The Woodlands Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is hosted by The Woodlands Fire Department and the Montgomery County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (www.mctxoem.org). The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as first aid, 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 and events in their community. As a CERT graduate, you are invited to participate in various Continuing Education courses as well.
Register for CERT
Held at The Woodlands Emergency Training Center over an eight-week period, the CERT course is taught by a team of expert first responders with a full-scale disaster simulation exercise conducted at graduation. Classes meet one night a week for three hours, with most sessions involving practical exercises as well as classroom instruction. The course is free to citizens, 18 years and up.
For more information or to register for CERT, please contact The Woodlands Fire Department, or Morgan Lumbley at the Montgomery County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, telephone 936-523-3907/15, or email firstname.lastname@example.org.