Are You Ready?
Welcome! Thanks for stopping by Montgomery County CERT. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program helps you “get ready” by offering education and training for hazards that can affect our families and our neighborhoods.
For detailed information on our CERT training, see the Training link to the left. The next CERT Basic Class will be offered in September, but interested persons are more than WELCOME to attend the monthly CERT meetings held the second Thursday of every month at 7pm in the Executive Office Building 101 Monroe Street, Rockville MD 20850 (Unless otherwise noted). Check the calendar page for updates.
Four Montgomery County CERT members are traveling to Haiti from June 15-25 to offer ‘train the trainer’ hands on CERT style emergency training to teachers, aid workers, and residents in two Haitian communities. Our team members are not receiving any county funds, and are relying on donations to defray the expenses of this mission. If you’d like to help in any amount, please send a check or money order to
Montgomery County CERT
101 Monroe Street, 12thFloor, RockvilleMD20850
c/o Greg St. James
Make check payable to Montgomery County CERT
Write Haiti on memo line.
June 15-19 we will be training folks from the Soleil Foundation, and June 19-25 we will be working with CERT member Peggy Moyers who will be in country at the school she helps finance and run in Montrouis training teachers and students there.
We will also post a wish list of equipment needs next week.
Click on the Haiti link to the left for more information and we will add details as the trip approaches! Any ideas for funding or helping this mission are welcome.
CERT programs serve in more than 170 communities nationwide. Montgomery CERT is managed by the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service and is based on the DHS/FEMA/Citizen Corps national standard curriculum and certification. The CERT basic training program is a 24-hour course, offered free to Montgomery County residents, over a 4 week period several times each year.
CERT members learn basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using training learned in the classroom and during hands-on exercises, CERT members can give critical assistance to others in their neighborhoods 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 safety education and emergency preparedness projects in the community. Upon completion of the course, CERT graduates are often assigned to neighborhood teams where they play an important role in community safety. For class schedules and information and to start getting ready, contact Greg St. James by phone (240-777-2407) or via e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We welcome people who have taken the CERT training elsewhere in the country who now live or work in Montgomery County, Maryland.
