Host A PEP Training for your Neighborhood!
The information below will help you organize and host Oakland PEP training for your community and ensure your neighborhood emergency preparedness training is a success!
Important information to communicate to your team:
As a Host Neighborhood, you are responsible for:
- Leading/directing the coordination between EMSD and the facility that you select as the training location.
- Liaising between EMSD/Neighborhood Services/your city council representative’s office and any other orgs/agencies you would like to involve/include.
- Promoting the training opportunity in your neighborhood/district.
- Liaising between EMSD and residents from your neighborhood/district that are interested in attending.
10 Ways EMSD/OFD can support your mission.
EMSD can help you get your community ready by:
- Providing the PEP training curriculum
- Scheduling/booking the PEP training instructors
- Providing the PEP training supplies
- Providing the PEP training participant giveaways
- Publishing information online that confirms you/your site as the host location
- Publishing information online that describes this meeting as having a focus on your community's unique composition
- Publishing information online that confirms that translation and other information and access services will be available
- Coordinating the language and access services – advanced notice/coordination is required.
- Managing the course registration process for you
- Providing a basic template to help you promote your class
Why Oakland PEP Training?
High level goals/outcomes of Oakland PEP training:
- Increase individual/household emergency preparedness in your neighborhood
- Complete steps 1-3 for Establishing an Oakland Neighborhood CERT
- Select your Neighborhood CERT Captain
- Designate a team primary point of contact Team POC
- Register your neighborhood CERT with the Oakland Fire Department
- 10 Minute Zoom Call with myself, or we can do this onsite at the PEP training.
- Get your team trained (you all can complete your training at the same time, in the same session together, or independently).
- We can allot time in the PEP training for attendees to register for an upcoming Oakland CERT training.
Note:
All upcoming PEP training dates have been published online (listed above). If there is a date/time that does not does not work for your community, please contact the Oakland PEP Training Coordinator to suggest a date/time that is either 3 days before or after the published date and we will check to see if we can accommodate it.
