SIERRA MADRE EDITION 


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2017 
VOLUME 11 NO. 43 
HAPPY HALLOWEEN 
SIERRA MADRE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM ADDS 30 NEW MEMBERS 


The Sierra Madre CommunityEmergency Response Team 
(CERT) graduated 30 new 
members this week from their 
CERT Basic Training class. Thetraining, which took place overtwo Saturdays and three nights, isa 25 hour FEMA certified course. 
The class is designed to ensurecitizens have the basic skills to act 
safely while assisting themselves,
their families, and neighborsduring a major disaster. CERTmembers may also volunteer toassist the city when resources arestretched to the limits. 

In addition to the 30 
graduates there were another15 trainees who completed atleast a portion of their CERTtraining or completed trainingfor other local CERT programs.
The participants were mainlyfrom Sierra Madre but also 
included residents from Arcadia, 
Claremont, Monrovia, Montclair, 
Pasadena, and South Pasadena. 

A total of 86 people wereinvolved in the final day’s exerciseincluded half a dozen firefightersfrom the Sierra Madre Fire 
Department. CERT President 
Dennis Burton oversaw the 
training which involved morethan 15 members of Sierra Madre 
CERT who ran the Incident 
Command Post. Sierra Madre 
Middle School’s Service Club provided 16 “victims” who sufferedfrom an array of cuts and bruises, severe burns, arterial bleeds, brokenbones, and severe head wounds. Special thanks goes to Sierra Madreresident Nichole Rinker of www.fancyfacez.com for providing themoulage (makeup) services. Photographic and video documentationof the event was provided by Gary Hood and Steve Wylie, includingthe use of a drone to get a birds-eye view of the disaster exercise. 

CERT particularly expresses gratitude to Sierra Madre CityManager Gabriel Engeland for fully supporting CERT and allowingthe use of the Sierra Madre Emergency Operations Center for thetraining. Administrative Assistant Laura Aguilar helped coordinatethe week’s activities, including the use of the City Council Chambersfor the search and rescue operations. Captain Goth helped coordinatethe fire department’s training in fire suppression and cribbing whichwas supervised by Captain Christmas on Saturday. 

After the training there was a written test and evaluation, and 


then the graduates were awarded FEMA certificates by Los AngelesFunding for Sierra Madre CERT is made possible through grantsCounty Sheriff ’s Department volunteer CERT Instructor Dudleyfrom the Los Angeles County Office of Disaster Management, SierraRainey. As part of the training, graduates receive a CERT backpackMadre Civic Club, Sierra Madre Woman’s Club, and Wayne Williamswith their personal protection equipment provided by the Losof Professional Advisory Services in Arcadia. CERT also holds aAngeles County Office of Disaster Management Area D Coordinator,fundraiser each year selling glow sticks on Halloween. For informationDiana Manzano-Garcia. about CERT, our monthly meetings, or the next Sierra Madre CERTtraining, check our website www.sierramadreemergency.org or send

The Sierra Madre CERT program, which has over 170 members,an email to info@sierramadrecert.org. 
got its start in Sierra Madre in 2009 under the guidance of CarolineBrown, Gary Hood, and Mike Kinney. CERT’s purpose is to

educate citizens for emergencypreparedness and to assist the Cityof Sierra Madre when called out 
by the Fire Department. As partCity of Sierra Madre 
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE 
of educating the citizens of SierraTO: CITYWIDE 
Madre in disaster preparedness,FROM: THE CITY OF SIERRA MADRE 
CERT distributes informative 
material at numerous city events. 
SUBJECT: 
APPLICANT: 
PROJECT LOCATION: 
ORDINANCE 1394–AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND THE 2016 
CITY OF SIERRA MADRE 
CITYWIDE 

The City of Sierra Madre gives notice, pursuant to State of California law, that the City Council will conduct a second 

reading to consider Ordinance 1394, amending the Municipal Code to amend the City Building Codes. The amendments to 
the Building Code would eliminate the permit requirement for walls and fences up to six (6) feet in height. 

DATE AND TIME OF HEARING PLACE OF HEARING 

City of Sierra Madre City of Sierra MadreCity Council meeting City Council ChambersTuesday, November 14, 2017 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. 
(Hearing begins at 6:30 p.m.) Sierra Madre, CA 

All interested persons may attend this meeting and the City Council will hear them with respect thereto. 

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: Pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3), this project is categorically exempt from the 
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 

APPEAL: If in the future anyone wishes to challenge the decision of the City Council in court, one may be limited to raising 
the issues that were raised or presented in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or before, the scheduled 
public hearing. 

For further information on this subject, please contact the Development Services Department at (626) 355-7138. 

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