Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
The CERT Team is a community based organization of residents who learn how to take emergency response actions in safe ways until the professional emergency responders can respond. These volunteers learn how to work in a coordinated manner caring for those citizens within their community affected by a disaster. The Division of Emergency Management has trained 180 CERT Team volunteers throughout Palm Beach County in disaster preparedness, disaster medical services, light urban search and rescue for trapped citizens, disaster communications, disaster psychology and terrorism.
Citizen Corps Council
The Palm Beach County Citizen Corps Council is currently in the formulation stage. The Citizen Corps Council is a network of Partner Agencies, both public and private, that meet on a regular basis with the intention of volunteer development within the county as well as their own organizations. Volunteers contact the council to inquire about opportunities in which they may make use of their unique skills to serve their communities, in addition to learning and developing new volunteer skills to benefit organizations within the county.