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| Cert Name |
Monroe County CERT Program |
| Region Name |
Monroe County, Rochester |
| Cert Type |
County |
| Street Address |
1190 Scottsville Rd. |
| Street Address Cont. |
Suite 200 |
| City |
Rochester |
| State |
NY |
| Zip Code |
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| Phone Number |
585-473-0710
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| Status |
Approved |
| Cert Web Site |
Not Available |
| Cert 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.
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