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Calhoun County CERT Program

Calhoun County Office of Emergency Management
Date last updated: Feb 2, 2011

General Information

Month and year the CERT Program was started: May 2005

Geographic Area: CALHOUN (County)

Point of Contact:
Lori Phillips
Volunteer Coordinator
Calhoun County of Emergency Management
161 E Michigan Ave
Battle Creek, MI 49014

(269) 275-1658
lphillips@calhouncountymi.gov

Training

On average, this CERT Program conducts the CERT Basic Training Course 2 times a year.

Number of CERT classes that have graduated since the program started: 10

Number of individuals who have completed CERT Basic Training Course since the program started: 150

Local CERT Programs offer training to the general public and/or to particular groups in the community. This CERT Program holds classes for the following groups:
  • General public / Open classes
  • Businesses
Language(s) in which the program conducts CERT training:
  • English

Supplemental Training

Supplemental training conducted, recommended, and/or required for CERT members:
  • IS-100.a Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS)
  • IS-200.a ICS for Single Resources
  • IS-700.a National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
  • IS-800.b National Response Framework, An Introduction
  • Amateur radio operation

Exercises

CERT in Action

Emergencies

Number of times the CERTs have responded in actual emergencies:3

Types of emergencies/disasters to which the CERTs have responded:
  • Missing person search
  • Other - oil spill

Activities During Emergencies

Activities conducted by CERTs during past emergencies:
  • Managing / processing supplies or donations
  • Traffic management / Crowd management
  • Basic search and rescue
  • Staffing Emergency Operating Center
  • Community relations / Distribution of emergency information to public

Non-Emergency Functions

Non-emergency functions performed by CERT members:
  • Support for public safety at community events
  • Emergency preparedness

Additional CERT Program Information

We utilize CERT training to increase public awareness of Disaster preparedess