This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.

DHS and FEMA Updates

Webinar on New CERT Training - Tues. Jan. 24th at 2 pm ET

FEMA's Community Preparedness Webinar Series Presents…

New CERT Training Tools

Register now for the webinar on January 24, at 2 p.m. ET

If this is your first time registering for a webinar in the Community Preparedness Webinar Series, please register HERE. If you have previously registered or have an account with HSIN.gov, you can use your current login information to access the webinar HERE

Registration is required for this FREE event. We recommend that you login 10-15 minutes early, if possible.

2011 and early 2012 have been action-packed for the CERT. This webinar will provide detailed descriptions of all the new training tools available to States and local CERT programs across the nation, including:

• G428: CERT Train-the-Trainer Course
• G427: CERT Program Manager Course
• CERT Basic Training in Spanish
• CERT Basic Training in Braille
• CERT Basic Training in Screen Reader Version

State and local CERT program coordinators/managers and CERT sponsoring organizations are encouraged to attend. If you can't make it, a recording of the webinar will be posted on the Community Preparedness Webinar Series web page.

Sincerely,

National CERT Program
Federal Emergency Management Agency

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FEMA Fire Management Assistance Declarations Update

Nevada Washoe Fire
Fire Management Assistance Declaration number 2974 declared on Jan 19, 2012

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