HISTORY OF ROSSMOOR EPO
2022 EPO CALENDAR
Your Board has set up the following meetings and programs for 2022:
MONDAY, JANUARY 10 (9:30 AM) - ZOOM VIDEO MEETING: "Disaster Insurance Challenges - What is covered and what is not." - Ken Johnson (Arthur Gallagher Insurance Company Area Senior Vice-President) and Mike Dwyer (Rossmoor resident and President, Dwyer Insurance Agency). Ken will deal with insurance challenges at the GRF level and Mike will present on the exposures and coverages offered property owners in Rossmoor impacting our disaster insurance decisions. Tip Sheet. YouTube video
CANCELLED - FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 (9AM - 3PM) EPO/RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE (FIRESIDE ROOM). Contact Colene Trinterud, (925) 933-3016. Email: trint@att.net. Sign up online. (When asked for your zip code, type in rossmoorca.) EPO/Red Cross Blood Donors' Tip Sheet. For future Blood Drives and more information, click here.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7 (9:30 AM) - ZOOM VIDEO MEETING: “Oxygen Dependency and the Challenges it Brings following a Rossmoor Disaster.” Michele Ellis-Richards, Owner of FIRST IN Emergency Response Training, LLC in Oakland. Slide show (pdf). YouTube video
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022 (9:30 AM) - ZOOM VIDEO MEETING: Topic: "Essentials of a Well-Supplied Grab n’ Go Bag and Shelter-in-Place Supplies" with Lisa Katzki, RN, PHN (CERT and Red Cross Trainer). SLIDE SHOWS: Lisa Katzki. Agenda/Panelists. Free Test Kits/Evacuation Sign. HayWired Scenario (Need for Shelter-in-Place supplies.) Tips for Managing Water (CDC & FEMA). YouTube video
CANCELLED - MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2022 (9:30 AM) - Fireside Room. EPO MEETING: "Bring EPO Your Local Neighborhood Team Challenges & Let's Solve Them Together."
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 (9 AM - 3 PM) EPO/RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE. Contact Colene Trinterud, (925) 933-3016. Email: trint@att.net. Sign up online. (When asked for your zip code, type in rossmoorca.) EPO/Red Cross Blood Donors' Tip Sheet. For future Blood Drives and more information, click here. Fireside Room
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 (4 to 5:30 PM) - City of Walnut Creek and Golden Rain Foundation Rossmoor Wildfire Evacuation Planning Forum. Event Center. Link to YouTube video.
MONDAY, MAY 2, 2022 (9:30 AM) - Fireside Room at Gateway. EPO MEETING: GRF Leadership: "Golden Rain Foundation and its Emergency Preparedness Operations” (Tim O’Keefe, Tom Cashion, Steve Bertolozzi, John Tawaststjena (new Landscape Manager) and GRF President Dwight Walker.) YouTube / Panelists / President Walker's Comments / President's Slides / Public Safety Presentation / Questions submitted - NEW
TUESDAY, MAY 24 - 10:00 AM - EPO ZOOM MEETING: Walnut Creek City Manager, Dan Buckshi, with a discussion of our City’s Emergency Management Strategy. Slide Show. YouTube Video.
MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2022 (9:30 AM) - EPO & Rossmoor Area C.E.R.T. ZOOM MEETING (not an in-person meeting): “Calling 911 and 211: When to Call and When not to Call - How to Get the Help You Need” and "Update on WCPD Emergency Preparedness." Tori Maxfield (Dispatch Center Supervisor, Walnut Creek Police Department) and Chief Jamie Knox (Chief, Walnut Creek Police Department), Lt. Drew Olson (Rossmoor’s new “beat” police officer) and Anna Kornfeld (211 PSPS Coordinator for Contra Costa County). Two panelists will present: Tori and Anna ("Calling 911 and Calling 211"). YouTube Video - Two panelists will present: Tori (Slide Show - calling 911) and Anna (Slide Show - Calling 211").
MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022 (9:30 AM) - CERT Training for EPO FRS Operators. Fireside Room
MONDAY, JULY 11, 2022 (9:30 AM) - EPO ZOOM MEETING: "American Red Cross in Times of Crisis" (with Regional Disaster Chair, Brianna Taylor and Red Cross Disaster Manager, Natalie Manier). YouTube Video. Slide show
FRIDAY, JULY 15 (9AM - 3PM) EPO/RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE. Contact Colene Trinterud, (925) 933-3016. Email: trint@att.net. Sign up online. (When asked for your zip code, type in rossmoorca.) EPO/Red Cross Blood Donors' Tip Sheet. For future Blood Drives and more information, click here. (Fireside Room)
MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2022 (9:30 AM) - EPO & ROSSMOOR AREA C.E.R.T. ZOOM MEETING: “Turning Public Utilities Off Safely” with PG&E's Safety Specialist, Les Putnam - YouTube Video - NEW - Slide show
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 (9:30 AM) - EPO ZOOM MEETING: "Wildfire Evacuations: How to Prepare Ahead, How to Successfully Leave Rossmoor and How to Return Safely when the Repopulation Order is Given." (ConFire’s Noell Crosse will do the portion on preparing ahead. WCPD officer Lt. Drew Olson will tutor us in how to safely evacuate from Rossmoor). Slide show (pdf): "Planning, Leaving and returning after an Evacuation." Lt. Drew Olson Slide show (pdf): "Evacuating and Returning to Rossmoor." Noell Cross Slide show (pdf): "Wildfire Evacuations." YouTube Video
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2022 (9:30 AM): EPO & CERT ZOOM MEETING: "Great California ShakeOut Drill and How to Drop, Cover and Hold On during a Major Rossmoor Earthquake” and "USGS's Haywired Scenario." Speaker: Mark Benthien, Executive Director of the Earthquake Country Alliance and Director of Communications, Education and Outreach for Southern Calif. Earthquake Center. Slide show (pdf).
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2022 (9:30 AM - 1:30 PM): Emergency Preparedness Fair - Event Center- NEW DATE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 at 10:20 AM. "Great American ShakeOut."
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2022 (9AM - 3PM) EPO/RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE. Contact Colene Trinterud, (925) 933-3016. Email: trint@att.net. Sign up online. (When asked for your zip code, type in rossmoorca.) EPO/Red Cross Blood Donors' Tip Sheet. For future Blood Drives and more information, click here. (Fireside Room). NO "WALK-INS" PLEASE!
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2022 (9:30 AM): TBA
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5: NO MEETING - Happy Holidays to our Rossmoor EPO Family!
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