Slog - Comments on UW Cuts Emergency Response Team http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team The University of Washington has disbanded its two-year-old Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) because of a lack of funding. CERT—a 306 member, all-volunteer emergency team made up of staff and students, trained in CPR and crowd control—was created two years ago using school and federal money, to coordinate a campus-wide emergency response in the event of an earthquake, major storm or terrorist attack. According to UW Spokesman Norm Arkans, CERT, the loss of federal funding—along with CERT's director—led to the termination of the program. "The grant expired and we don’t have the resources to pick up the funding," Arkans says.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:27:57 -0800 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:36:27 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Brian in Seattle How about they cut the UW president's annual salary of $494,000 by 100,000 dollars? Problem solved. He'll still be pretty well off.;)

]]> Brian in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047486 News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:35:42 -0800 Comment by i hate Keshmeshi club USA who cares when students die?

]]> i hate Keshmeshi club USA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047516 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047516 News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:49:05 -0800 Comment by Banna I'll be a volunteer for $100K/year.

]]> Banna http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047532 News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:53:47 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale How much do they pay the Huskies Football head coach?

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047541 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047541 News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:57:10 -0800 Comment by bg UW's president actually makes more than that. Closer to the tune of $900k.

]]> bg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047563 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047563 News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:07:44 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @1 - they'd save more if they cut the Husky sports salaries ...

Salaries are a matter of public record, actually.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047568 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047568 News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:10:06 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Willingham gets $1.47 million per year and by far the highest-paid state employee. The highest-paid state employee in EVERY state is a football coach. Shocked yet? Willingham is only the 39th-best paid college coach in the country, and only fourth in the Pac-10.

Feel any differently about college football yet?

More to the point, the shooting death last year could not possibly have been prevented by CERT, and CERT did not protect any other students then or at any other time.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047573 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047573 News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:12:18 -0800 Comment by LH fun with public salaries thanks to Mr. Louis Bloom:

http://lbloom.net/uw07.html

]]> LH http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047624 News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:43:29 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle It's also at this page if you want an official link.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047651 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047651 News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:58:51 -0800 Comment by K X One

CERT wasn't meant to prevent shootings, CERT exists to respond to disasters, like earthquakes that WILL happen. This is a damn fool mistake to shut down CERT.

]]> K X One http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047784 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047784 News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:22:24 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I agree. Shut down Husky football first.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047971 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1047971 News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:44:42 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave the thing that's sad is that there are some profitable ncaa football teams out there but theyre actually good teams and they have huge fan bases. Ohio State, Texas, Michigan, Florida, USC etc etc. In typical washington fashion, people like to compare the huskies to those teams...based on what, I don't know.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1048198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1048198 News Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:17:39 -0800 Comment by blank12357 About time too. All this Disaster! Emergency! Preparedness! is soo Bush post-911 and it was always an overreaction. The fear of cataclysm is product of a middle-class comfort and small-mindedness.

]]> blank12357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1048217 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/uw_cuts_emergency_response_team#c1048217 News Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:36:27 -0800