However the ideals of Civil Defense have been brought back in the United States under FEMA's Citizen Corps and Community Emergency Response Team ( CERT ).

* one of five federal programs promoted under the umbrella organization Citizen Corps, which is funded in part by the Stafford Act ;

CERT and Citizen Corps were transferred to the Office of Domestic Preparedness ( now the Office of Grants and Training ) in August 2004.

The sponsoring agency receives and disburses federal and state Citizen Corps grant funds allocated to its CERT program.

Some sponsoring agencies use Citizen Corps grant funds to purchase response tools and equipment for their members and team ( s ) ( subject to Stafford Act limitations ).

While state and local jurisdictions will implement training in the manner that best suits the community, the Citizen Corps CERT program has an established curriculum.

The Citizen Corps CERT core curriculum for the basic course is composed of the following nine units ( time is instructional hours ):

Topics include ( in part ) identifying local disaster threats, disaster impact, mitigation and preparedness concepts, and an overview of Citizen Corps and CERT.

Citizen Corps CERT training emphasizes safely ' doing the most good for the most people as quickly as possible ' when responding to a disaster.

Each unit of Citizen Corps CERT training is ideally delivered by professional responders or other experts in the field addressed by the unit.

Citizen Corps grant funds can be used to print and provide each student with a printed manual.

Some sponsoring agencies use Citizen Corps grant funds to purchase disaster response tool kits.

The Citizen Corps CERT curriculum ( including the Train-the-Trainer course ) was updated during the last half of 2008 to reflect feedback from instructors across the nation.

* U. S. Citizen Corps CERT

MBP also had control over 41, 000 soldiers of the Internal Security Corps, 57, 500 officers of the Citizens ' Militia, 32, 000 officers of Border Troops and 10, 000 Prison Guard and also 125, 000 members of the Volunteer Reserve Citizen Militia.

The MSW was responsible for administrative duties, but eventually it took over the control of Internal Security Corps, Citizens ' Militia, Border Troops, Prison Guard and also members of the Volunteer Reserve Citizen Militia.

The Department also includes a Volunteers in Public Safety ( VIPS ) civilian volunteer team and a Community Emergency Response Team ( CERT ), both part of the Citizen Corps organization.

Community Emergency Response Teams ( CERTs ) are being organized by several SDFs by utilizing training offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Citizen Corps.

ARES in the U. S. has Memorandums of Understanding with organizations including the American Red Cross, National Weather Service, Department of Homeland Security, Citizen Corps, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, National Communications System, National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers Inc., Salvation Army, Society of Broadcast Engineers, Quarter Century Wireless Association Inc. and REACT International Inc.

A Local Emergency Planning Committee oversees and administers the Citizen Corps Council through their Education and Training Committee.

Freedom Corps also created new programs such as the Citizen Corps for homeland security, Volunteers for Prosperity for international volunteering, and a President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, which promoted the new President's Volunteer Service Award.

Key components of the USA Freedom Corps have been continued under the administration of President Obama, including the Volunteers for Prosperity program that was authorized under the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act and signed into law by President Obama ; the Citizen Corps for homeland security and its component programs ( Volunteers in Police Service, Medical Reserve Corps, Community Emergency Response Teams, Fire Corps and Citizen Corps Councils ); the President's Volunteer Service Award ; and the White House USA Freedom Corps office, now called the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.

These restrictions include refusing to cover dog bites under the insurance policy ; increasing insurance rates for homeowners with specific breeds ; requiring owners of specific breeds to take special training or have their dogs pass the American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen test ; requiring owners to restrict their dogs with muzzles, chains, or enclosures ; and refusing to write policies for homeowners or renters who have specific breeds of dogs.

These new County facilities are used for training Berkeley County law enforcement officers, reserve deputies, and handling Citizen Academies to inform the public of what the job entales of all deputies at the department.

Robert A. Heinlein depicted the technique in several of his works, including Citizen of the Galaxy ( 1957 ) and Gulf ( 1949 ); and mentioned Renshaw in the context of the training of Fair Witnesses in Stranger in a Strange Land.

Most UDF conscripts underwent three months of Citizen Force training in their first year of service, and an additional three weeks of training each year for four years after that.

His experiences there radicalised him and manifested itself in his becoming a leading official in the silk weavers union upon his return to Ireland and his acceptance of the post of second in command and chief training officer of the Irish Citizen Army.

SOPA again gave theSun two awards in 2008 ; honourable mentions for Terence Fernancez and R. Nadeswaran in Public Service Journalism for their reports on the failed sports training centre in Brickendonbury and for R. Nadeswaran for Opinion Writing for his Citizen Nades bi-weekly columns.

The Canine Good Citizen ( CGC ) program, established in 1989, is an American Kennel Club program to promote responsible dog ownership and to encourage the training of well-mannered dogs.

Air University also has responsibility for all Air Force officer accession and training other than the United States Air Force Academy via AU's subordinate Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development ( Holm Center ), formerly the Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools ( AFOATS ).

The training program is accomplished in six weeks in order to support civilian employers by educating the Citizen Airman in the most efficient and effective way possible.

The city ’ s First Citizen believed that a community was obliged to offer its youth the kind of training which would enable them to earn a good livelihood and at the same time contribute to the well-being of the community.

We declare that we finally adopt the unrestricted basic principle of the current constitution, which is embodied in Article 6 of the Declaration on the Rights of Man and Citizen that the law is an expression of general will, and that all citizens have the right to contribute personally to their training.

* 1993 – Monica Seles is stabbed by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany

The nature of the event has also been met with criticism outside of Quebec, such as that given by Ottawa Citizen columnist David Warren, who said in 2007: " The Canada of the government-funded paper flag-waving and painted faces — the ' new ' Canada that is celebrated each year on what is now called ' Canada Day '— has nothing controversially Canadian about it.

In Britain rhyming slang had a resurgence of popular interest beginning in the 1970s resulting from its use in a number of London-based television programmes such as Steptoe and Son, Mind Your Language, The Sweeney ( the title of which is itself rhyming slang —" Sweeney Todd " for " Flying Squad ", a rapid response unit of London ’ s Metropolitan Police ), Minder, Citizen Smith, Only Fools and Horses, and EastEnders.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen () is a fundamental document of the French Revolution, defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal.

In addition, it is ranked third, behind Citizen Kane, and Casablanca on the AFI's 100 Years … 100 Movies list by the American Film Institute.

Consumer advocacy groups such as Public Citizen or Food and Water Watch maintain that the safety of irradiated food is not proven, in particular long-term studies are still lacking, and strongly oppose the use of the technology.

Public Citizen ) maintain that the best alternative to food irradiation to reduce pathogens is in good agricultural practices.

Reagan was said to be considering a challenge to Sen. Dianne Feinstein in 2012 but announced on Townhall. com on 15 March 2012 that chairing the Citizen Legislature Act " is better for me and the state ".

The Citizen is caught elsewhere, but Hart is beginning to suspect Kathy Morningside and is worried about the safety of the girls.

He was strongly committed to cultural relativism, and the sociologist Margaret Mader in his novel Citizen of the Galaxy is clearly a reference to Margaret Mead.

The number is currently fixed at 435, which is around a 1 Representative: 700, 000 Citizen ratio.

* January 21 – After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Citizen Capet, Louis XVI of France, is guillotined.

France's 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen listed many civil liberties and is of constitutional force.

Lutheran pastor and theologian Martin Niemöller, founder of the Confessing Church resistance movement against the Nazis, is an Honorary Citizen of Wiesbaden.

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