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Emergency Communications

We began DART training around 2008 with Dr. Kevin Elliot. DVM and we added the Pet Sheltering Component to the program in 2014.  Those active in our DART program initially receive 15-20 hour DART training from Dr. Elliot, DVM followed by any additional trainng opportunities that might arise.  All of our real world activations have involved pet sheltering but with the emergence of our SCSAR K9 Unit, our DART members are also receiving training for SAR based animal responses.  Below are activations that have involed our DART division: 

Activations

  1. February 12-13, 2014 - Winter Storm Shelter - Pet Friendly

  2. February 18-19, 2014 - Cold Weather Shelter - Pet Friendly

  3. January 22-24, 2015 - Cold Weather Shelter - Pet Friendly

  4. January 22-24, 2015 - Cold Weather Shelter - Pet Friendly

  5. October 6-10, 2016 - DART Hurricane Matthew Shelter

  6. January 5-6, 2017 - High Point Academy - Pet Friendly

  7. September 8, 2017 - ASPCA Shelter Setup -Duncan, SC

  8. October 23-25, 1017 – Tornado – Shelter at First Baptist Spartanburg

  9. December 24-25, 2017 – Apartment Fire – Shelter at First Baptist Spartanburg

  10. May 26, 2018 - Shelter - HPA - Dance Team

  11. September 14-16, 2018 - 3 Day Hurricane Florence Shelter

  12. October 4-5. 2019 - Apartment Fire - Shelter at First Baptist

  13. February 7-11, 2020 - Covenant Baptist Church 

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Communications

About Communications

Many who comprised the initial foundation of this program were avid Ham Radio operators so naturally communications has been part of this program since its inception.  Communications are involved in all aspects of our program therefore, almost every activation this program has ever had involved our communications division.  In addition to involvement in all divisions of the CERT program, our Communications Unit has been deeply involved with numerous exercises and EOC activations.  Below are a few activations/request that highlighted the most utilized division of our program, Communications: 

Activations (where comms were highlighted)

SUPPORT SERVICES

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  1. May 2-3, 2009 - Spring Fling - Barricade Control 

  2. September 19, 2009 - Community Emergency Preparedness Day

  3. October 10, 2009 - I-Recycle Run - Spartanburg

  4. May 2-3, 2010 - Spring Fling - Barricade Control

  5. May 7-8, 2011 - Spring Fling - Barricade Control

  6. May 14, 2011 - N. Spartanburg Baptist Church - 5k

  7. September 11, 2010 - Community Emergency Preparedness Day

  8. February 4, 2012 - Assist With Hero's 5k

  9. May 4-6, 2012 - Spring Fling - Barricade Control

  10. April 18, 2014 - Roebuck Fire Alarm Blitz

  11. May 2-4, 2014 - Spring Fling Barricade Control

  12. May 3, 2014 - Roebuck Fire Alarm Blitz

  13. September 9, 2014 - Community Emergency Preparedness Day

  14. APRIL 18, 2015 - Roebuck Fire Alarm Blitz

  15. May 1-3, 2015 - Spring Fling - Barricade Control

  16. June 27, 2015 - Greer Freedom Blast - Barricade and Crowd

  17. September 26, 2015 - Community Emergency Preparedness Day

  18. DECEMBER 12, 2015 - Santa Fun Run

  19. March 5, 2016 - Una Fire Alarm Blitz

  20. May 6-8, 2016 - Spring Fling - Barricade Control

  21. May 18, 2016 - NDMS Exercise

  22. May 20-21, 2016 - PODS for Blanket Distribution

  23. June 25, 2016 - Greer Freedom Blast - Barricade and Crowd Control

  24. September 24, 2016 - CEPD & Harvest Day 5k

  25. December 17, 2016 - Santa Fun Run

  26. April 19, 2017 -Officer Harris Funeral

  27. June 24,2017 – Greer Freedom Blast – Traffic/Crowd Control

  28. June 27, 2017 – Cannons Campground Smoke Detectors with Converse Fire Department

  29. September 30, 2017 – Coordinated/Promoted the Emergency Preparedness Day & 5k Race at Inman Harvest Say

  30. October 23, 2017 - EOC Comms Assistance

  31. December 16, 2017 – Santa Fun Run 5k – For the 3rd year, coordinated/Promoted the community toy drive 5k for the City of Inman

  32. May 9, 2018 – GSP Full Scale Exercise

  33. June 30, 2018 – Greer Freedom Blast

  34. September 12, 2018 - World Equestrian Games

  35. September 29, 2018 - Inman Harvest Day/5k/Community Preparedness Day

  36. December 15, 2018 - 4th Annual Santa Fun Run 5k

  37. June 28, 2019 - Greer Freedom Blast

  38. September 28, 2019 - Harvest Day/5k/Community Emergency Preparedness Day

  39. October 5, 2019 - UFRC Color Run 5k

  40. October 19, 2019 - GSP Exercise

  41. December 7, 2019 - Santa Fun Run 5k

  42. February 6, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistance

  43. March 16, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistance - Programming

  44. April 12, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistance

  45. April 25, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistace

  46. April 29, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistance 

  47. May 5, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistance 

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SEARCH AND RESCUE

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  1. June 29, 2008 - SAR Activation -Spartanburg, SC

  2. December 28, 2008 - SAR Activation -Spartanburg, SC

  3. March 17-18, 2009 - SAR Activation -Spartanburg, SC

  4. August 21, 2009 - SAR Activation -Spartanburg, SC

  5. September 16, 2010 - Missing Person - Downtown Spartanburg, SC

  6. May 4, 2011 - SAR Activation- Inman, SC

  7. November 6, 2011 - SAR Activation - Chesnee, SC

  8. December 16-17, 2011 - SAR Activation - Missing Person

  9. October 21, 2012 – SAR Activation - Missing Person Activation

  10. October 22, 2012 – SAR Activation - Inman, SC

  11. August 15, 2013 - SAR Activation in Boiling Springs, SC

  12. August 29, 2013 – SAR Activation in Inman, SC

  13. January 12, 2014 - SAR Activation – Chesnee, SC

  14. February 7, 2014 - SAR Activation - Southern Spartanburg, SC

  15. March 26, 2014 - SAR Activation  - Boiling Springs, SC

  16. April 1, 2014 - SAR Activation  – Cowpens, SC

  17. April 23, 2014 - SAR Activation – Campobello, SC

  18. May 22, 2014 - SAR Activation – Spartanburg, SC

  19. June 15, 2014 - SAR Activation – Sartanburg, SC

  20. April 10, 2015 - SAR Activation – Inman, SC

  21. May 4, 2015 - SAR Activation - Woodruff, SC

  22. May 5-6, 2015 - SAR Activation - Spartanburg, SC

  23. December 18, 2016 - SAR Activation - Greenville, SC

  24. January 22, 2017 - SAR Activation - Wellford SC

  25. January 28, 2017 - SAR Activation - Wellford SC

  26. February 1. 2017 - SAR Activation - Woodruff SC

  27. May 18, 2017 - SAR Activation - Moore, SC

  28. May 7, 2018 - SAR Activation - Spartanburg, SC

  29. June 9, 2018 - SAR Activation - Gastonia, NC

  30. July 13, 2018 - SAR Activation - Wellford SC

  31. August 25, 2018 - SAR Activation - Cherokee SC

  32. September 11, 2018 - SAR Activation - Lyman, SC

  33. September 22-23, 2018 - SAR Activation - Gastonia NC

  34. Septembr 25, 2018 - SAR Activation - Gastonia NC

  35. October 1, 2018 - SAR PLANNING - Spartanburg, SC

  36. October 16-17, 2018 - SAR Activation - Boiling Springs, SC

  37. May 4, 2019 - SAR Activation - Greer, SC

  38. May 26-27, 2019 - Inland Water - Spartanburg SC

  39. May 31-June 1, 2019 - SAR Activation - Union SC

  40. July 20, 2019 - SCSAR Ground/Drone - Union, SC

  41. September 21, 2019 - SCSAR Inland Water/K9/Drone - Spartanburg, SC 

  42. May 2-3, 2020 - SCSAR K9/Ground/Drone - Spartanburg, SC

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SHELTER

  1. March 2-3, 2009 - Assisted Red Cross with Sheltering

  2. February 22, 2012 - Assist Red Cross with Sheltering

  3. January 6-7, 2014 - Cold Weather Shelter - Pet Friendly

  4. February 12-13, 2014 - Winter Storm Shelter - Pet Friendly

  5. February 18-19, 2014 - Cold Weather Shelter - Pet Friendly

  6. January 22-24, 2015 - Cold Weather Shelter - Pet Friendly

  7. January 22-24, 2015 - Cold Weather Shelter - Pet Friendly

  8. January 5-6, 2017 @ High Point Academy - Pet Friendly

  9. January 30-31, 2017 - Spartanburg First Baptist

  10. October 23-25, 1017 – Tornado – Shelter at First Baptist Spartanburg

  11. December 24-25, 2017 – Apartment Fire – Shelter at First Baptist Spartanburg

  12. May 26, 2018 - Shelter - HPA - Dance Team

  13. September 14-16, 2018 - 3 Day Hurricane Florence Shelter

  14. December 9-11, 2018 - Winter Weather Shelter 

  15. October 4-5. 2019 - Apartment Fire - Shelter at First Baptist

  16. February 7-11, 2020 - Covenant Baptist Church 

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DART

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  1. February 12-13, 2014 - Winter Storm Shelter - Pet Friendly

  2. February 18-19, 2014 - Cold Weather Shelter - Pet Friendly

  3. January 22-24, 2015 - Cold Weather Shelter - Pet Friendly

  4. January 22-24, 2015 - Cold Weather Shelter - Pet Friendly

  5. October 6-10, 2016 - DART Hurricane Matthew Shelter

  6. January 5-6, 2017 - High Point Academy - Pet Friendly

  7. October 23-25, 1017 – Tornado – Shelter at First Baptist Spartanburg

  8. December 24-25, 2017 – Apartment Fire – Shelter at First Baptist Spartanburg

  9. May 26, 2018 - Shelter - HPA - Dance Team

  10. September 14-16, 2018 - 3 Day Hurricane Florence Shelter

  11. October 4-5. 2019 - Apartment Fire - Shelter at First Baptist

  12. February 7-11, 2020 - Covenant Baptist Church 

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EOC

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  1. October 23, 2017 - EOC Comms Assistance

  2. February 6, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistance

  3. March 16, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistance - Programming

  4. April 12, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistance

  5. April 25, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistace

  6. April 29, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistance 

  7. May 5, 2020 - EOC Comms Assistance 

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