Community Emergency Response Teams
CERT is a training program that prepares you to help yourself, your family, and your neighbors in the event of a disaster. During an incident, emergency service personnel may not be able to reach everyone right away. By getting trained in CERT, you will have skills to help emergency responders save lives and protect property.
As a member of a CERT team, you can respond to disasters, participate in drills and exercises, and take additional training. CERT teams are known and trusted resources to emergency responders and their communities.
Benefits of CERT Training
CERT training takes about 20 hours to complete and provides critical skills in emergency preparedness and response.
Participates learn how to:
- Identify and anticipate hazards
- Reduce fire hazards in the home and workplace
- Extinguish small fires
- Assist emergency responders
- Conduct light search and rescue
- Set up medical triage areas
- Apply basic medical techniques
- Help reduce survivor stress
Who should take CERT training?
- People interested in taking an active role in hometown preparedness
- Neighborhood Watch groups
- Community leaders
- Parents
- Communities of faith
- Scouting and youth organizations
- Students, teachers, and administrators
- Members of clubs and civic organizations
CERT is in partnership with Kent County Emergency Operations Centers. To see the official CERT website, please click here.
