First Responder Initiative

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Training Orientation for new Citizen Corps
Councils

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CONTENTS

• BACKGROUND
• CITIZEN CORPS GRANTS
• UTAH CITIZEN CORPS OVERVIEW
• ORGANIZING A CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL
• RESOURCES

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BACKGROUND
Citizen Corps was launched in 2002 as an
initiative of the Presidents USA Freedom Corps
to promote a culture of service, citizenship and
responsibility. Utah Citizen Corps was officially
launched in March of 2003 as a partnership
representing the volunteer and professional
emergency response sectors. On February 19th,
2004, Utah Citizen Corps was officially adopted
as a program and sub committee of the Utah
Commission on Volunteers.  
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2004 CITIZEN CORPS GRANTS

• The purpose of this grant was to
• Establish and/or sustain city, county or
  regional Citizen Corps
• Councils.
• Establish a plan to implement the Citizen Corps
  mission and engage
• citizens in each respective community.
• Conduct public education and outreach to inform
  the public about
• their roles and responsibilities as
  individuals to be prepared, to be
• trained and to volunteer.
• Develop and implement Citizen Corps programs
  offering training and
• volunteer opportunities to support first
  responders.

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2004 Citizen Corps Grants

• On June 18, 2004
• 33 grants were awarded to local units of
  government
• in Utah.
• A total of 340,800 in federal dollars was
  awarded.
• Largest grant award being 43,050 and the
  smallest
• amount being 5,000 Over 90 of those who
  applied
• were funded at some level.

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Citizen Corps Councils Awarded
Beaver County Citizen Corps Council Brigham City
Citizen Corps Council Cache County Citizen Corps
Council Carbon County Citizen Corps
Council Central Utah Regional Citizen Corps
Council City of Woodland Hills Citizen Corps
Council Eagle Mountain City Citizen Corps
Council Emery County Citizen Corps Council Fruit
Heights City Citizen Corps Council Garfield
County Citizen Corps Council Grand County Citizen
Corps Council Green River City Citizen Corps
Council
Iron County Citizen Corps Council Midvale City
Citizen Corps Council Millard County CERT Millard
County Citizen Corps Council North Davis Citizen
Corps Council Northern Utah Regional Citizen
Corps Council Ogden City Citizen Corps
Council Orem City Citizen Corps Council Park City
Citizen Corps Council Salt Lake City Citizen
Corps Council Salt Lake County Citizen Corps
Council Sandy City Citizen Corps Council
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Citizen Corps Councils Awarded
Sanpete County Citizen Corps Council Southwest
Utah Regional Citizen Corps Council Taylorsville
City Citizen Corps Council Tooele County Citizen
Corps Council Utah Co. Medical Reserve
Corps Washington County Citizen Corps
Council Wayne County Citizen Corps Council Utah
Council for Crime Prevention/Neighborhood
Watch Utah Peace Institute/Utah Consortium of
Minority Groups (SL County) Washington County
Citizen Corps Council Wayne County Citizen Corps
Council
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Reporting

• Meeting the reporting deadlines will help ensure
  future
• funding.
• Quarterly reports will be reviewed and
  evaluated.
• Provide an updated work plan for how your
  council
• will spend the awarded grant money.
• Additional training information will be posted
  online at
• www.citizencorps.utah.gov

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Reporting Periods
First reporting period is July 1, 2004
September 30, 2004. Quarterly progress reports
are due to DES by the 20th day of the month
following the end for the quarter. Below is a
schedule of reports due. Quarter 1 7/1/04
9/30/04 Due 10/20/04 Quarter 2 10/1/04
12/31/04 Due 1/20/05 Quarter 3 1/1/05
3/31/05 Due 4/20/05 Quarter 4 4/1/05
6/30/05 Due 7/20/05 Quarter 5 7/1/05
9/30/05 Due 10/20/05 Quarter 6 10/1/05
11/30/05 Due 12/20/05
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Requests for Reimbursement

• Use the 85-21 form for submitting requests for
  reimbursement
• Authorized program expenditures
• Planning
• Public Education/Outreach
• Training/Exercise/Equipment
• Volunteer Program
• Management Admin, capped at 3
• For more information, review The FY 2004 Citizen
  Corps Program guidelines.

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Unauthorized Program Expenditures

• Expenditures for items such as general-use
  software (word processing, spreadsheet, graphics,
  etc), general-use computers (other than for
  allowable M A activities, or otherwise
  associated preparedness or response functions)
  and related equipment, general-use vehicles,
  licensing fees, weapons systems and ammunition.
• Activities unrelated to the completion and
  implementation of the Citizen Corps Program.
• Other items not in accordance with the Authorized
  Equipment List or previously listed as allowable
  costs.
• Construction or renovation of facilities.

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Financial Matters

• The 76-10 award document must be signed and
  returned in order to receive grant funds.
• Jurisdictions should complete the program
  progress report each quarter even though they may
  not be asking for any reimbursement.
• For further information contact
• Russ Fillmore , DES/HS Financial Officer
• [phone]
• rfillmore_at_utah.gov
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Utah Citizen Corps MissionTo harness the
power of every individual through education,
training, and volunteer service to make
communities safer, stronger, and better
prepared. INCLUSION
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We all have a role in hometown security. Utah
Citizen Corps asks you to embrace the personal
responsibility to be prepared to get training in
first aid and emergency skills and to volunteer
to support local emergency responders, disaster
relief, and community safety.
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Utah Citizen Corps Council Members
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Citizen Corps Programs

• Department of Justice
• Neighborhood Watch
• Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS)

• Department of Homeland Security
• Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)

• Department of Health and Human Services
• Medical Reserve Corps

Other public education, training and volunteer
service programs promoting community and family
safety
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UTAH CITIZEN CORPS OVERVIEW

• Prepare
• Preparedness plans and disaster supply kits
• Home health and safety practices
• Disaster mitigation measures
• Crime prevention and reporting

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UTAH CITIZEN CORPS OVERVIEW

• Train
• Emergency preparedness
• Response capabilities
• First aid
• Fire suppression
• Search and rescue procedures
• Public health and safety

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UTAH CITIZEN CORPS OVERVIEW

• Volunteer
• Law enforcement
• Fire and/or Emergency medical services
• Community public health
• Emergency management
• Disaster relief community safety organizations

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Helpful Web Resources

• Prepare
• www.ready.gov
• www.prepare.org
• www.emergencymanagement.utah.gov
• Train
• des.utah.gov/training
• des.utah.gov/cert/
• www.redcross.org

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Helpful Web Resources

• Volunteer
• To volunteer in your community
  www.ILiveToGive.org
• To register a Citizen Corps Council
  www.citizencorps.gov
• CERT training.fema.gov/emiwe
  b/CERT
• Medical Reserve Corps www.medicalreservecorps.
  gov
• Neighborhood Watch
  www.usaonwatch.org
• Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS)
  www.policevolunteers.org

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Citizen Corps Community Benefits

• Greater sense of security, responsibility, and
  personal control
• Builds community pride, unity and patriotism
• Promotes risk reduction, mitigation, and
  preparedness
• practices
• Prepares us all for helping others in a crisis

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Citizen Corps Community Benefits

• Benefits for First Responders
• Year round support through volunteer programs
• Reduces burden on first responder services by
• promoting mitigation and preparedness measures
  
• Creates well trained, better informed, and
  better
• prepared citizens to take care of themselves
  and
• others during times of crisis -- allowing
  first
• responders to address the most critical needs

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Organizing a Citizen Corps Council

• The purpose of a Council is to have all
  the decision makers
• at the table to
• Identify and utilize existing volunteer
  resources.
• Leverage mutually supportive endeavors among the
  
• represented groups.
• Direct the overall local plans to implement
  Citizen Corps in
• the community.

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Citizen Corps Councils Membership

• Each community and region will determine the
  geographic boundaries and membership for its
  council. Membership could come from
• First responder/emergency management
• Volunteer community
• Elected and other government officials
• Public health, public safety and public works
• Disaster preparedness and crime prevention
  sectors
• Leaders of business and industry
• School representatives
• Media executives
• Faith based representatives
• Minority, elderly and special needs
  representatives
• Community leaders

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Roles Responsibilities - Utah Citizen Corps
Council

• Utah Citizen Corps Council supports local and
  regional Citizen Corps Councils and will
• Encourage every community in the state to
  participate in Citizen Corps
• Serve as an advocate to the local governments
• Develop strategies for increasing first-responder
  and volunteer collaboration
• Develop statewide marketing strategies
• Match Citizen Corps training needs with other
  major state training initiatives
• Ensure that Citizen Corps communities receive
  consideration for any relevant grants
• Report statewide accomplishments

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Roles Responsibilities - Local Council

• Create an action plan
• Conduct a community needs assessment
• Identify ways volunteers can help meet needs of
  first responders
• Work with neighborhood leadership to design an
  approach to encourage Citizen Corps participation
• Spearhead efforts to address crime, terrorism,
  public health issues, and natural disaster risks
• Recognize all activities that promote prevention,
  preparedness, and response training as a part of
  Citizen Corps
• Organize special events to promote Citizen Corps
  activities and recruit volunteers to participate
• Coordinate all your work with local county and
  regional councils.
• Partner with local emergency program managers and
  existing volunteer programs.

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Some Utah Partners

• Utah Volunteer Centers Association www.ILiveToGive
  .org
• Kathy Erickson, Chair kerickso_at_sixaog.state.u
  t.us
• Utah Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
  (UVOAD)
• www.nvoad.org Craig Knight, Chair
  knightcp_at_ldschurch.org
• Utah Emergency Management Association (UEMA)
• www.uema.net Ann Allen, Chair
  ldaallen_at_ihc.com
• American Red Cross www.redcross.org Enter your
  Zip Code to find your local council in Utah and a
  link to their site.
• Utah Council for Crime Prevention
  www.utcrimeprevention.org

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National Partners and Affiliates
American Red Cross American Radio Relay
League American Safety Health Institute Civil
Air Patrol Department of Education E9-1-1
Institute Environmental Protection Agency Home
Safety Council Mercy Medical Airlift National
Association for Search and Rescue National Crime
Prevention Council National Fire Protection
Association National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration National Safety Council National
Volunteer Fire Council National Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster Points of Light
Foundation and the Volunteer Center National
Network Save a Life Foundation United States
Junior Chamber Veterans of Foreign Wars
For more information and links to their websites,
visit http//www.citizencorps.gov/programs/affili
ate.shtm
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Resources Liability Issues
State Liability Laws for Charitable Organizations
and Volunteers http//www.citizencorps.gov/counci
ls/liability.shtm Nonprofit Risk Management
Center www.nonprofitrisk.org CERT Discussion on
Liability http//training.fema.gov/emiweb/cert/li
ab_disc.asp Good Samaritan Act http//www.le.stat
e.ut.us/code/TITLE78/htm/78_0F025.htm
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Resources
CITIZEN CORPS A GUIDE FOR LOCAL
OFFICIALS http//www.citizencorps.gov/pdf/council.
pdf UTAH COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEERS STAFF Scott
G. Snow, State Point of Contact
scottgsnow_at_utah.gov Kathy Hyde,
Program Manager khyde_at_utah.gov Kristi
Tanner, Citizen Corps Admin. Assistant
kltanner_at_utah.gov Enoc Velazquez, Citizen
Corps Support Specialist
evelazquez_at_utah.gov

• Utah Commission on Volunteers
• 527 West 400 North, Suite 3
• Orem, Utah 84057
• 801-764-0704
• http//volunteers.utah.gov/

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We all have a role in hometown security. Utah
Citizen Corps asks you to embrace the personal
responsibility to be prepared to get training in
first aid and emergency skills and to volunteer
to support local emergency responders, disaster
relief, and community safety.