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CONSENT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Board of County Commissioners THROUGH: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator THROUGH: John King, Director Department of Emerg ervices FROM: Dale Justice, Emergency Management Coordinator dir DATE: March 15, 2013 SUBJECT: Approval of the CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Basic Course Delivery Agreement It is respectfully requested that the information contained herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at the next scheduled meeting. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: Annually, the Florida Division of Emergency Management administers the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) grant which helps to build, train and sustain local CERT teams. The Board of County Commission approved CERT grant #13-CI-A6-10-40-01-402 on February 05, 2013 in the amount of$10,376.00. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: The Indian River County CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) program trains and equips residents of Indian River County to respond to their neighbors, assess damage, treat the injured and assist public safety in times of disaster as well as providing non-disaster support, under the direction of public safety, for various public events. To help mitigate the impact to our communities after a disaster occurs, the state provided Department of Homeland Security funds in an effort to ease the financial burden and provide additional CERT courses. The approval of this contract will provide three (3) CERT courses training up to 75 county residents. FUNDING: This is a 100% federally funded subgrant. Grant funds cannot be utilized for in-house services. The Critical Infrastructure Support Group, LLC (CISG, Vero Beach) is authorized by the Florida Division of Emergency Management to provide the CERT training courses and meets the 66