What is Citizen Corps?
Citizen Corps offers volunteer opportunities to support local fire, law enforcement, emergency medical services, community public health efforts, and to contribute to the four stages of emergency management: preparedness, prevention, response, and recovery. With the added support of citizen volunteers, emergency service providers have more time to fulfill their highly skilled responsibilities to make our communities safer, stronger and better prepared.
The Texas Association of Regional Councils, a public entity, administers the Citizen Corps programs in Texas through councils of governments (COGs).
 2012 Texas Unites
Conference
The Texas Citizen Corps Program and the Texas VOAD announce the 3rd Annual Texas Unites Conference. The conference will be held June 13 – 15, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk in San Antonio Texas. Please click here to go to the conference website for more information. Online Registration is now available! Please note the deadline to make reservations at the special rate of $99 at the Hyatt Regency is May 24, 2012. We look forward to having you attend our conference.
First Annual Jack Colley Award Recipient
Brenda Gormley, CERT Coordinator for Denton County, was awarded the first annual Jack Colley Award for Volunteerism last week in Austin. The prestigious Jack Colley Award honors an outstanding volunteer who exhibits leadership, dedication, self-sacrifice and service to the State of Texas in the field of emergency management, attributes personified by the late Chief Jack Colley.
This state-wide recognition is the highest honor bestowed upon a volunteer by the state's Citizen Corps Program. The award was presented by the Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Steve McCraw, and Texas Association of Regional Councils Executive Director, Penny Redington, at the annual Texas Unites Citizen Corps/VOAD Conference on June 22.
Community Preparedness Webinar Series
The Community Preparedness Webinar Series provides up-to-date information on community preparedness topics and resources available to citizens, community organizations, and Citizen Corps Councils. A webinar is a web-based informational or training seminar (a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar) that is transmitted over the internet. These webinars will feature new community preparedness topics several times each month and are free to the public. Each webinar will accommodate the first 500 visitors that enter the website at the time of the webinar. In addition to airing live, each webinar will be recorded and viewable after it completes at your convenience.
For information on upcoming webinars, or to view archived Community Preparedness Webcasts and Webinars, click here. |
