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Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Puerto Rico CERTs



Name of Program: Guayama City CERT Program
Point of Contact: Marcos Haddock Colon
Phone Number: 7874444375
E-mail address: sarguayama@gmail.com
Brief Description: This program is set to provide a basic understanding of citizenship in response to events or disasters that impact your community or area of work or study.


Name of Program: Hormigueros CERT
Point of Contact: Edwin Rojas
Phone Number: 7878490590
E-mail address: hormigueros@aemead.gobierno.pr
Brief Description: The main goal of the CERT is to train the citizens on how to respond in case of an emergency, while the emergency response teams arrive to the communities. By creating this awareness we seek to allow the communities to be self sufficient.


Name of Program: CERT-BARCELONETA
Point of Contact: AMID ANTONIO MOLINA MORALES
Phone Number: 7878463210
E-mail address: barceloneta@aemead.gobierno.pr
Brief Description: SOMOS UN GRUPO DE INSTRUCTORES DEL PROGRAMA CERT DEL MUNICIPIO AUTONOMO DE BARCELONETA. NUESTROS INSTRUCTORES SE DEDICAN A PREPARAR A LAS COMUNIDADES PARA QUE PUEDAN ENFRENTAR CUALQUIER SITUACION DE EMERGENCIAS QUE PONGAN SU VIDA EN RIESGOS.


Name of Program: CERT Lajas
Point of Contact: Rashida Santana
Phone Number: 7878081450
E-mail address: rashidaomme@yahoo.com


Name of Program: CERT VEGA BAJA
Point of Contact: JOSE L. AYALA
Phone Number: 7878585080
E-mail address: vegabaja@aemead.gobierno.pr
Brief Description: LOS VOLUNTARIOS DE CERT NOS HAN AYUDADO EN ACTIVIDADES DE EDUCACION Y REPARTIR MATERIAL EDUCATIVO. TAMBIEN HAN CUBRIDO EVENTOS Y ACTIVIDADES CIVICAS.


Name of Program: CERT OMME Maricao
Point of Contact: Pablo Ortiz - Rodriguez
Phone Number: 7878383344
E-mail address: ommemaricao@yahoo.com


Name of Program: CERT Ponce
Point of Contact: Ruben Rivera
Phone Number: 7878405353
E-mail address: ruben.rivera@ponce.pr.gov
Brief Description: Our goal is to empower communities to respond in an emergency/ disaster until emergency agencies arrive. They are trained in groups of 30 or more and can be done in or outside working hours.


Name of Program: CERT MUNICIPALITY OF MAYAGUEZ
Point of Contact: Bienvenido Prosper
Phone Number: 7878315870
E-mail address: bienvenueprosper@gmail.com


Name of Program: HATILLO CERT
Point of Contact: Raul Soto Rivera
Phone Number: 7878985200
E-mail address: maghatillo@gmail.com


Name of Program: Orocovenos Cert
Point of Contact: Oscar Torres
Phone Number: 7878674004
E-mail address: ommeorocovis@gmail.com
Brief Description: his group will be activated by the office of emergency management council. Plus he will make a book of work per month to bring communities or other activities that arise during each month. Minutes were held as evidence of the program.


Name of Program: Aguadilla City CERT Program
Point of Contact: Gloria I. Rivera
Phone Number: 7878914355
E-mail address: aguadillacitizencorps@gmail.com


Name of Program: Cert of Isabela
Point of Contact: Adalis Nieves
Phone Number: 7878720020
E-mail address: emercado@isabela.com.pr
Brief Description: Let the community know that we could help them to be prepare in case of disaster emergency.


Name of Program: ZONA 5
Point of Contact: Jose Green
Phone Number: 7872971511
E-mail address: certponce@yahoo.com
Website address: http://certponce.blogspot.com


Name of Program: CERT Dorado
Point of Contact: Jesus Ortiz
Phone Number: 7877964442
E-mail address: jesusalbpr@yahoo.com
Brief Description: Nuestro Programa CERT realiza el adiestrameinto basico para las comunidades de Dorado. Nuestros miembros de CERT se han activado para diferentes actividades como el fuego de CAPECO,la vacunacion para el virus de H1N1,ademas trabajaron en el centro de acopio del estadopara las inundaciones. Nuestro participantes ademas ayudan a repatir literatura para los huracanes y terremots y tsunami, estos fueron una pieza clave en que Dorado pudiera ser reconocido como Tsunami Ready".


Name of Program: OMME ARROYO
Point of Contact: JOSE ALICEA
Phone Number: 7878391330
E-mail address: ommearroyo@yahoo.com


Name of Program: San German Cert
Point of Contact: Luis Martinez
Phone Number: 7878925620
E-mail address: planbonitotato@yahoo.com
Brief Description: The goal of the San German Cert is to prepare the community, churchs,schools and the industry with the knowledge to respond in an emergency or disaster situation.


Name of Program: MUNICIPIO DE PATILLAS
Point of Contact: MARIBEL RIVERA
Phone Number: 7878393732
E-mail address: ommepatillas@yahoo.com
Brief Description: El grupo CERT es para capacitar a los ciudadanos de todas las comunidades para que puedan atender una emergencia y salvar vidas en el menor tienpo posible .Actualmente tenemos 84 personas adiestradas para este ano 2011 espero tener mas de200 personas adiestradas.Estamos ubicados en la OMME Del Municipio de Patillas. Tel.787-839-3732.


Name of Program: Yabucoa CERT Volunteers
Point of Contact: Jose Roldan-Montanez
Phone Number: 7876104548
E-mail address: jrrm_4072@yahoo.com
Brief Description: Grupo de ciudadanos ayudando a las comunicades de nuestro sector y pueblos cercanos para instruir en como podemos ayudar en la participacion en un desatre en conjunto con otros equipos o grupos de personas.