how to participate

Call Susan Lindenmuth,
Public Relations Manager
at (239) 390-8000

See the official CERT web site at: www.citizencorps.gov/cert

CERT: Community 
Emergency Response Team

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, using a model created by the Los Angeles City Fire Department, began promoting nationwide use of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) concept in 1994. Since then, CERT's have been established in hundreds of communities.

CERT training promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people that they serve. The Goal is for emergency personnel to train member of neighborhoods, community organizations, or workplaces in basic response skills. CERT members are then integrated into the emergency response capability for their area.

If a disastrous event overwhelms or delays the community's professional response, CERT members can assist other by applying the basic response and organizational skills that they learned during the training. These skill can help save and sustain lives following a disaster until help arrives. CERT skills also apply to daily emergencies.

Please contact Susan Lindenmuth, Public Relations Manager, at 390-8000 for information and registration.