SJNCERT Organization and District Leadership Roundtable
San Jose CERT is organized by the ten city districts, with each headed by a District Coordinator or leadership team. The Coordinator is the conduit for information flowing up from CERT members and down from sources including the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), the Emergency Operations Centers (EOC, during activation), FEMA, city and county professional responders, city agencies, CERT organizations, Volunteers Organizations Active in Disaster, and more. In the monthly All-District CERT Leadership Forum, members discuss city-level CERT activities, issues, and initiatives. As CERT members, develop an association with your Coordinator and other members in your district.
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The CERT program was designed as a grassroots initiative and specifically structured so that the local and state program managers have the flexibility to form their programs in the way that best suits their communities. CERT volunteers are trained to respond safely, responsibly, and effectively to emergency situations, but they can also support their communities during non-emergency events as well. There are over 2,700 local CERT programs nationwide, with more than 600,000 individuals trained since CERT became a national program. San Jose has about 1,100 trained CERT members in all 10 city council districts, and another 1,200 on the waitlist to take the 20-hour CERT training class.
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