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Ocean City Honors CERT Volunteers

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Members of the Ocean City-Upper Township Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) were recognized for their volunteerism at Thursday night's City Council meeting in Ocean City. City Council in Ocean City took time out before its regular public meeting on Thursday (July 23) to thank members of its Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Ocean City's team has more than 100 volunteers who are trained to assist the community in hurricanes, floods, blizzards and other events that require emergency response. "It's an honor to be able to thank them for their volunteerism," Ocean City Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Donato said. A new class — the first to combine volunteers from Ocean City and Upper Township — recently completed a 12-week class. Their names are listed below. Because the two municipalities work closely together in disaster response — with Upper Township hosting evacuation shelters during Superstorm Sandy and Tropical Storm Irene, for instance — the teams will now train together. "If it weren't for the Ocean City and Upper Township people, our shelter plan would have been null and void," Cape May County Emergency Management Coordinator Martin L. Pagliughi said. He said the county had no shelter plan at all when he first took on the duties a few years ago. Donato works with depuUty coordinators James Smith and Brian Hopely in Ocean City and Upper Township Emergency Management Coordinator Scott Morgan.
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