Volunteer Opportunity
From
Shrewsbury Township
Sent
Thu, Jul 24 @ 10:06am
Description
York County Office of Emergency Management is pleased to announce the York County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).
Interested parties can sign up here:https://forms.gle/VsCg88iTWAon6BsS9
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The first basic training class will be winter 2025-2026. If you have already completed CERT basic training, and would like to join our team, email me, or oem@yorkcountypa.gov.
We are also looking for a team leader and assistant team leaders – applicants will be interviewed and must pass background checks.
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may occur where they live. The CERT program offers a consistent, nationwide approach to volunteer training and organization that professional responders can rely on during disaster situations, allowing them to focus on more complex tasks.
The primary purpose of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is to educate volunteers about disaster preparedness and teach them basic disaster response skills. York County CERT will be used to assist the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) with sheltering, damage assessment, monitor and decontamination (MON/DECON), and points of distribution (POD) efforts, among other skills, during disasters.
Additional types of jobs and training we will provide (These are optional):
• Shelter Fundamentals
• Damage Assessment
• Stop the Bleed
• CPR/AED
• Animal Care in Disasters
• HAM (amateur) Radio Operator
• Traffic Management
• Safety Officer
• Food safety training
• Basic EOC fundamentals
• First Responder On-Scene Rehab
• Special Event Planning & Management
This notification was posted by Shrewsbury Township. Shrewsbury Township is solely responsible for this notification and unless specifically indicated, no other community or individual utilizing Savvy Citizen is sponsoring, responsible for, or endorsing this notification.
