Emergency Preparedness

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If you are a person with special needs check out this web site for information preparing for an emergency.  http://www.accessibleemergencyinfo.com/ 

Emergency Situation Guides:

Knowing what to do and how to react in an emergency situation can be critical towards keeping you and your family safe. These emergency situation guides can help you plan your reactions and be prepared if distaster strikes.

Citizen Emergency Response Team

Kendall County Emergency Management is in the process of developing a CERT team for our community.  If you are intreasted in the CERT program and training opporyunity, please read the following, print and fill out the application and return to the Office of Emergency Management.

Kendall County Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Fincke is looking for volunteers to form a local Community Emergency Response Team in Kendall County.

A Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, is an emergency preparedness program supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

FEMA began promoting the CERT concept in 1994 after the model plan was created by the Los Angeles Fire Department following a series of earthquakes in the United States and
Mexico that left hundreds dead, injured and without emergency services. The LAPD realized that well-trained civilian emergency work force teams were important in disaster situations when conventional emergency services could be overwhelmed.

According to the FEMA website, a CERT is a group of people organized under the leadership of a local jurisdiction and receives special training that enhances their ability to recognize, respond to, and recover from a major emergency or disaster situation.

In addition, emergency responders train citizens and emergency management personnel in areas that will help them take care of themselves and others before, during and after a major emergency.

Sponsored by the Kendall County Emergency Management Department, the CERT members will receive 20 hours of training provided by the Bexar County Office of Emergency Management and the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.

CERT training is free, after the first of the year we will provide a location, date and time for the training course.

This type of training provides an excellent opportunity for citizens to play an important role to help safeguard, prepare for and respond to major emergencies and disasters in our community. Team members receive free safety gear and a training manual of emergency procedures.

CERT members could assist others by applying the basic response and organizational skills they learned during training in case a disastrous event overwhelms or delays the community's professional response. Trained team skills can help save and sustain lives.

Graduates would be better prepared to respond to and cope with the aftermath of natural disasters. Neighborhood groups receiving CERT training become closer-knit and are able to help each other when disaster strikes.

Currently, Kendall County seeks team members who are at least 18 years old and who can take the classes provided in emergency preparedness, first aid, fire suppression and search and rescue procedures. Team members would commit to educating their families, friends and neighbors on emergency preparedness and what to do in the event of an emergency; to participate in volunteer opportunities that will make the community safer; and to maintain the skills learned during CERT training.

Applications can be obtained at 1175 N Main, Boerne, TX (EMS Office). For more information, contact Jeff or Lissy at *30 249-3721.

CERT Application Form

Return to: CERT Program 1175 N. Main Boerne, TX 78006

Name:  ________________________________________________

Address:  ______________________________________________

City: ________________State: ________ Zip code: ___________

Home Phone: ______________ Work Phone: ________________

Cell Phone: ____________ email: ________________________

List Current or past civic/community organization affiliation/s: _____________________________________________________

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Place of employment: ___________________________________

Job Title: _____________________________________________

Why are you interested in CERT training? _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________ 

Please list any physical limitations (problems with lifting, physical exertion, etc.):

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? _______________ If yes, please explain:

______________________________________________________

Emergency contact Information:

Name: _______________________ Phone number: ___________

Address: _______________City _________State/Zip__________

The above information is, to the best of my knowledge, complete and accurate. I also understand a back ground check maybe performed.

Applicant Signature: ___________________________________

Date: _____________

(Application is not valid without signature; all lines completed and return of a signed Informed consent waiver and release of liability agreement)

The CERT Program reserves the right to accept or reject any CERT applications