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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
Link to report High Water and road flooding
CERT Academy 2020-2 July at Bayside Regional Park Community Center
Volunteer to help at Graduation Drill on July 25, 2020
CERT Member Skills and Training Registry
Link to register for Blackboard Connect messages from CERT
Request to join CERT Trailer Team
Request to join CERT Communications Situational Awareness Team (CSAT)
Request to join the CERT Drone Team
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Up Coming Events:
The Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack Drill has been cancelled due to the Pandemic. The Drill was scheduled for July 15 and will be rescheduled as restrictions due to the pandemic are relaxed. CERT members will be notified as to when they are needed to register to be part of the drill.
There is no meeting scheduled for July 2020. Please do not attempt to go to the OEM on the first Wednesday of July for a meeting since the building is closed to non-essential persons.
CERT Academy 2020-2 is still happening and there are some registration slots available to those wanting to take the training. The Academy will be held at the Bayside Regional Park Community Center. We need CERT members to join us on July 25th at 12:45pm to assist with the disaster drill and graduation! Here are the dates for the academy:
July 14 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm - 10 pm
July 16 (Thursday) 6:30 pm - 10 pm
July 18 (Saturday) 8:30 am - 4 pm
July 22 (Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 10 pm
July 25 (Sat.) 8:30 am - 5 pm
Please follow this link to the CERT Member Skills Set and Training Registry! We need you to update us on your current certifications and skills that you are willing to use during times of need in Galveston County. *The above link has been updated and works properly*
Please look in the Documents folder for new accessible documents that may be of value to you as a CERT Member. We have added a copy of the slide show from the March, April, and May 2019 meeting. We have added ICS documents to the ICS Forms folder that includes a fillable copy of the 201 and the 214 forms. We have also included the list of important phone numbers that you can download and print and place into your response bag. Keep checking back to see new documents that have been added.
If you witness high water or impassable roads in our community, please send the information to Galveston County CERT via our google docs link so that we can share it with the authorities in that area. Here is the link.
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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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