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Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

New York CERT's

Name of Program:	City of Niagara Falls CERT Program
Geographic Area:	Niagara County, Niagara Falls
Point of Contact:	Officer Nicholas Ligammari
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(716) 286-4545
E-mail address:	Nicholas.Ligammari@NiagaraCounty.com
Brief Description:	Training community members so they could help themselves, their community, and their families in the event of a disaster or catastrophic event when emergency services are overwhelmed or delayed.

Name of Program:	SOUTH BEACH CIVIC CERT
Geographic Area:	RICHMOND County, STATEN ISLAND
Point of Contact:	Peter A. Morici
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(347) 408-5345
E-mail address:	CERTMASTERUSA@AOL.COM
Website address:	http://WWW.CERTMASTERUSA.ORG
Brief Description:	South Beach Civic CERT is located in a beach community on the Staten Island side of the New York Verrazano Narrows Bridge. In the earlier part of the year they received their training from the NYC Office of Emergency Management and graduated 16 new CERT members. In July, 2004 the training was supplemented by a FEMA CERT Train-The-Trainer who graduated 40 more new CERT members. The same trainer, Peter A. Morici also trained the Battery Park City CERT, Brooklyn South CERT, Gateway Cathedral CERT, Port Richmond CERT, Castlketon CERT and New York FEMA 1 CERT Units. South Beach Civic CERT was started by Joe and Roe McAllister when they saw a need to have a CERT unit in Staten Island. In the fall of this year it is anticpated that there will be 40-50 new community members attending the CERT course and we anticipate to grow in 2005. On August 14, 2004 both the Battery Park City CERT and the South Beach Civic CERT units participated in a Disaster Drill in Battery Park City. The simulation was a terrorist attack using explosives followed up by a secondary device. Both teams performed according to the FEMA trainer, evaluators and NYC OEM observers, better than expected. What makes these two CERT teams "unique", is that both CERT teams will be working together in the event of any natural, manmade or terrorist acts. The Staten Island Ferry closely connects these two units on the waterways. For all interested community members wanting to join the South Beach Civic CERT unit, please contact: THE New York City Office of Emergency Management or Peter A. Morici at 1-347-408-5345 CERTMASTERUSA@AOL.COM.

Name of Program:	MALTA CERT
Geographic Area:	Saratoga County, Town of Malta
Point of Contact:	Kevin T King
Phone Number:	(518) 899-2502
E-mail address:	comptroller@malta-town.org
Website address:	http://malta-town.org
Brief Description:	Malta is known as a �Family Town� and like all families we want to make sure our family takes care of one another. This is why we have formed our Community Emergency Response Team Program (CERT). Local governments prepare for everyday emergencies. However, during a disaster, the number and scope of incidents can overwhelm conventional emergency services. The CERT Team is designed to supplement our existing resources and helps you protect yourself, your family, your neighbors and your neighborhood in an emergency situation.

Name of Program:	Suffolk County Community Emergency Response Team
Geographic Area:	Suffolk County, Suffolk
Point of Contact:	Thomas O'Hara
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(631) 852-4908
E-mail address:	thomas.o'hara@co.suffolk.ny.us
Website address:	http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/citizencorp

Name of Program:	Community Emergency Response Team
Geographic Area:	Suffolk County, Town of Islip
Point of Contact:
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(631) 273-4560
E-mail address:	fdchief31@aol.com
Brief Description:	In order to properly enable our Citizen Corps Council to accomplish the mission to having our area citizens participate in helping to make America safer, we will enable them to generate public interest and efficient, effective program implementation. Our project goal is to have 6000 trained volunteers between the Neighborhood Watch and CERT Programs deployed throughout our area by the completion of 2005. To accomplish our goal we will capitalize upon our current broad base of coalition partners, elected officials and organizations. We will strive to secure commitments from additional coalition partners and elected officials. We will focus our efforts on developing, implementing, and maintaining the Neighborhood Watch and CERT programs. We will utilize and support our coalition partners to build and reinforce existing programs enabling a strong, broad-based coalition of programs and organizations that will make a commitment to! further the overall long-term success of the Citizen Corps mission. We will strive to provide this type of training to persons of all ages, ethnic groups, and special needs populations designed specifically for citizens or to support the citizen component of first responder exercises, to include preparing citizens for their role in the exercises and the support the Citizen Corps Council.

Name of Program:	Town of New Castle CERT
Geographic Area:	Westchester County, New Castle
Point of Contact:	James P McCauley, Jr.
Title:	Chief, CERT
Phone Number:	(914) 273-3455
E-mail address:	jmccauleyj@aol.com
Brief Description:	Support First responders in major emergencies or MCI's. Provide a shelter to those in need during natural or man-made disasters.

Name of Program:	Yonkers CERT
Geographic Area:	Westchester County, Yonkers, NY
Point of Contact:
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(914) 377-7325
E-mail address:	JDonaghy@aol.com
Website address:	http://www.yonkersoem.com
Brief Description:	The City of Yonkers Office of Emergency Management in Collaberation with businesses, schools, church and communities organizations have reached out to train 121 people in the CERT Program. The Office of Emergency Management has also created a 2 1/2 hour presentation highlighting emergency preparedness, ways to prevent fires, and a basic overview of Terrorism. As of September 28, the P.A.C.T. program (Public Awareness Contingency Training) has been presented to 400 people.

Name of Program:	Steuben County CERT Training
Geographic Area:	Steuben County, Bath
Point of Contact:
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(607) 664-2700
E-mail address:	tim@co.steuben.ny.us
Website address:	http://www.steubencony.org/sccitcorp.html
Brief Description:	The Steuben County Citizen Corps Council graduated their first Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) class on Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Because of the large geographical nature of Steuben County it was decided by the Citizen Corps Council, that the CERT class would be taught as an independent emergency preparedness course and not to develop formalized teams at this time. The course is being taught to help residents identify ways to help themselves during emergencies- particularly major disasters where individuals may have to help themselves for a period of time. The Steuben County Office of Emergency Services facilitates the program with assistance from various other community agencies such as the Red Cross, Public Health, Bath Veterans Administration, and Finger Lakes SPCA.

Name of Program:	Greenburgh CERT
Geographic Area:	Westchester County, Greenburgh
Point of Contact:	Peter J Dandreano
Title:	Police Officer
Phone Number:	(914) 682-5300
E-mail address:	pdandreano@greenburghny.com
Brief Description:	Train Citizens to prepare for a disaster and to assist Police, Fire and EMS agencies in the event of a disaster.

Name of Program:	North Castle Citizen Corps Council
Geographic Area:	Westchester County, North Castle
Point of Contact:
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(914) 273-3001
E-mail address:	aleber@northcastleny.com
Brief Description:	Participate with the Town of North Castle Emergency Preparedness Committee. Assist Town, police department, fire departments, and EMS in emergency situations. Manage a shelter when called upon by the American Red Cross.

Name of Program:	NEW YORK FEMA 1 CERT
Geographic Area:	Kings County CB 12 Area NYPD Area: 66 Precinct
Point of Contact:	Peter A Morici
Title:	Team Chief
Phone Number:	(334) 408-5345
E-mail address:	vipernypd@aol.com
Website address:	http://www.nycertac.com
Brief Description:	Our program follows all procedures set by FEMA; New York SEMO and NYC OEM CERT training guidelines. Our goals are to train citizens in our community to be prepared in the event of a disaster through CERT and Ready New York training. Oor team is also trained in assisting NYCOEM and ARC at the Evacuation Centers in our community. Our overall objective is to lessen the burden on First Responders in the event of a major disaster by having as many citizens already prepared to help themselves without overburdening the Emergency Response System. Training for our team is weekly ar rwo training sites within our area of responsiblity. By ensuring constant team member participation will greatly enhance the teams response and knowledge in the event of an actual disaster.

Name of Program:	NEW YORK FEMA 1 CERT
Geographic Area:	Kings County CB 12 Area NYPD Area: 66 Precinct
Point of Contact:	Peter A Morici
Title:	Team Chief
Phone Number:	(334) 408-5345
E-mail address:	vipernypd@aol.com
Website address:	http://www.nycertac.com
Brief Description:	Our program follows all procedures set by FEMA; New York SEMO and NYC OEM CERT training guidelines. Our goals are to train citizens in our community to be prepared in the event of a disaster through CERT and Ready New York training. Oor team is also trained in assisting NYCOEM and ARC at the Evacuation Centers in our community. Our overall objective is to lessen the burden on First Responders in the event of a major disaster by having as many citizens already prepared to help themselves without overburdening the Emergency Response System. Training for our team is weekly ar rwo training sites within our area of responsiblity. By ensuring constant team member participation will greatly enhance the teams response and knowledge in the event of an actual disaster.

Name of Program:	Port Richmond CERT
Geographic Area:	Staten Island
Point of Contact:	John Tidona
Title:	CERT Team Chief
Phone Number:	(718) 448-7160
E-mail address:	portrichcert@yahoo.com
Website address:	http://jbcrash.smugmug.com/Groups/162326
Brief Description:	The Port Richmond Community Emergency Response Team is an active, self-insured team based in the Community Board 1 area of Staten Island since October 2005. Port Richmond CERT is a NYC Office of Emergency Management CERT trained in Incident Command System, Lite Urban Search and Rescue, Fire Suppression, Triage, Traffic Control, Radio Communications and Urban Emergency Preparedness. Members of the team conduct periodic emergency response drills and training with our local emergency preparedness first responders. Team Instructors utilize hands-on training, emergency management self-study courses, and guest instructors in order to promote citizen awareness and preparedness. The mission of the New York City O.E.M., C.E.R.T. program is to train neighborhood and community-based volunteer teams that will inform, educate, and train their neighbors on disaster preparedness; assist public safety agencies and local community boards with public events; respond to locally occurring disasters by strictly following CERT protocol and supporting emergency personnel upon their arrival and request; and assist agencies in managing spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site. Port Richmond CERT has 5 trainers, offering the 33-hour CERT course at no cost to interested individuals who wish to join the team. Our instructors possess additional teaching credentials in other areas of disaster awareness and preparedness (WMD, Terrorism, etc.). The team meets each Thursday evening at Calvary Presbyterian Church; located at 909 Castleton Avenue (Corner of Bement Ave). Meetings start at 7:30pm and last 2-3 hours. To learn more, please contact Team Chief John Tidona at 718-448-7160, or at portrichcert@yahoo.com. You are invited to come meet the team at our weekly meetings.

Name of Program:	Town of Union CERT Training Program
Geographic Area:	Broome County
Point of Contact:	Richard Dodge
Phone Number:	(607) 748-3061
E-mail address:	unioncert@lycos.com
Website address:	http://www.townofunion.com
Brief Description:	A community outreach program intended to provide fundamental Disaster Preparedness skills to area residents, at no cost to them, so they can better protect themselves, their families, and potentially their neighbors until "first responder" help arrives.

Name of Program:	Chautauqua County CERT Program
Geographic Area:	Chautauqua County, Jamestown
Point of Contact:	Leslie Vattimo
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(716) 664-4108
E-mail address:	Leslie@madbbs.com
Brief Description:	The goal of the proposed CERT training Program in Chautauqua County is to train and involve members of the community in emergency management using CERT training as a means to accomplish this goal. Annticpated Accomplishments: Individuals within our county will be better prepared in the event of a disaster by proper training and dissemination of information. First Jamestown CERT team finished training on July 14, 2004. Second training in Fredonia beginning in September 2004.

Name of Program:	Columbia County CERT
Geographic Area:	Columbia County, Hudson
Point of Contact:	George Sharpe
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(518) 828-1212
E-mail address:	gsharpe@govt.co.columbia.ny.us
Brief Description:	To be available in a time of need to assist the County and surrounding Counties when possible: The role of a CERT volunteer is to provide immediate assistant to victims at a disaster site, until trained first responders arrive: CERT volunteers will stay up to date on all new training.

Name of Program:	CERT-Grand Island, NY
Geographic Area:	Erie County, Grand Island
Point of Contact:	Stephen M. Stouter
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(773) 960-0
E-mail address:	GIFCO147@hotmail.com
Brief Description:	CERT-Grand Island, NY helps train people to be better prepared to respond to emergency situations on Grand Island. When emergencies happen, Our CERT members can give critical support to first responders, provide immediate assistance to victims, and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site. CERT members can also help with non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of the community.

Name of Program:	Town of Tonawanda CERT
Geographic Area:	Erie County, Town of Tonawanda
Point of Contact:
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(716) 879-6685
E-mail address:	emergency_services@tonawanda.ny.us
Brief Description:	To assist the Town of Tonawanda residents in taking care of themselves in the aftermath of any major disaster. To promote a higher level of community awareness of potential hazards and to improve response capabilities.

Name of Program:	New York CERT Advisory Council and Foundation
Geographic Area:	All Localities
Point of Contact:	Peter A. Morici
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(347) 408-5345
E-mail address:	CERTMASTERUSA@AOL.COM
Website address:	http://www.certmasterusa.org
Brief Description:	The mission of our program is to train community members and community organizations in the greater New York area in FEMA�s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) concept. Our training follows all the steps and concepts taught by FEMA through their CERT Train-The-Trainer course that our Master Instructors have been certified in. Our mission also incorporates in training corporate employees in the event of a disaster in the workplace. Our ongoing accomplishments have been the creation of the �First FEMA CERT Team in New York City�, the �Battery Park City CERT� opposite Ground Zero. The Commissioner of the NYC OEM, John Odermatt was present for the first graduation in November, 2003 of 63 members of the �First Team�. This organization works with the NYC Office of Emergency Management in achieving their objectives and ours as well. We have also trained and created the following CERT Units in New York City, South Beach Civic CERT in Staten Island, NY, the Gateway Cathedral CERT Unit in Staten Island, N.Y and the Brooklyn South CERT Unit in Brooklyn, N.Y. Several more community organizations and businesses are presently waiting training. The uniqueness of our training program, unlike most others, is that once we create these teams we are still there ensuring that these teams practice �weekly� with disaster simulations, hands on medical, fire suppression, hazards materials and cribbing and leveraging. We also interface two or more teams to work �together� when we have their semi-annual major disaster drill and simulations. We are the �first� to incorporate a CERT data base linking all our FEMA trained CERT teams. In the event of a natural, man-made disaster or terrorist attack during the daytime when most members are working in Manhattan or one of the other boroughs and disaster strikes and they are unable to get to their teams staging areas, they know the staging area of the nearest FEMA CERT team and report directly there.

Name of Program:	BATTERY PARK CITY CERT
Geographic Area:	KINGS County
Point of Contact:	B.G. Sidney Baumgarten
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(212) 432-2428
E-mail address:	BPCCERT@AOL.COM
Brief Description:	"On September 11, 2001, the residents in Battery Park City were the most impacted by the terrible events of that day. Many of our residents worked in the World Trade Center and/or lived within a hundred yards of Ground Zero. The damage, dislocation, and general chaos surrounding that day has been a motivatiing force in establishing the Battery Park City CERT organization. In November 2003 sixty three members completed the FEMA CERT courses and became certified CERT members. Another 20 volunteers will begin training in 2004. Our BPC CERT's Team Supervisor and FEMA certified CERT Train-the-Trainer, is Peter A. Morici, POC 1-347-408-5345. Battery Park City has 16,000 residents in the area from Chambers Street to Battery Park, west of West Street. The BPC CERT has two medical teams, each headed by an MD, with each having at least 2 RN's and 2 EMT's included. More than 30 members of the BPC CERT have begun a 5 month EMT training course. Residents of the Battery Park area and employees in the World Financial Center who are interested in becoming members should call 212-432-2428 or email to "BPCCERT@aol.com".

Name of Program:	Monroe County CERT Program
Geographic Area:	Monroe County, Rochester
Point of Contact:	Mary Louise Meisenzahl
Phone Number:	(585) 473-0710
E-mail address:	mcoep@monroecounty.gov
Brief Description:	On June 16, 2004 County Executive Maggie Brooks held a news conference to announce Monroe County's CERT Program. She emphasized that, "Emergency response is not a spectator sport," and solicited public participation in emergency preparedness training. The County CERT Program is actively engaging citizens in its classes designed to: - attract people who want a comprehensive, 24-hour training that includes a practical application of skills to help better protect themselves, their family and their neighbors during the first seventy-two hours of an emergency - recognize CERT as a training standard, i.e. CERT becomes a pre-requisite course for a menu of additional educational opportunities designed as "CERT, Phase II" - solicit sponsors of CERT classes with the express purpose of organizing the class graduates in a Team that will be available for emergency activation within the local community - adapt to defined populations, e.g. a specific workforce to increase employee awareness and preparedness, and to have a Team presence in their workplace - adapt to special populations, e.g. our community has a large deaf and hard of hearing community, and the CERT curriculum is available to them since January 2005 The Program collaborates with two other CERT vendors in the community to integrate an instructor pool, to set equipment standards, and to schedule training exercises that coordinate a unified CERT response to community-wide emergencies. The County Program has an aggressive approach in its outreach to the community, and our program strives to be responsive to community needs for trained volunteers. CERT Team sponsors include local government, faith-based organizations, and employers. Local initiatives include volunteer referrals to other volunteer agencies, like the American Red Cross, and the Medical Reserve Corps. And, we are documenting CERT graduates who pursue additional volunteer activities within our community. Our CERT Program continues to pay dividends for these volunteers and those they serve.

Name of Program:	Emergency Corps
Geographic Area:	Greater New York
Point of Contact:
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(631) 754-6252
E-mail address:	info@safety123.com
Website address:	http://www.EmergencyCorps.org
Brief Description:	The goal of this program is to develop employee emergency response teams in workplace organizations. Emergencies are more than likely to occur during work hours and therefore the workplace is an appropriate place to organize and train responders to minimize injury and loss. Our strategy is to train one or more Emergency Response Team trainers in participating organizations. These trainers in turn coordinate the training of Emergency Response Teams in their own organization in cooperation with local public safety officials. All training reflects the FEMA Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)format and utilizes FEMA certificated trainers. As no grant funding has been identified for this program to date, participating organizations are required to cover the cost of training for the individual sent for the train-the-trainer course.

Name of Program:	Richmond County CERT Program
Geographic Area:	Staten Island, New York City
Point of Contact:	Raymond Schleif
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(718) 948-7932
E-mail address:	TimerEMS@si.rr.com
Website address:	http://www.TimerEMT.com
Brief Description:	Citizen support of NYC and County Emergency Services in the event of depleted or unavailable Emergency resources or personel.

Name of Program:	BATTERY PARK CITY CERT
Geographic Area:	BATTERY PARK CITY - MANHATTAN
Point of Contact:	B.G. Sidney Baumgarten
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(212) 432-2428
E-mail address:	BPCCERT@AOL.COM
Brief Description:	"On September 11, 2001, the residents in Battery Park City were the most impacted by the terrible events of that day. Many of our residents worked in the World Trade Center and/or lived within a hundred yards of Ground Zero. The damage, dislocation, and general chaos surrounding that day has been a motivatiing force in establishing the Battery Park City CERT organization. In November 2003 sixty three members completed the FEMA CERT courses and became certified CERT members. Another 20 volunteers will begin training in 2004. Our BPC CERT's Team Supervisor and FEMA certified CERT Train-the-Trainer, is Peter A. Morici, POC 1-347-408-5345. Battery Park City has 16,000 residents in the area from Chambers Street to Battery Park, west of West Street. The BPC CERT has two medical teams, each headed by an MD, with each having at least 2 RN's and 2 EMT's included. More than 30 members of the BPC CERT have begun a 5 month EMT training course. Residents of the Battery Park area and employees in the World Financial Center who are interested in becoming members should call 212-432-2428 or email to "BPCCERT@aol.com".

Name of Program:	Adirondack Community School &University Crisis Response Team
Geographic Area:	Fulton-Montgomery-Hamilton
Point of Contact:
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(518) 883-3817
E-mail address:	dhugo@nycap.rr.com
Website address:	http://www.dhugoandassoc.com
Brief Description:	The mission of the ACSU-CRT is to assist schools and universities with support and education in the event of a crisis,and to promote and facilitate the activities, operation and training's for critical incident stress management (CISM) in the New York State Adirondack community and surrounding areas. These shall include but not limited to: assisting schools in the development of individualized protocols, providing ongoing educational CISM training to schools and universities, providing schools and universities with support in the event of a crisis in an organized, caring, and professional manner, providing CISM services upon request to emergency service professionals to include assessment, referrals and follow-ups, networking with other area providers of crisis response services. see website for additional information.

Name of Program:	Nassau County CERT Program
Geographic Area:	Nassau County
Point of Contact:	Robert C Beckmann Jr
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(516) 573-0636
E-mail address:	rbeckmann@nassaucountyny.gov
Brief Description:	Nassau County Office of Emergency Management recently became a recipient of CERT funding and is in the beginning phases of establishing a CERT progam in the County.

Name of Program:	CERT-1 NYC
Geographic Area:	NYC
Point of Contact:	Scott Carruthers
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(718) 256-5101
E-mail address:	scott@training4life.org
Website address:	http://cert1nyc.org/
Brief Description:	Based in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, currently 45 certified members, with another 40 in training.

Name of Program:	CB12M CERT
Geographic Area:	Manhattan County, New York City
Point of Contact:	Pamela Palanque North
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(212) 795-4234
E-mail address:	palanqueassoc@erols.com
Website address:	http://CB12M.ORG
Brief Description:	The Community Board 12M, Community Emergency Response Team(CERT)is designed to train and support the residents of the Washington Heights-Inwood Community to better respond to emergency situations which occur in the community of over 250,000. When disasters and emergencies occur, CB12M CERT members can provide immediate assistance to our neighbors in that we have been trained and continually upgrade our skills to act as second responders.

Name of Program:	Ridge Road Fire District/Town of Greece CERT
Geographic Area:	Monroe County, Greece
Point of Contact:	Captain William Timmons
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(585) 453-1206
E-mail address:	wtimmons@rrfd.org
Brief Description:	The Ridge Road Fire District is offering the CERT program to all the residents of the Town of Greece. Greece is a community with 90,000+ residents. With Lake Ontario to our north and Eastman Kodak Company on our east border CERT is an important component for preparedness in our community. CERT classes are being held twice a year. Our students are residents of the community and people that work within the Town of Greece.

Name of Program:	Ontario County CERT
Geographic Area:	Ontario County
Point of Contact:	Debra A Trickey
Phone Number:	(585) 396-4310
E-mail address:	debra.trickey@co.ontario.ny.us
Brief Description:	The Ontario County Office of Emergency Management recently received a Citizen Corps grant and is in the beginning process of establishing a CERT program in the county.

Name of Program:	Rensselaer County CERT
Geographic Area:	Rensselaer County
Point of Contact:	Raymond Davis
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(518) 270-4160 326
E-mail address:	rdavis@rensco.com
Brief Description:	The program will begin in early 2004, equipment has been purchased and the classroom is set. The class will entail 21 hours of training that will follow the guidelines set by New York State Emergency Management. It will include: Emergency Preparedness, Fire Safety, Emergency Medical Operations, Light Search and rescue, CERT organization, Diaster Psychology, Terrorism and CERT.

Name of Program:	Stony Point Emergency Operating Committee
Geographic Area:	Rockland County, Stony Point
Point of Contact:	Leslie Colehatchard
Title:	n/a
Phone Number:	(845) 786-2716
E-mail address:	Aserra@aol.com

Name of Program:	Seneca County CERT Program
Geographic Area:	Seneca County
Point of Contact:	Judy Andrews
Title:	Deputy Director
Phone Number:	(315) 539-1757
E-mail address:	jandrews@co.seneca.ny.us

Name of Program:	Yonkers CERT
Geographic Area:	Yonkers
Point of Contact:	Cory Hartman
Title:	Emergency Program Coordinator- CERT Coordinator
Phone Number:	(914) 377-7050
E-mail address:	cory.hartman@cityofyonkers.com
Website address:	http://www.yonkersoem.com
Brief Description:	The Yonkers Office of Emergency Management is pleased to offer the CERT course to all residents, employees, and employeers located in the City of Yonkers free of charge. Year to date we have 461 people trained in CERT. Some of the organizations that have participated in the program are: Yonkers Municipal Housing Authority, Roosevelt High School CADET Program, Yonkers DPW, Home Depot, Westchester Community College EOC-EMT Program, Leake & Watts, Andrus Memorial.

Name of Program:	Rochester N.Y. CERT
Geographic Area:	City of Rochester
Point of Contact:	Michael Dobbertin
Title:	Lieutenant
Phone Number:	(585) 428-3694
E-mail address:	Michael.Dobbertin@Cityofrochester.gov
Website address:	http://www.ci.rochester.ny.us/PublicSafety/Fire/cert.cfm
Brief Description:	The first CERT team in New York State! Rochester CERT instruction is a 9 week (27 hour) fun filled course that takes the student through topics like: Fire Supression, Emergency Medicine, Triage, Search and Rescue, Disaster Physcology, Incident Management and PODS Operations. Your instructors from the Rochester Fire Department will teach you how to better protect you and your family in case of an emergency. Rochester CERT does not stop there! The Rochester Fire Department has established CERT Teams within the City of Rochester's neighborhoods. These teams can be called on to assist their neighbors in cases of natural or man-made disasters.

Name of Program:	Ogden/Spencerport CERT
Geographic Area:	Town of Ogden
Point of Contact:	Sergeant Christopher Mears
Title:	Emergency Prepardness Coordinator
Phone Number:	(585) 617-6131
E-mail address:	cmears@ogdenny.com

Name of Program:	Town of Union CERT Training Program
Geographic Area:	Broome County
Point of Contact:	Richard Dodge
Phone Number:	(607) 748-3061
E-mail address:	unioncert@lycos.com
Brief Description:	We live in uncertain times. The devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the horror of terrorist attacks and potential pandemics underscore the need for each of us to be prepared to deal with emergencies, wherever they find us. Are you ready to help when crisis comes? If you are interested in receiving training that will serve you and others both at work and at home, consider the following opportunity. The Town of Union CERT Training Program is a community outreach program intended to provide fundamental Disaster Preparedness skills to area residents, at no cost to them. The class will prepare those who attend to help save and sustain lives following a disaster while they wait for help to arrive. The skills taught also apply to everyday emergencies. All the instructors are highly-qualified first responders from area Emergency Squads, Fire Departments, and Law Enforcement Agencies. For further information and to register, please contact the Program Manager.

Name of Program:	East Williston CERT Program
Geographic Area:	Nassau County
Point of Contact:	Joseph L Battaglia
Title:	Fighterfighter/EMT
Phone Number:	(516) 248-7566
E-mail address:	scatman@optonline.net

Name of Program:	Champlain Valley CERT
Geographic Area:	Essex County
Point of Contact:	Martin T Mischenko
Title:	Chaplain/Pastor
Phone Number:	(518) 523-6406
E-mail address:	pastor@mtnmeadowsministries.com
Website address:	http://www.mtnmeadowsministries.com
Brief Description:	To train local citizen in emergency preparedness to better serve their family and community during times need. To train volunteer community members to serve as a rescoures for local first response units during times of need. Provide basic supplies and shelter during emergencies to community members and the elderly.

Name of Program:	The Borough of Manhattan Community College CERT/CUNY
Geographic Area:	County of New-York
Point of Contact:	Edward Sullivan
Phone Number:	(212) 220-8014
E-mail address:	esullivan@bmcc.cuny.edu
Website address:	http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu
Brief Description:	The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program at The Borough of Manhattan Community College 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, BMCC CERT Team Members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event, when professional responders are not immediately available to help. BMCC CERT Team Members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community. At BMCC the CERT Program was developed and implemented by Scott Anderson, Vice President of Administration and Planning. At BMCC, Edward Sullivan, is the Director of CERT, Ed Moss, is the Deputy Director and Specialist, Zavala Salas is the FEMA/CERT Trainer. He has completed the New York State Office of Emergency Management (SEMO)/FEMA/CERT, Train-the-Trainer. Specialist Zavala-Salas is also a certified instructor in New York. He has completed the prestigious Methods of Instructions Course (MOI) given by New York Police Department; accredited by the New York State Department of Education.