Organization Profile
Northern Sonoma County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
https://NoSoCoCERT.org
The Northern Sonoma County Community Emergency Response Team (“CERT”) is a grassroots community activity sponsored by the Cloverdale Fire Protection District and the Northern Sonoma County (formerly Geyserville and Knights Valley) Fire Protection District working together with numerous local voluntary citizen groups and various governmental agencies to develop emergency response assistance and public disaster awareness training for adults and high school juniors and seniors. Our two fire districts are largely staffed by 50 volunteers to protect 375+sq. miles &15,500 citizens. When significant wildfire incidents threaten our area, trained CERT volunteers can take on various duties, thus freeing firefighters to prioritize firefighting. CERT trained volunteers work under ICS at the direction of the two fire protection units or Unified Command. During periods between incidents, CERT volunteers conduct community education and public awareness activities. CERT duties include: providing information to residents, assistance at designated shelters, assistance with animal rescue, assistance with firefighter rehabilitation, local information source for firefighters, driving water tenders, etc. Prior to and during fire season, our CERT citizen response teams play a vital role in public education and awareness, working on replacing smoke alarm batteries, street address signage, ladder fuel reduction, vegetation management, and geomapping local parcels with water sources, propane tanks, hazmat locations, etc.
Recently we have been training elsewhere in Sonoma County including: Santa Rosa, Bodega Bay, Sebastapol, local sovereign nations (native american tribes), so long as there were groups of at least 5 volunteers wishing to become CERT trained. Nationally there are more than 600,000 trained CERTs in the United States.
Disaster & Emergency Services
Animals, Families, Immigrants, Refugees or Ethnic Groups, Low-income Communities, People with Health-based Concerns, Visitors & Travelers
Cloverdale, CA, 95425