Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Learn emergency response through Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. 

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a program that helps better prepare individuals to respond to emergency situations in the community. As a part of President George Bush’s community-based initiative to engage citizens in homeland security and preparedness, CERT educates citizens in giving critical support to first responders, providing immediate assistance to victims and organizing volunteers at a disaster site.

The CERT program is a 20-hour course given over an eight-week period. Training sessions include disaster preparedness, disaster fire suppression, basic disaster medical operations, light search and rescue, and team operations.

The course will be taught by a team of two trained first-responders. The trainers are required to complete the CERT Train-the-Trainer course conducted by the Arizona Department of Emergency Management.  

The Town will conduct four CERT training classes throughout the year. Class sizes are limited to Town of Kearny residents only.

For more information, contact the KVFD Fire Chief.