Second NY-TERT contingent cleared for deployment

NY-TERT is deploying a second contingent of TERT personnel to relieve the Monroe and Onondaga teams already in Suffolk County. The next group will include TERT personnel from Broome County (4), Lewis County (2), and Yates County (2). All will depart for Suffolk County on Thursday November 8th. Monroe and Onondaga crews will more than likely depart the morning of Friday November 9th. NY counties not already on the deployable list who wish to make personnel available for deployment, please contact the New York State Deputy TERT Coordinator D. Jeremy DeMar by phone at 585.749.7240 or by e-mail at ddemar@monroecounty.gov

NY-TERT Update for Suffolk County

Waiting to hear back from Suffolk County Communications to find out whether they'll be needing to extend the NY-TERT deployment for another week. We currently have three NY-TERT counties confirmed and on "deployment standby" awaiting the order to depart. Monroe and Onondaga crews should be coming back the morning of Friday the 9th. Relief crews will be heading out the afternoon of Thursday the 8th if the deployment extension is requested. The Nor'easter continues to move toward the eastern seaboard.

Additional NY-TERT support still needed

Forwarded request from NYS TERT Coordinator Merklinger this morning; if you're receiving this a second time, it means you're on more than one e-mail distribution list relating to NY-TERT

To keep all of you in the loop we still have 8 people at Suffolk. We have 4 from Monroe and 4 from Onondaga. We are making arrangements for relief crews for Thursday or Friday this week depending on the next sto...

rm. At least some of those reliefs will be from Broome they want to give back for the help they have received. Note the area is supposed to get another rain and wind storm this week which could impact things again. I have enough availability to keep up reliefs for 3-4 weeks unless we get more requests for other counties. They did move some of the current staff out to fire island yesterday to help out there. Current availability we have is as follows:

Allegany-2
Monroe-8
Seneca-2
Lewis-2
Niagara-4
Broome-5
Yates-2

If any of you can possibly provide additional resources please get that information to myself and Jeremy Demar from my office. He is also sending e-mails to his TERT list from his contacting the counties so I apologize if you get this twice but we want to cover all our bases. I am in court today from 1000-1200 but in the office most of the rest of the day. Thx Klinger

John M Merklinger, MS, ENP-Director
City of Rochester/County of Monroe
Emergency Communications Department
321 West Main Street
Rochester, New York 14608
Ofc-585-528-2207
Fax-585-528-2265

D. Jeremy DeMar, RPL, ENP
911 Communications Response Team Supervisor
New York State Deputy TERT Coordinator

Is your NY agency TERT deployable right now?

Attention New York State PSAP's and Emergency Communications Centers: If you have a TERT deployable force available and you're not currently on the state deployable list, please contact the New York State Deputy TERT Coordinator D. Jeremy DeMar by e-mail at ddemar@monroecounty.gov or by phone at 585.749.7240

NY-TERT's newest deployable personnel

I'm pleased to announce that the following emergency communications professionals completed the Deployment Awareness for TERT training program at the Monroe County Emergency Communications Department in Rochester, NY on November 2, 2012:

By Name and County

Darlene Catteau - Wayne
Greg DeWolf - Wayne
Karen Fires - Wayne
Andrew Meyer - Wayne
Christopher Wilson - Wayne
Christopher Spencer - Monroe

Salvatore Tantalo - Monroe
Anita Danzy - Monroe
Timothy Scott - Monroe
Stephen Wegman - Monroe
Brian Bennington - Monroe
Jason Cortese - Monroe
Gerald Patterson - Monroe
Gary Foster - Ontario
Sean St. Cyr - Ontario
Christopher Foster - Ontario
Martha Kester - Monroe

Congratulations everyone....
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D. Jeremy DeMar, RPL, ENP
911 Communications Response Team Supervisor
New York State Deputy TERT Coordinator
Rochester/Monroe County Emergency Communications

NY-TERT - Update on deployable resources

As of 11/3/12 @ 0900, New York State Deployable TERT resources are as follows:

Allegany - 3 Dispatchers
Broome - 4 Dispatchers - 1 Supervisor
Lewis - 2 Dispatchers
Monroe - 8 Dispatchers, multiple TERT Team Leaders
Monroe County Radio Center - Multiple COMT's
Niagara - 2 Dispatchers
Onondaga - 3 Dispatchers
Saratoga - 1 COMT
Seneca - 2 Dispatchers
Yates - 2 Dispatchers
Submitted by D. Jeremy DeMar, RPL, ENP - New York State Deputy TERT Coordinator

Monroe & Onondaga 911 deploy on TERT response

ROCHESTER, NY - At 17:00 this evening, (4) Dispatchers from Monroe County and (4) Dispatchers from Onondaga County deployed on a TERT response to Suffolk Fire & EMS Communications in Yaphank, NY. Ironically, a TERT Deployment Awareness Class being given at the Monroe County Emergency Communications Department in Rochester was just ending as the request for assistance came in. The initial deploymen...

t duration is slated for roughly one week, give or take a day. It's entirely possible additional deployment requests will come in from the impacted area, due to the devastation created by Hurricane Sandy. More to follow as information becomes available. ------ submitted by D. Jeremy DeMar, RPL, ENP - New York State Deputy TERT Coordinator