Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Nevada CERT's
| Name of Program: | Southern Nevada CERT |
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| Geographic Area: | Southern Nevada |
| Point of Contact: | Rick Diebold |
| Phone Number: | (702) 229-0067 |
| E-mail address: | RDiebold@LasVegasNevada.GOV |
| Website address: | http://www.lvalert.com |
| Brief Description: | The Community Emergency Response Team Program, taught in Six 4 hour sessions, assists individuals in preparing for disasters, large and small, and in preparing to assist their community in response activities. Courses are scheduled several times throughout the year. Contact via e-mail for additional information. |
| Name of Program: | Virgin Valley CERT |
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| Geographic Area: | Clark County, Bunkerville/Mesquite |
| Point of Contact: | Rick Diebold |
| Title: | n/a |
| Phone Number: | (702) 383-2888 |
| E-mail address: | rdiebold@lasvegasnevada.gov |
| Website address: | http://www.lvalert.com |
| Brief Description: | Las Vegas Fire and Rescue offers CERT courses throughout the Metro area several times each year. |
| Name of Program: | Laughlin Township CERT |
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| Geographic Area: | Clark County, Laughlin |
| Point of Contact: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Phone Number: | (702) 734-6111 |
| E-mail address: | MT02332S@LVMPD.com |
| Brief Description: | We train to assist others when first responders are delayed or overwhelmed.We meet monthly at the Laughlin Town Center.New members are welcome. |
| Name of Program: | City of Mesquite CERT |
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| Geographic Area: | Clark County, Mesquite |
| Point of Contact: | Heidi-Karin Albrecht |
| Title: | Emergency Management Coordinator |
| Phone Number: | (702) 346-2690 |
| E-mail address: | halbrecht@ci.mesquite.nv.us |
| Brief Description: | The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program provides training to the residents of the City of Mesquite to be self-sufficient when a major disaster hits. In this program, individuals will learn disaster skills that will help them as members of a neighborhood emergency response team. If a disaster overwhelms or delays the community's professional first-responders, CERT members can assist others by applying the basic response and organizational skills that they learned during training. The CERT training includes disaster preparedness, fire safety, basic medical operations, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster psychology. |
| Name of Program: | Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Community Emergency Response Team |
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| Geographic Area: | Douglas County, Gardnerville |
| Point of Contact: | Trbal Planning Department |
| Title: | n/a |
| Phone Number: | (775) 265-4191 |
| E-mail address: | na@citizencorps.gov |
| Brief Description: | 1)To provide emergency response training to two members of each of the four Washoe communities. 2)To provide basic emergency response equipment to the CERT team members in each Washoe community. |
| Name of Program: | Moapa Valley CERT |
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| Geographic Area: | Overton, Logandale, Moapa, Nevada |
| Point of Contact: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Phone Number: | (702) 455-7311 |
| E-mail address: | rjc@co.clark.nv.us |
| Name of Program: | Storey County LEPC CERT program |
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| Geographic Area: | Storey County, All areas of Storey County |
| Point of Contact: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Phone Number: | (775) 847-0954 |
| E-mail address: | jcurtis@storeyfire.com |
| Website address: | http://Storeyfire.com |
| Brief Description: | To train and prepare local volunteer organizations and CERT members for local or regional emergencies. Natural and man made disasters are to be addressed. |
| Name of Program: | Carson City CERT |
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| Geographic Area: | Washoe County, Carson City |
| Point of Contact: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Phone Number: | (775) 887-2220 |
| E-mail address: | ttarulli@ci.carson-city.nv.us |
| Brief Description: | Provide CERT training to geographical areas of the city that correspond to the designated neighborhoods. Through this training develop a core group of CERT members that can respond throughout the city and our neighbors.The program will aid our citizens in preparing for wildland fires,earthquakes,floods and any other type disaster. |
| Name of Program: | Washoe CERT |
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| Geographic Area: | Washoe County, Reno, Sparks, Washoe County |
| Point of Contact: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Phone Number: | (775) 328-2866 |
| E-mail address: | kpaschall@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
| Website address: | http://www.washoesheriff.com |
| Brief Description: | Our program is open to anyone over 18 who lives or works in Washoe County. We currently have 159 trained volunteers. Each is equipped with a backpack filled with response equipment, including a CERT vest, hardhat, cap and identification badge. Our Volunteers Participate in: EMERGENCY CALLOUTS EVACUATIONS AIRPORT SECURITY RAILWAY SECURITY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS TRAINING WILDLAND FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION SPECIAL EVENTS SUPPORT EMERGENCY EXERCISES AND DRILLS EMERGENCY PUBLIC CALL TAKERS REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS SUPPORT STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE WORK PROMOTING COMMUNITY AWARENESS |