Division of Emergency Management CERT

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CERT trained volunteers are welcome to participate in an Advanced CERT Training for SKYWARN®. Trained volunteers  help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service. CERT volunteers will learn: Basics of thunderstorm development Fundamentals of storm structure Identifying potential severe weather features Information to […]

Come learn the art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training our emergency responders during exercises. The cost is free for CERT trained volunteers. There are 25 spaces available. This is first come-first serve. Preference will be given to local CERT volunteers, then outside CERT volunteers and finally those who are not CERT […]

CERT Volunteers are needed as actors at an exercise with UHealth. Actors will be representing family members arriving at a Family Reunification Center after an airplane crash. Only vetted CERT Volunteers can participate. Volunteers needed: Unlimited

The Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program is a nationally supported, locally implemented initiative that teachesteens how to better prepare themselves for hazards that may affect their community. Teens learn: Disaster Preparedness CERT Organization Disaster Medical Operations Disaster Psychology Fire Safety and Utility Controls Light Search and Rescue Operations Terrorism and CERT The City […]