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Welcome to Denville CERT!

MAKE A DIFFERENCE • FIGHT TERRORISM • KNOW WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY • RECEIVE TRAINING

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 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 in their community.

 Denville OEM will be hosting a FEMA course titled, Are you ready? This course is open to the public free of charge. This course will offer participants a look at what to do when disaster strikes close to home.

If you think it can’t happen here, think again. Many times citizens rely on police, fire, and emergency medical services to be at their call when an emergency takes place. In reality, when a large incident occurs, many of the local and neighboring resources cannot attend to everyone at the same time or they may not be able to reach you due to downed trees/power lines or flooded roadways.

Having an individual, family, or business emergency plan can help take the stress off of the emergency response system and also offer you peace of mind.