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Become Involved
 Get Involved
​Remember: In a disaster, your most immediate source of help are the neighbors living around you. Take action today. Become involved in community preparedness groups.
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Click on these ways to be informed, they  links to get specific topics on this page:
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Get involved in your community by taking action with FEMA’s citizen responder programming to help your community become prepared. Learn more

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Picture is from "BEST PRACTICES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PREPAREDNESS GROUPS June 9, 2014 - City of PALO ALTO"
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Community Emergency Response Team ​ (CERT)
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FEMA-based curriculum designed to teach adults of all ages and abilities how to help themselves, their families, and their neighbors during a disaster when police, fire, and medical services are overwhelmed.​
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CERT Training teaches you to:

  • Identify and reduce hazards at home and work

  • Prepare your home, vehicles, and workplace with emergency supplies

  • Understand fire behavior and put out small fires

  • Conduct light search and rescue operations

  • Apply basic medical and psychological techniques

  • Assess and triage minor to life-threatening injuries

  • Lift heavy objects off of trapped people safely

  • Organize in teams using the Incident Command System

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