The Barnstable County Sheriff’s office is accepting applications for its next Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program which begins September 27, 2022.
The CERT program is taught by emergency personnel to train residents, community organizations or workplaces in basic response skills. CERT members are then integrated into emergency response capability for their area so that if a disastrous event overwhelms or delays the community’s professional response, CERT members can assist by applying the basic response and organizational skills that they learned during training. CERT volunteers also assist at non-emergency events on Cape Cod including road races and festivals.
Volunteers must be at least 16 years old and pass a CORI check to be part of the program.
Training classes will be held on consecutive Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 starting September 27, 2022 until November 1, 2022 at the Falmouth Fire & Rescue Headquarters, 399 Main Street in Falmouth. All classes are free and class size is limited to 25.
For more information and an application to be part of this program go to:
Emergency Management and Response Programs – Barnstable County Sheriff's Office (bsheriff.net)
For any questions, call or email Joseph Gordon, BCSO Emergency Management Director at (508) 563-4319 or jgordon@bsheriff.net
