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The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community.

• Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  Citizen Corps' training on community response team training administered by the Department of Homeland Security.
• Community Relations Liaisons: Filling a Pivotal Role in Red Cross Disaster Relief training
  Building on lessons from an initial pilot community relations program launched during last year's hurricane season, the American Red Cross recently gathered employees and volunteers in Washington, D.C. to train as Community Relations Liaisons. The two-day training sought to build the capacity of the retooled and revitalized program while focusing on preparing a diverse group of individuals to support disaster operations in the field.