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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
Texas A&M Stop the Bleed Certificate Registration
Volunteers to help with Graduation Drill on November 17th
Veteran's Festival at Connections Church on November 11th
GCHD HEAL Fair on Nov. 17th
Advanced First Aid class on Nov. 10th
American Heart Association CPR class Nov. 29 * This class has filled up, Check back later to see if there have been any Cancellations *
Request to join CERT Trailer Team
Request to join CERT Social Media Monitoring Team
Request to join the CERT Drone Team
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Up Coming Events:
CERT Meeting November 7th at 6:30 pm in the 2nd Floor Classroom of the OEM building
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.
The last CERT Academy of the year will be in November at the OEM.
This will be a weekend academy, and will be held on:
November 1 (Thurs.) 6:30 pm - 10 pm
November 2 (Fri.) 6:30 pm - 10 pm
November 3 (Sat.) 9 am - 11:30 am
November 3 (Sat.) 12:30 - 4:30 pm
November 16 (Fri.) 6:30 pm - 10 pm
November 17 (Sat.) 9 am - 11:30 am
November 17 (Sat.) 12:30 - 4 pm
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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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