Lt. Erica Arteseros was awarded the Most Empowering City Employee Award at the 2011 NEN Awards for her leadership and dedication to managing the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team or NERT. Lt. Arteseros’ role is to direct and manage traning sessions for citizens who wish to bemore prepared for a natural disaster. We congratulate her on her achievement. For more information on current and past winners please visit the NEN Awards homepage.
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Having a NERT certification myself I know personally the importance of the program. Somewhat new to the city and having not yet experienced a major quake. in setting up the NERT training, Lt. Arteseros, gave me a greater understanding of the importance of preparation and readiness. For someone from a different region of the country with it’s own forces of nature to deal with I had little knowledge of what to do in a major quake.
Post the NERT training, I have also started working to put together an M.O.U. with the American Red Cross and in time FEMA to insure that the housing complex I live in is as ready for “The BIG One” as we can be. With 260 apartments in the development that I live in, my goal is to be one of the city’s first response centers, post disaster. Lt Erica Arteseros (Team of ONE) has shown me that a “Team of ONE” is capable of starting a movement, a movement that will unquestionably make a difference. Literally the difference between life and death.
Thank you Erica and CONGRATULATIONS.