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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 members volunteering to assist at Hurricane Town Hall Meetings
Heartsaver CPR class on May 22, 2018 at the OEM
Advanced First Aid with Stop the Bleed skills on May 29th and 31st
Sam's Club Hurricane and Safety Fair June 9th
Volunteers for Active Shooter Exercise in Texas City, June 20th
CERT Academy 2018-5 at College of the Mainland on Sept. 28, Oct. 12, & Oct.19
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Up Coming Events:
Follow this link to see the May 2018 CERT Meeting Slideshow
If you can help at the local Town Hall Hurricane Prep Meetings, please follow this link to sign up!
Operation Safe and Sound at San Luis Pass on May 26th and May 27th has been cancelled due to lack of volunteer support. If you had signed up to participate, please do not show up. We will be working to fill the shifts for the 4th of July Operation Safe and Sound, so come back to check on the dates and sign up!
If you plan to attend the Houston/Galveston Extreme Weather Expo at the Gerorge R. Brown on Saturday, June 2nd, please follow this link to pre-register so that you are eligible to receive some of the wonderful door prizes that they will be giving away! Go here to pre-register!
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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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