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Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Oklahoma CERTs



Name of Program: McClain County, Oklahoma CERT
Point of Contact: E Cravens
Phone Number: 4053875466
E-mail address: mcclain.em@gmail.com
Brief Description: Monthly meeting for CERT is the first Thursday of each month. Meetings begin at 1900 hrs, and are normally held at the Blanchard Fire Station or Blanchard EOC.


Name of Program: Garfield County Citizen's Corps
Point of Contact: Mike Honigsberg
Phone Number: 5802495969
E-mail address: mike.honigsberg@onenet.net
Brief Description: Right now, I am applying for grant money to get this group going. We are in the planning stages and we will convert another group that we have going into the cert program as soon as we receive funding.


Name of Program: Edmond, OK CERT
Point of Contact: Mike Magee
Phone Number: 4053594378
E-mail address: mike.magee@edmondok.com


Name of Program: City of Newcastle, OK
Point of Contact: Jon Tankersley
Phone Number: 4053872922
E-mail address: emergency@pldi.net


Name of Program: Norman Emergency Response Volunteers
Point of Contact: David Grizzle
Phone Number: 4052929780
E-mail address: david.grizzle@normanok.gov
Brief Description: The Norman CERT program trains and prepares citizens to help themselves, their families and their neighbors in the event of a disaster in their community. Through CERT, citizens can learn about disaster preparedness and receive training in basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, and disaster medical operations. Scheduled meetings are conducted on the second Thursday of each month. Call 405-292-9780 for details.


Name of Program: University of Central Oklahoma CCERT
Point of Contact: Norman Nieves
Phone Number: 4059742219
E-mail address: emergencymanagement@uco.edu
Brief Description: The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) CCERT is dedicated to the safety of the student, faculty, staff, and facilities on the UCO campus and its affiliated facilities.


Name of Program: Stillwater CERT
Point of Contact: Kirk Mittelstet
Phone Number: 4057428228
E-mail address: kmittelstet@stillwater.org


Name of Program: Custer County CERT
Point of Contact: Michael Galloway
Phone Number: 5803234105
E-mail address: custer_em@hotmail.com


Name of Program: Midwest City CERT
Point of Contact: GERALD PETTENGILL
Phone Number: 4057391005
E-mail address: GPETTENGILL@MIDWESTCITYOK.ORG
Brief Description: Now that the changeover is done, we are getting reorginized and getting ready to kick off some new classes. We encourage anyone in Midwest City, and Eastern Oklahoma County to join us. We are looking at adding more classes beyond the basic CERT training. In CERT, we are taught there is something for everyone to do, do not hesitate to sign up based on age, health or physical limitations..we will find something for you.


Name of Program: OCCC CERT Team
Point of Contact: Lisa Teel
Phone Number: 4056821611
E-mail address: lteel@occc.edu


Name of Program: Del City CERT
Point of Contact: Jim Hock
Phone Number: 4056712890
E-mail address: dcfd101@sbcglobal.net


Name of Program: Rogers County
Point of Contact: Bob Anderson
Phone Number: 9183414233
E-mail address: BOBBY@ROGERSCOUNTY.ORG
Brief Description: We have used our CERT groups in many disasters from flooding to ice storms. They have performed welfare medical checks, delivered and informed about the use and safety of generators,etc.


Name of Program: Oklahoma State Health Department
Point of Contact: Ed Kostiuk
Phone Number: 4052710900
E-mail address: EdK@health.ok.gov
Brief Description: We are interested in Faith Based groups who will assist with special needs and at-risk patients during a disaster.


Name of Program: Northeastern State University C-CERT- Tahlequah
Point of Contact: James Bell
Phone Number: 9184582111
E-mail address: bell02@nsuok.edu


Name of Program: Shawnee/Pottawatomie County
Point of Contact: Donald Lynch
Phone Number: 4058781678
E-mail address: dlynch@shawneeok.org


Name of Program: Ponca City CERT
Point of Contact: Paula Cain
Phone Number: 5807670380
E-mail address: cainpk@poncacityok.gov


Name of Program: OSU-OKC CCERT
Point of Contact: Patricia Ragle
Phone Number: 4059453253
E-mail address: hulme@osuokc.edu


Name of Program: Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians
Point of Contact: James LeClair
Phone Number: 5807234466
E-mail address: jleclair@omtribe.org
Brief Description: The Otoe-Missouria CERT program is new to the area. Training has been done through the Department of Homeland Security and Oklahoma State University Fire Service Training. They provided training and currently further training is provided by the Emergency management Department of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe.


Name of Program: Blanchard CERT
Point of Contact: Elizabeth Wainwright
Phone Number: 4054859391
E-mail address: blanchardokem@gmail.com


Name of Program: City of Newcastle CERT
Point of Contact: Jon Tankersley
Phone Number: 4053872922
E-mail address: jtankersley@cityofnewcastleok.com