Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

North Dakota CERT's



Name of Program: Basin Electric Class #1
Geographic Area: Burleigh County, Bismarck
Point of Contact: Deborah D Meyhoff
Title: n/a
Phone Number: (701) 223-0441
E-mail address: dmeyhoff@bepc.com
Brief Description: This class was the first of many for the company. Basin is a company that holds the safety of their employees and their families in high reguards. That is why CERT is so important to them. A total of 16 participants in the class.


Name of Program: State Capital Class #2
Geographic Area: Burleigh County, Bismarck
Point of Contact: Joey VanderVliet
Title: Lieutenant
Phone Number: (701) 250-7671
E-mail address: jvanderv@state.nd.us
Brief Description: Class #2 involved emergency coordinators for the Capital gorunds. The employees took 2 days from their busy schedules to go through the CERT training. This training works well with their responsabilities as emergency coordinators.


Name of Program: State Capital Class #3
Geographic Area: Burleigh County, Bismarck
Point of Contact: Joey VanderVliet
Title: Lieutenant
Phone Number: (701) 250-7671
E-mail address: jvanderv@state.nd.us
Brief Description: The Capital has set a goal to train all their emergency coordinators to become CERT members a total of 108 members total.


Name of Program: State Capital Class #4
Geographic Area: Burleigh County, Bismarck
Point of Contact: Joey VanderVliet
Title: Lieutenant
Phone Number: (701) 250-7671
E-mail address: jvanderv@state.nd.us
Brief Description: Emergency coordinators trained in CERT to better the safety of the Capital employee's and to assist emergency workers in an emergency situation.


Name of Program: State Capital Class #5
Geographic Area: Burleigh County, Bismarck
Point of Contact: Shawna Paul
Phone Number: (701) 254-4486
E-mail address: smpaul@nd.gov


Name of Program: State Capital Class #6
Geographic Area: Burleigh County, Bismarck
Point of Contact: Joey VanderVliet
Title: Lieutenant
Phone Number: (701) 250-7671
E-mail address: jvanderv@state.nd.us
Brief Description: Class was September 27th, 28th, 29th & 30th. We had 24 employees attend who are also Emergency coordinators for the Capital.


Name of Program: State Capital Class #7
Geographic Area: Burleigh County, Bismarck
Point of Contact: Joey VanderVliet
Title: Lieutenant
Phone Number: (701) 250-7671
E-mail address: jvanderv@state.nd.us


Name of Program: Radisson Hotel
Geographic Area: Burleigh County, Bismarck
Point of Contact: Joey VanderVliet
Title: Lieutenant
Phone Number: (701) 250-7671
E-mail address: jvanderv@state.nd.us
Brief Description: This team was the first team in the City of Bismarck. Most of all the first Hotel in the state. They were very pro-active and the Radisson is very safety oriented in all they do for themselves and the community.


Name of Program: United Tribes Technical College CERT Program
Geographic Area: Burleigh County, Bismarck
Point of Contact: Barb Schmitt
Title: n/a
Phone Number: (701) 255-3285 436
E-mail address: bschmittd@hotmail.com


Name of Program: Cass County CERT
Geographic Area: Cass County, Fargo
Point of Contact: Sara Lepp
Title: n/a
Phone Number: (701) 293-6462
E-mail address: saral@myfirstlink.org
Website address: http://www.myfirstlink.org
Brief Description: The Cass County CERT program began in January 2005. Cass County holds regular trainings along with continued training every other month for volunteers. Cass County also has a CERT newsletter that goes out to the volunteers monthly.


Name of Program: Sky Dancer
Geographic Area: Mountrail, New Town
Point of Contact: Barb Schmitt
Title: n/a
Phone Number: (701) 255-3285 436
E-mail address: bschmittd@hotmail.com


Name of Program: Mandan City Employee CERT Program
Geographic Area: Morton County, Mandan
Point of Contact: Steve Nardello
Title: n/a
Phone Number: (701) 667-3288
E-mail address: mandanfire@midco.net


Name of Program: Wahpeton Community CERT Program
Geographic Area: Richland County, Wahpeton
Point of Contact: Shawn Kessel
Phone Number: (701) 642-8448
E-mail address: shawnk@wahpeton.com


Name of Program: Turtle Mt. Band of Chippewa CERT
Geographic Area: Rolette County, Belcourt
Point of Contact: Barb Schmitt
Title: n/a
Phone Number: (701) 255-3285 436
E-mail address: bschmittd@hotmail.com


Name of Program: Stutsman County CERT Program
Geographic Area: Stutsman County, Jamestown
Point of Contact: Jerry Bergquist
Phone Number: (701) 252-9093
E-mail address: jbergqui@state.nd.us


Name of Program: Minot Community CERT
Geographic Area: Ward County, Minot
Point of Contact: Dean Lennertz
Title: n/a
Phone Number: (701) 720-8744
E-mail address: lenertz@web.ci.minot.nd.us


Name of Program: Alamo CERT Program
Geographic Area: Williams County, Alamo
Point of Contact: Chief Bruce Krabseth
Title: n/a
Phone Number: (701) 528-3662
E-mail address: bkrab@nccray.com
Brief Description: We have just begun.


Name of Program: Williston ND
Geographic Area: Williams County, Williston
Point of Contact: Ed Lodwig
Title: n/a
Phone Number: (701) 577-7707
E-mail address: edl@co.williams.nd.us
Brief Description: Williston has 15 trained CERT Volunteers. The teams can be activated by the EAS or self activating. Our goal in the future is to increase the number of CERT Volunteers. Nebraska


Name of Program: Northwood CERT
Geographic Area: Northwood Area
Point of Contact: Marcy Douglas
Phone Number: (701) 587-5370 11
E-mail address: norcity@polarcomm.com
Website address: http://www.discovernorthwood.com


Name of Program: Emmons County CERT
Geographic Area: Emmons County
Point of Contact: Shawna Paul
Phone Number: (701) 254-4486
E-mail address: smpaul@nd.gov