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Community Emergency Response Team
- The CERT Program educates citizens about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help.
CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community. All citizens are encouraged to take the CERT training. There is no requirement to join the active CERT team. Our philosophy is that a trained citizen is a better prepared citizen.
Links to Registration Surveys
CERT Academy 2018-5 at College of the Mainland on Sept. 28, Oct. 12, & Oct.19
Request to join CERT Trailer Team
Request to join CERT Social Media Monitoring Team
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Up Coming Events:
We will not have a meeting in July! Our next meeting will be on August 1st!
Galveston County CERT will host a CERT Academy at the College of the Mainland, this academy will take place over 3 Fridays (September 28, October 12, and October 19). The class times are from 8 am - 5 pm each day. The building and location will be announced. The graduation drill will be on October 19th from 1 pm - 4 pm, with a short graduation ceremony to follow the drill and after action briefing.
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If you think you are ready to take the CERT training but want to know more, start here!
Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams", IS-317, is an independent study course that serves as an introduction to CERT for those waiting to complete training or as a refresher for current team members. It has six modules with topics that include an Introduction to CERT, Fire Safety, Hazardous Material and Terrorist Incidents, Disaster Medical Operations, and Search and Rescue. It takes between six and eight hours to complete the course. Those who successfully finish it will receive a certificate of completion.
IS-317 can be taken by anyone interested in CERT. However, to become a CERT volunteer, one must complete the classroom training offered by the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management.
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