Gilroy CERT

About the Training Course

Community Emergency Response Training is a FEMA-certified course on basic preparedness. It educates those of us living in South Santa Clara County about preparedness for hazards such as earthquakes, wildfires, floods, and other emergencies and disasters that may impact our community. It provides training in basic emergency response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, emergency medical operations, community response team organization, and disaster psychology.

Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, you will be better prepared to safely and appropriately provide assistance to your family, neighborhood, community and workplace following an event when professional responders may not immediately be available to help.

Graduates who have completed all courses are eligible to join the "Community Emergency Response Team" (CERT) that is deployed to provide complimentary assistance to professional emergency responders during emergencies when our professional agencies become overwhelmed. (i.e.: the 2008 winter floods in Morgan Hill and also during major city events such as the Morgan Hill's 4th of July Festivities.)

There is no requirement of physical fitness. Youth aged 14 and up are permitted to attend but only those who are 18 and older will be allowed to respond and serve as Disaster Service Workers. This class is also open to residents of San Martin, Gilroy, South San Jose, and surrounding areas.

There is no fee to attend these training classes.

Location

Wednesday night classes - Morgan Hill Police Department in the EOC Training Room
   16200 Vineyard Blvd., Morgan Hill (Get directions)
Saturday all day classes - Gilroy Sunrise Fire Station
   880 Sunrise Drive, Gilroy (Get directions)

To Register go to http://www.mhcert.com/register/index.html