that we know it can be.  Jim McDougal did a great job in getting us started and now I want to help continue our growth and development.  I am fortunate to have a strong Executive Committee working with me, and I will be relying on them at every step along the way.  As I begin this year, I thought it might be helpful for me to share some of my goals for our organization.  

Training – if you are not continuing your training, you’re not trained.  I want to continue our robust training schedule and expand on it.  I would like to utilize more professionals and subject matter experts (including fire personnel, medical personnel, etc) to enhance the education of our members

Intercity Cooperation – CERTS cannot operate alone.  I would like to continue and expand our multi-city approach to training and service with our neighboring CERT programs.  Claremont and Rancho Cucamonga have strong programs and we should continue to partner with them, share resources and learn from each other.  We also have an opportunity to support Montclair as they try to build their CERT program.

Service – We all joined CERT to learn and to provide service to our community.  I would like to find more ways to work with both the Upland Fire Department and the Upland Police Department so that both agencies view us as a valued resource and call us whenever needed.

Growth – The Upland CERT program needs more volunteers. I would like us to reduce the number of “train and release” and increase the number of students who, upon completion of our training, join the organization.  There is lots of room for growth and lots of unmet need that can only be accomplished with a larger organization.

I look forward to hearing from each member with your input, ideas and suggestions.

Your is CERT,

Neil

Neil Gerard, Chair

Upland CERT

4/6/2015

The Upland CERT membership met on Monday, April 6, 2015 at Station 164 to vote for the new executive committee members. The following volunteers were elected for the following positions:














Neil Gerard - Chair






Imelda Cota-Brewer - Vice Chair

Mark Floyd - Training Director












Patrick Hunt - Finance Director












Robin Heilmann - Secretary





                                





   Ruby Simpson - Member at Large



We wish to extend our thanks to the nominees who were not elected this year, however, there are other roles within the organization that need to be filled.

We also thank those members who showed up to vote and support our elections. You are valued members of Upland CERT and we hope you continue to participate in our program as there is a great need for volunteers.

Thank you!

Upland CERT Executive Committee

Upland CERT Annual Elections

       It is that time of the year and we are electing new members to join the Executive Committee team.
     On April 6, 2015 at 7:00 pm at Fire Station 164 corner of Campus and 19th, we will be voting for the following positions (click on the name to view their experience and qualifications).


Neil Gerard - Chair Nominee

David "Rocky" Roknian - Chair Nominee

Imelda Cota-Brewer - Vice Chair Nominee

David "Rocky" Roknian - Vice-Chair Nominee

Mark Floyd - Training Director Nominee

Patrick Hunt - Finance Director Nominee

Robin Heilmann - Secretary Nominee

Ruby Simpson - Member at Large Nominee 

     The Upland Community Emergency Response Team belongs to the community and the membership of Upland CERT. According to our by-laws, each member gets one vote for each director position. We encourage you to be proactive and come out to vote, it only takes a few minutes!

You are encouraged to view our by-laws for a description of the positions and their responsibilities in Article X.

If you have any questions, please contact me at uplandcertinfo@gmail.com or call me at 909-815-4800.

See you on April 6, 2015 at 7:00 pm!

Imelda Cota-Brewer
Nominating Committee member

Upland CERT Class on the Trails!

The average trail visitor in the Upland Colonies area may have felt amused, confused, slightly unnerved or a combination of the above as they witnessed groups of people, all equipped with radios, discussing levels of injuries and damages over the airwaves. 

And who knows what the few individuals who could not even see us, but happened to be on the same radio channel as us, were thinking about our reports.

Not to fear however, it was only the Upland CERT group practicing our radio usage.

Saturday 2/21 we showed up at our favorite fire station, Upland 164, for our Advanced Bi-Monthly CERT class.  This class was a much needed Advanced Communications class, taught by our own Bob Kindron.

For our basic CERT training, we only get a brief taste of radio communication, due to time limit, which often causes confusion during our final exercise when radio is in use, but very few knows how to communicate via radio.  

This Advanced Communication class that we attended on Saturday was a perfect supplement to basic CERT.  Even if you are not interested in taking any more radio classes, this bi-monthly advanced communications class taught us all the basics we needed to know in order to communicate via radio in an emergency so that now, in the event we're faced with the need to do so, radio will no longer be a strange element in our hands.

After a couple of hours of Bob teaching us the ins and outs of radios, radio organizations and other useful radio knowledge, we were sent out on the trails with radios.  

Several incidents were posted along the trail, and each group had to perform a size-up of the scenario in front of them and then have a member communicate the situation back to the communications center via their radio.  Each team member was able to use the radio at least once, some twice, and we were also presented with situations where the radios could no longer reach the communication center and we had to figure out how to still somehow relay the information.


It was a class that all CERT members should attend so we at least know enough to use the radios in an emergency situation.  Personally I now feel a lot more confident in my ability to use the radios.  Not only that, but I'm planning on signing up for the ham radio class that Bob will be teaching as well, in a couple of months.


Our Communication Center for the event

Reporting in to Command Center

 

 

For anyone interested in the Amateur Radio Technician License Class, go ahead and click on the following link:

http://www.cityofrc.us/cityhall/cs/classes/register.asp

Click on the "Register" button, then the "Register for Programs" link.
Go to the Ready RC link, then "Show Courses" and pick the Amateur Radio Class.

There is a $35 textbook fee, due at the first class, as well as a $15 licensing fee on test day.  You do NOT need a radio to participate in the class.

If not, I hope to see you all at the next bi-monthly class.  Check our class schedule for more information.

Congratulations to Class 1501!

Upland CERT Class 1501 went through basic CERT and completed their final exercise on 01/31/15.

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