Dec 21, 2011

Registration Period: February 20 – April 9, 2012 Disasters can severely restrict and overwhelm emergency response resources and leave communities cut off from outside emergency support.  The Forsyth County Citizen Corps Council is offering the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Training Course.  CERTs are trained to take care of themselves...

Sep 27, 2011

Disasters can severely restrict and overwhelm emergency response resources and leave communities cut off from outside emergency support.  The Forsyth County Citizen Corps Council is offering the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) 21-hour Basic Training Course.  CERTs are trained to take care of themselves and help others in their communities for the...

Jul 26, 2011

A preparedness event kick-started by the County-wide Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will take place Saturday, September 17th 2011, from 10am until 6pm, at the central kiosk in Hanes Mall’s Food Court. To promote National Preparedness Month, the County-wide CERT, along with other Forsyth County CERT representatives, will distribute...

Jul 8, 2011

When disaster strikes Forsyth County, emergency responders may be unable to reach your community immediately. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program trains citizens to assist their communities until emergency responders arrive. If you want to participate in volunteer response efforts, find out more about the CERT program opportunity in Forsyth...

Apr 4, 2011

The Emergency Management Department is excited to inform you of an opportunity to participate in a MAJOR EXERCISE that will be held in the Lewisville-Clemmons area. The exercise will occur on Saturday, April 30th beginning at 9:00 a.m. Local response and volunteer agencies will be involved. As we recall the history of events that have affected the triad area...

Feb 2, 2011

Become trained in community emergency response, and be prepared to respond after a natural or “man-made” disaster strikes. Forsyth County’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) graduates are trained to take care of themselves first and then help others in their communities for up to the first three days following incidents such as hurricanes,...

Dec 20, 2010

North Carolina Emergency Management will be conducting a Basic CERT Course and a CERT Train-The-Trainer (TTT) CERT Course in Forsyth County during the month of February 2011. Details for both courses can be found at the North Carolina Emergency Management Training & Exercise Registration Management System (TERMS) website in the “List of...

Jul 21, 2010

WINSTON-SALEM – The Forsyth County Citizen Corps Council offered the first tri-annual Joint Community Emergency Response Team Refresher Training on April 8, 2010, at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem. Forty current CERT members attended this free day-long training. A 30-minute CERT Program presentation was also conducted for...