All training is free to Oak Bay volunteers, even if you are not an Oak Bay resident.

TRAINING will continue with the following tentative fall schedule:

Registration & Inquiry / Referrals in pm.
Sat Sept 29, 9 am to 4 pm, Sidney Firehall,

ESS Administration.
Wed Oct 3, 6:30 to 9:30 pm, Langford,

Managing W/I Volunteers.
Sat Oct 13, 9:00am to 4:00 pm, Sooke,

Search and Reply
Sat Oct 20, 9 am to 1 pm in Saanich,

Emergency First Aid
Sat Oct 20, 9 am to 5 pm Red Cross at Windsor Centre, with Bryan Crockford. Bring your own lunch. Register with Meghan (see below). She will submit the registration to the Oak Bay Recreation Centre and ask that the fees be charged to the Emergency Program for Oak Bay ESS volunteers.

Reception Center Operations
Tues. Oct 30, continued Nov. 6, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, Peninsula,

Group Lodging.
Sat Nov 10, 9 to 4 pm in Langford,

Supervision in Disasters
Sat Nov. 17, 9 to 4pm at Red Cross House,

Registration & Inquiry / Referrals
Sat Nov. 24, 9 to 4 pm in Sooke,

Managing Walk-in Volunteers
Sat Nov. 24, 9 to 4 pm Oak Bay Municipal Hall (upstairs),

Sat Dec 1, 9 to 4 pm Saanich, TBD-Resource?

Emergency First Aid and Foodsafe
courses will be annouced as they are scheduled by the Oak Bay Recreation Center.

Contact Meghan Flynn, Training Co-ordinator, to register for any of the above courses. 477-0230
email: [email protected]

Amateur Radio Operators License
evening cources with the Victoria Emergency Program. Check with Philip Lin, Oak Bay 598-7973 ([email protected]) or Rob Johns, Victoria 920-3377 (cityofvictoria.bc.ca)

Our ESS meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month, 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Oak Bay Municipal Hall, downstairs:

- Oct 9
- Nov 13
- Dec 11

Fall meetings will again be on every 2nd Tuesday of the month in the downstairs meeting room at the Municipal Hall Sept. 11/ Oct. 9/ Nov. 13.

LEADERSHIP VICTORIA

Hosted by Volunteer Victoria, beginning in September, a program of hands-on learning in leadership open to residents of the CRD. The program will teach leadership skills and expose emerging leaders to current community issues. Interested? Contact Susan Astill at 386-2269 or email [email protected]

ESS Contacts in Oak Bay:

Catherine Thomson (ESSD) 598-9353
email: [email protected]

Meghan Flynn (ESSDD) 477-0230
email: [email protected]

Sharon Robinson (Alternate) 595-3732
email: [email protected]

Check out the PEP Website
All Kinds of information on preparedness

Please take time as fall and winter approach to check the batteries in your flashlights and smoke detectors. If you have a grab-and-go bag, now is a good time to winterize it, and if you don't, now is a good time to start one!