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Volunteers for Northern Sonoma County Emergency Response Team
ORGANIZATION: Northern Sonoma County CERT
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
We are seeking volunteers interested in being trained to work with Northern Sonoma County Community Emergency Response Team and First Responders in our area.
The training involves approximately 12 hours of on-line classroom training approved by FEMA and CalOES. Then you must complete 2 Saturdays of additional "in-person" hands-on training on the skills required. Upon completion of training you are certified as a CERT California Disaster Assistance Worker and may, whenever CERT is activated, volunteer during emergencies and disasters for tasks and locations as you desire.
There is no requirement for you to volunteer after training. There are no upper age limits but we only accept CERTs of age 16 or older. There are no geographic limitations but our response is mostly limited to Sonoma County, California. If you have any mobility or physical challenges we can find a suitable task so that you may still volunteer.
You will have the opportunity to serve your community and to work with First Responders during critical incidents.
We are also seeking volunteers to work with us on communications with our volunteers and with the public (including copywriting and graphic design); to register CERT volunteers at training events; and to help us maintain solar electric equipment for emergencies.
More opportunities with Northern Sonoma County CERT
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Northern Sonoma County CERT
Location:
26070 River Road, Cloverdale, CA 95425, US
Mission Statement
Our trained Community Emergency Response Team are all incredible volunteers and wear many hats. They play a vital role in supporting our community in all kinds of emergencies, saving lives and ready to respond to medical emergencies, fires and major disasters. We are recognized by FEMA and by CAL Office of Emergency Services. We are chartered by the Cloverdale and Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection Districts. Our role is to support the community during emergencies and disasters before first responders arrive and to support our first responders in their response.
Description
CERT trained personnel in each neighborhood can provide immediate assistance such as search and rescue, first aid, small fire suppression, etc. while awaiting the arrival of first responders. They also provide a force multiplier effect during major incidents by providing services such as:
- Assisting with first aid and shelter management at Temporary Refuge Areas and evacuation centers
- In-person wellness checks during pandemics
- Search and rescue neighborhood screening
- Minor fire suppression
- Emergency radio communications
- Evacuation traffic direction
- Firefighter rehabilitation (under the direction of an EMT)
- Wildfire vegetation management public awareness programs
- Replacing fire alarm batteries
- Putting up fire service compliant street address signs
- Geo-mapping parcels for fire run maps
- Emergency notification enrollment of citizens
- Pet and farm animal rescue
- Distribution of site-specific evacuation directions and maps
- Earthquake light search and rescue
- Emergency triage to assist overburdened first responders
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations Cloverdale, CA 95425
DATE POSTED
September 16, 2024
SKILLS
- Safety & Disaster Education
- First Aid / CPR
- Disaster Relief Care & Shelters
- Search & Rescue
- Disaster Response
- Spanish
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- Approximately 22 hours of training. After which you are certified and my volunteer when and where and doing what tasks you are willing to undertake.
- Min. Age 16 - no Max Age. Physical limitations accommodated. You can reside anywhere but our response is mostly limited to Sonoma County, California.