Emergency Preparedness Committee Workshop - San Francisco Fire Department Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT)

Misa Gidding-Chatfield, Chair, BOMA San Francisco Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC); SFFD Lt. Erica Arteseros; Jackson Talbot, Vice Chair, BOMA SF EPC

BOMA San Francisco Members:

BOMA's Emergency Preparedness Committee held a workshop on February 24, 2011 for BOMA members to discuss the San Francisco Fire Department Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) program.  The workshop educated BOMA San Francisco building owners and property managers about the required skills and resources to be prepared for emergencies large or small:

• Risk Awareness
• Disaster supplies
• Personal/Family Disaster Planning
• NERT Overview
• Disaster Pre-Planning

Thank you to SFFD Lt. Erica Arteseros, NERT Program Coordinator, for presenting this valuable information to BOMA members.

About NERT

NERT is a free training program for individuals, neighborhood groups and community-based organizations in San Francisco.  Through this program, individuals will learn the basics of personal preparedness and prevention.  The training also includes hands-on disaster skills that will help individuals respond to a personal emergency as well as act as members of a neighborhood response team.