Scheduled Training Events / Drills:
Prior Drills / Training Summary Reports:
- Regional Drill - November 2/2024
- 2024 Community Days: Are you Prepared?
- Session 1 Sat July 27, 2024 La Honda Elementary School
- Session 2 August 10, 2024 Saratoga Summit
- Regional Drill - San Mateo Co - October 21, 2023
- First Arrivers Workshop - September 23, 2023 La Honda Fire Station
- New 911 Presentation and Maps for SR84 and Pescadero Road
- CPR-AED Class Skyline Ridge Ranger Station July 22, 2023 8am-4pm
- Community Preparedness Day - May 21, 2023 - Skyline Ridge - noon-3pm
- Regional Drill - Santa Cruz Co - April 29, 2023
- CPR-AED Class Las Cumbres Community Center November 12, 2022 8am to 4pm
- South Skyline Emergency Preparedness Day Saratoga Summit August 7, 2022. Noon to 3pm
- Come – Meet – Talk to the teams who respond to EMERGENCIES on the mountain at Skyline Ridge:
- Wildfire, Earthquake, Winter Storms, Power Failure & Medical. Learn how to prepare for Evacuation,
- Home Defense, Save your Family and Pets. Sponsored by South Skyline FireSafe Council and SSEPO.
- First Arrivers Workshop Saratoga Summit July 9, 2022 9:30-2:30
- In the mountains it often takes a long time to get help.
- What to do when you have or arrive at an emergency?
- First Aid - assessment and immediate treatment
- First aid supplies at home and in the neighborhood
- Calling 911 in our area
- Fire Extinguisher Practice
- Meet first responders from Cal Fire - South Skyline Fire and Rescue staff
- Radio Learning Station Training - May 22, 2022 - Including training on building antennas
- South Skyline and South Coast Shakeout Drill October 9, 2021 10am-1pm
ARES, Fire Department DOC and CERT activation
All neighborhoods do wellfare checks and radio back results
Practice with Medical Trailer and CERTs
- First Arriver's Workshop: October 13 and October 20, 2020 on ZOOM
- Simulated Emergency Test -- October 20, 2018, 9:30 - 1:30, Skyline Ridge Preservem - Various volunteer groups (HAM operators, CERT, San Mateo County Large Animal Evac) participate in an emergency exercise which included: landing of a Stanford Lifeflight helicopter at a new landing zone in Castanea Ridge, neighborhood welfare checks (participating neighborhoods were: Portola Heights, Castanea Ridge, Monkey Rock/Rosemary Lane, and Rocky Creek), GMRS and HAM radio communications, and the evacuation of 6 horses. Youtube Video SSA Article on SET.
- CERT Review - McGuyver Medicine -- September 8, 2018 (see First Aid Kit recommendations)
- CERT Review Medical Operations -- May 26, 2018
- CERT Review of Unit 1 --February 24, 2018
- SET (Simulated Emergency Test) --- October 21, 2017 -- Summary Report
- CPR / AED Training Class -- August 26, 2017
- South Skyline Emergency Nighttime Drill -- November 18, 2016 -- Summary Report
- San Mateo Large Animal Evac (SMCLAEG) Animal Handling Training -- August 20, 2016 -- Summary Report
- Coastside Emergency Corp Tent Exercise -- August 18, 2016 -- Summary Report
- Radio Drill at Skyline Ridge Ranger Station -- April 16, 2016
- South Skyline Emergency Drill -- November 7, 2015 -- Summary Report