The City of Cupertino Recognizes Extra Steps Taken (CREST) Award, honors outstanding community volunteers making major contributions to the quality of life in Cupertino during the year 2012.
Actions speak louder than words, and Jerry and Beverly deep commitment to Cupertino disaster preparedness is reflected in the hundreds of hours of volunteer work. They do not just show up, they lead and they contribute. Both Beverly and Jerry are dedicated to raising and maintaining proficiency of CERT (Cupertino Emergency Response Team) volunteers and ensuring the ongoing viability of the CERT program in Cupertino. She runs 'welcome to Cupertino CERT' course for city residents who take the CERT course offered by Santa Clara County Fire. This crucial course is required to matriculate city residents into the city's CERT program. Bev and Jerry have served as instructor for weekly classes for approximately 20 weeks in 2012 using their course materials. Jerry also writes a monthly Simply Safe article in the Cupertino Scene. He is an excellent writer and provides pertinent safety and preparedness advice each month with a new topic. Jerry has written detailed training documents on a wide variety of emergency response topics, including: Disaster psychology, Incident reporting, Safety and security, First Aid / Triage and many others.