OREGON Content
MISSION STATEMENT
CERT training promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people that they serve.
The goal is for emergency personnel to train members of neighborhoods, community organizations, or workplaces in basic response skills.
CERT members are then integrated into the emergency response capability for their area.
If a disastrous event overwhelms or delays the community's professional response, CERT members can assist others by applying the basic response and organizational skills that they learned during training.
These skills can help save and sustain lives following a disaster until help arrives. CERT skills also apply to daily emergencies. CERT members maintain and refine their skills by participating in exercises and activities.
They can attend supplemental training offered by the sponsoring agency and others that further their skill base.
Finally, CERT members can volunteer for projects that improve community emergency preparedness.
The goal is for emergency personnel to train members of neighborhoods, community organizations, or workplaces in basic response skills.
CERT members are then integrated into the emergency response capability for their area.
If a disastrous event overwhelms or delays the community's professional response, CERT members can assist others by applying the basic response and organizational skills that they learned during training.
These skills can help save and sustain lives following a disaster until help arrives. CERT skills also apply to daily emergencies. CERT members maintain and refine their skills by participating in exercises and activities.
They can attend supplemental training offered by the sponsoring agency and others that further their skill base.
Finally, CERT members can volunteer for projects that improve community emergency preparedness.
New Member Training
October 11, 18, 25, 2008
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
To apply, print and mail Agreement Form, below, or
Contact CERT Coordinator
CERT Coordinator
Sgt. Rick Igou - Independence PD
PO Box 7,
Independence, OR 97351
503-838-1214
Email
Training Coordinator
Kimber Townsend
503-838-8082
email
Membership Coordinator
&Newsletter Publication
Cathy Smith
email
Equipment Coordinator
Andrew Butcher
FORMS / BROCHURE / LINKS
- Agreement Form
- New Participant Form
- CERT Brochure
- CERT - National
- FEMA
- Polk County Emergency Management