BACKGROUND

The Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Leon County Volunteer Center and the Florida State University Center for Civic Education and Service have come together to organized the Capital Area Citizen Corps. The mission of the Capital Area Citizen Corps is to give citizens living in communities throughout Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor and Wakulla Counties in North Florida an organized way of volunteering to help prepare individuals, families, neighborhoods, schools and businesses for the next disaster or emergency. One of the initiatives in which the Capital Area Citizen Corps is undertaking is to build Neighborhood Community Emergency Response Teams.

OVERVIEW

The Community Emergency Response Team program helps train individuals to be better prepared to respond to emergency situations in their neighborhood. When emergencies happen, Neighborhood Community Emergency Response Team members can give critical support to first responders, provide immediate assistance to victims, and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site. Neighborhood Community Emergency Response Team members can also help with non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of the neighborhoods in which they live by coordinating Disaster Resistant Neighborhood activities.

The Neighborhood Community Emergency Response Team training is free and is comprised of nine (9) modules:

• Disaster Preparedness
• Disaster Fire Suppression and Hazardous Materials
• Disaster Medical Operations
• Light Search and Rescue
• Damage Assessment
• Disaster Psychology
• Debris Management
• Homeland Security
• Team Organizations

Visit Disaster Services Training to register for one of the scheduled Neighborhood Community Emergency Response Team courses.

The Neighborhood Community Emergency Response Team training can be facilitated within your neighborhood over seven (7) evenings or during two (2) Saturdays. If you and your neighbors are interested in sponsoring a Neighborhood Community Emergency Response Team course in your neighborhood please complete and submit the form found at the Capital Area Citizen Corps - Neighborhood Community Emergency Response Team web site.

Document	Format
Neighborhood Community Emergency Response Team Flyer	PDF

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