Ohio TERT recently learned that they, along with the other TERT teams who were activated and responded in late 2024, will be honored as recipients of the initial 911 Impact Awards. Along with our fellow TERT teams, other recipients include Renee Gordon, Director of the Alexandria Virginia Department of Emergency and Customer Communications, Jessica Rosenworcel, […]
Ohio TERT State Coordinator Nick DiCicco recently attended a two-day TERT coordinators collaboration workshop in Ocala, Florida. Representatives from Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas, and Washington TERT convened to share valuable lessons learned from their 2024 TERT deployments. They actively engaged in discussions to identify mitigation strategies that will support TERT programs during future deployments. Additionally, […]
The team met in Columbus at Franklin County EMA on November 20th to conduct an after-action debriefing regarding our recent deployment to Asheville and Buncombe County, North Carolina. Committee Chair Nick DiCicco lead a discussion on the good, bad, and ugly, from first standby alert to the return of the last resource in October. This […]
The entire Taskforce is now back in Ohio, after OH-2 and the remaining members from OH-1 returned on Wednesday afternoon. On Tuesday night, the team has a celebratory dinner along with the arriving logistics crew at a local Asheville restaurant to both celebrate what we view as a successful deployment, but to also honor and […]
We’ve said that life goes on despite the disaster. And unfortunately, that held true for one of our team members, who had to fly home to tend to an emergent matter. The entire team is sending our best wishes as they navigate the next little while. The notes of support and comfort that were received […]
We’ve said a few times over these past weeks that it really does take a literal village to push forward through any deployment. Any regional or state team that deploys on EMAC assignments will tell you that it takes all parts of the squad, unit, or strike team, or task force to achieve a successful […]
Team TERT OH-2 has been working for 4 days now, and they have kept up the pace that Team OH-1 set in the first half of the deployment. At present, 3 personnel from the team are working at the backup center, assisting with call taking, and the remainder of the squad is working aboard HAVOC […]
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Ohio TERT conducted a shift change at Buncombe County and the City of Asheville. (8) personnel comprising Team TERT-OH-2 departed from Cambridge early Tuesday morning following Monday evening rally point rendezvous. Team 2 represents PSAPs around the state: (2) from the Chagrin Valley Dispatch COG, (3) from Southwest Emergency Dispatch – […]
The term ‘unsung hero’ seems to get a lot of use these days. For lots of societal and vocational reasons that do not really matter here, folks all across the country and the world find themselves called upon to lend assistance in times of crisis and misfortune. How person(s) choose to answer the proverbial call […]
…In our favorite rocket ship, er, field communications unit. It’s moving day today for the gang and other TERT teams, as they bid farewell to their initial quarters near a school, and head down the road about 15 minutes to a FEMA dormitory trailer camp that also provides a hot meal, and (in theory) a […]