Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)

11/16/2017 (Permalink)

The Community Emergency Response Team program is an opportunity for each of us to make our neighborhoods safer.

Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) | Ready.gov 

When disaster hits, many times the only resource available to help is your neighbor.  

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program helps train people to be better prepared to respond to emergency situations in their communities. When emergencies happen, CERT members can give critical support to first responders, provide immediate assistance to victims, and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site. CERT members can also help with non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of the community.

The CERT course is taught in the community by a trained team of first responders who have completed a CERT Train-the-Trainer course conducted by their state training office for emergency management, or FEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI). CERT training includes disaster preparedness, disaster fire suppression, basic disaster medical operations and light search and rescue operations.

Learn more by visiting your local Fire Station or  the CERT website.  BE PREPARED!

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