• • • Check the Calendar of Events for Upcoming CERT Classes • • •

Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) are an essential component of the disaster response in Coachella Valley. Self-sufficiency is the key because everything normally expected from the outside will be overwhelmed.

CERT training is a 20-hour program that teaches individual and community preparedness. Neighbor helping neighbor. Some of the topics covered are individual disaster preparedness, light fire suppression, search and rescue, medical triage, team organization and more. The course can be completed by persons with physical limitations. All students will receive a backpack of CERT personal protective equipment that is nationally recognized.

For information on upcoming CERT classes
contact your local Emergency Management Organization.

The volunteer part of disaster preparation and planning is multifaceted; the challenges are to Recruit, Motivate, Train, Deploy, Retrain...and, Retain.