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ROME-FLOYD COUNTY CERT CLASS BEGINS MARCH 13 |
Rome, Ga. –The Rome-Floyd County Community Emer  gency Response Team will be holding its next free certification class starting on Saturday, March 13.
“We really appreciate the enthusiasm and motivation this group exhibited while taking this class and learning the emergency skills necessary to assist in the event of a crisis,” said Vicki Wiles, CERT Coordinator. “They are a great example of the American spirit and a commitment to community. We are proud to have them on our team, which is currently 150 members strong.”
CERT training promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people they serve. Everyone is welcome to volunteer and no prior emergency or medical training is required. Members are trained in light search and rescue techniques, disaster preparedness, terrorism, medical treatment, team organization, disaster psychology, and then complete a final exercise using the skills just learned. CERT members are then integrated into the emergency response capabilities for their area.
Class dates are March 13, and 20 at the Floyd County Health Dept from 9 am– 4 pm, which is located at 16 East 12th Street. The final day consisting of an exercise will be held March 27, 8 am -12 noon at the Fire Tower training center, which is located at 168 North Ave.
For more information, please visit www.floydcountycert.org , email vickiwiles@gmail.com or call 706.236.5002.
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ROME-FLOYD RECYCLING CENTER ADDS MORE LOCATION OPTIONS |
The Rome-Floyd Recycling Center has added an additional satellite trailer for citizens to recycle items with greater ease. The new trailer is located on Hicks Drive, in the Kmart parking lot, next to Blockbuster Video.
“We are thankful for recycling partners like Kmart, who without hesitation agreeing to assist us in our efforts to divert items from the landfill,” said Recycling Center Manager Mark Skeggs.
Floyd County residents also have two other locations for recycling. The new location is in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot on Maple Street in the Lindale community. The GMC Value Mart, 3402 Alabama Highway, is also another location where County residents can take recyclables. Materials accepted includes cardboard/paperboard, newspaper, glass bottles and jars, #1 and #2 plastic, steel cans and aluminum cans.
Rome and Floyd County recycled more than 8 million pounds of material in 2009 which saved more than 26,000 cubic yards of space in our landfill.
City residents can now recycle through curbside bins, satellite trailers, at the Recycling Center or remote sites. County residents can recycle at the same places, with the exception being curbside bins.
For more information, please visit www.romefloydrecycles.org.
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SPLOST 2009 INFORMATION |
SPLOST 2009
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FLOYD COUNTY LAUNCHES CODE RED EMERGENCY WEATHER ALERT SYSTEM |
 Floyd County has contracted with Emergency Communications Network, Inc., of Ormond Beach, Florida, for its "CodeRED" high-speed telephone emergency notification services. The CodeRED system will deliver pre-recorded Emergency Notification Weather Warning messages to targeted areas or the entire County at a rate of up to 60,000 calls per hour. Weather Warning notifications will be delivered for severe thunderstorms, tornado and flash flood warnings. These alerts are generated from the National Weather Service. Anytime a weather alert is issued in your area of the county or for the entire county you will receive a call from CodeRED weather alert.
For more information, please click here. To register for the FREE service, please click here or on the logo above. |
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