City of Shoreline
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
The City of Shoreline and the Shoreline Fire Department jointly offer advanced community education so individuals will be better prepared to help themselves and those around them when a disaster occurs.
Offered once or twice a year, CERT training focuses on disaster preparedness for specific hazards that may impact the Shoreline area. It includes training in basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization and disaster medical operations. CERT members can then use their training to assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. For more information on Shoreline CERT, visit www.shorelinecert.org.
In addition to the CERT baseline training, those who have completed the class are given the opportunity to become a registered emergency disaster worker as a member of the Shoreline Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). The Shoreline CERT are given additional on-going training and can be called upon to support the City’s efforts during an emergency with activities like shelter operations, sandbagging, distribution of public information and support of the Emergency Operations Center. The team meets monthly to plan for training and events and are organized as a non-profit organization.
For information contact the Shoreline CERT President, Vickie Fontaine.