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CERT and Community Alerts
Let us be your source for information on Emergency Preparedness, whether it involves Hazardous Materials emergencies, flu pandemic, severe weather, earthquake, or other incidents that may occur. On our Community Alerts page, be sure to subscribe to our Nixle Alert System, “Follow” us on Twitter, and “Like” us on Facebook so you can receive emergency messages and event updates via your email, cell phone, and social media. |
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Wood County
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Ritchie
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Wirt County
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Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)
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. [More about CERT ...]
Our Local Team Mission
• Assist the members of our communities and workplaces following an event when professional responders (law enforcement, fire, and EMS) are not immediately available to help.
• Be always prepared to assist those professional responders in every area for which we have been properly trained.
• Support emergency response agencies by taking an active role in emergency preparedness projects in our communities.
• Assist in and support the mission of MOVHD to protect the general public from the growing specter of acts of terrorism and new emerging diseases through planning, detection, communication, response, public information, and training.
Please Read Our Philosophy and Non-Discrimination Policy
Download and print an
Application and Waiver to enroll in the training and become a
member of the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Community Emergency Response Team.
Mid-Ohio Valley Regional CERT Expands to Six Counties
 MOVHD Service Area |
Because of the significant level of interest being shown toward the CERT concept, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional (MOVR) CERT is now in the process of expanding to include all six counties in the MOVHD Service Area (shown on the map at right). The original members of MOVR CERT who live in Wood County have become the Wood County Chapter of MOVR CERT. In 2011 chapters were established in Wirt and Ritchie Counties, and additional Chapters are being established in Roane, Pleasants, and Calhoun Counties before the end of this year.
Although all of these Chapters are still part of Mid-Ohio Valley Regional CERT, each county Chapter has its own Chapter Coordinator and other officers, as well as its own activities, but will be prepared to respond anywhere within the MOVR CERT service area they may be needed.
You may take the free training at any location where it is offered. Once you have completed your training, unless you specifically request otherwise, you will automatically be affiliated with the Chapter in your home county, or with the Chapter of the county nearest you if you don’t live in one of these six counties. Of course, you may request to be affiliated with any Chapter you prefer, and you may be affiliated with more than one Chapter (though only one Chapter will be your “primary” or “home” Chapter). [For example, your humble webmaster is a member of both the Wood County Chapter of MOVR CERT and Tyler County CERT, but Wood County Chapter is his “home” Chapter.]
Individuals with special needs are encouraged to actively participate in the MOVR CERT program and will be assigned duties consistent with their abilities and training.
Mid-Ohio Valley Regional
Community Emergency Response Team
is actively recruiting 300 new members in 2012.
| CERT makes
a perfect activity for the entire family. CERT is all about people helping people. There are no age, gender, social, or physical ability limitations in CERT. |
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| Why should I take
CERT training? Here are just a few of the hundreds of reasons! (Video) |
Go
here to see the event that brought CERT to San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley. |
| Provide
CERT training for your school’s faculty, staff, and students, your ROTC squad, or your Scout troop. |
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| Prepare for emergencies
in your home, school, or place of business. |
CERT-trained personnel
are perfect for your plant’s emergency team. |
| We can help
you create, train, organize, and sustain a CERT chapter for your school, business, plant, or civic organization. |
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Download your CERT application here
Download your CERT Member Training and Skills Inventory here
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All Certified CERT Personnel Need to Register With WVREDI The West Virginia Responder Emergency Deployment Information (WVREDI) system is a state-wide web-based system developed to facilitate the deployment of West Virginians willing to serve in an emergency, as well as non-emergent situations. Most “Official” CERT deployment notices will come from WVREDI. If you have completed a CERT course anywhere, please go here to register. |
Please Join the MOVR CERT eGroup/Forum All CERT-trained individuals in the Mid-Ohio Valley Region are requested to join the MOVR-CERT eGroup. While intended primarily for communication between the members of MOVR CERT, this Forum is also intended for the discussion of any subject related to the mission of CERT or any other aspect of Disaster Preparedness or Emergency Response/Management. All CERT members everywhere are also invited to participate. |
Be a Better-Prepared CERT Member with an Amateur Radio License Armed with an Amateur Radio license and an inexpensive hand-held radio (under $150), you will be prepared to communicate with other CERT members during training and deployments. All the preparation you need to pass your no-code Technician license is available online here. For more information go here. |
Mobile Emergency Communications Suite (MECS1)MECS1 is owned by the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department Threat Preparedness Unit and operated for the community by Wood County Emergency Communications (WCEC) and the many MOVR CERT members who are licensed Amateur Radio Operators. Click the picture or here for more information about MECS1.
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Did You Know?
• In a disaster, it may be 72 hours or longer before first responders (law enforcement, fire fighters, EMTs, or paramedics) can get to you!
• Only 57% of people report that they have readiness items set aside in their homes for use in disaster.
• Just 34% of people have readiness supplies in their car.
• Less than half of households have an Emergency Plan
and yet …
• 42% of individuals report that they would need help during a disaster.
Preparedness is everyone’s responsibility.
Are you Ready?
To learn more about how you, your family, your business, and your community can prepare for emergencies and get involved, please visit the our Emergency Preparedness section, Ready.gov, call 800-BE-READY, or contact us to sign up for free CERT training.
Download and print an Application and Waiver to enroll in the training and become a member of the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Community Emergency Response Team.
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Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department (MOVHD) serves the
City of Parkersburg, |
This page was last updated at 16:44 on Monday, 14 May 2012 16:44:51
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