COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE VOLUNTEERS

TO PROMOTE AND SUSTAIN PREPAREDNESS, READINESS AND RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES AND CRITICAL EVENTS BY: Working to build public awareness of the importance of planning/preparing for emergenciesPromoting individual and community capacity to respond to emergencies and disasters, with a focus on our most vulnerable populations. Utilizing volunteers to keep the focus of funding on projects versus paid staff and infrastructureSupporting local CERT programs in maintaining a full readiness status, their personnel, needed equipment, and supplies to function when activated