Officially formed in April, 2007, with it's first graduating class!
This Watauga CERT Team and this page will be a vital part of our
City and in helping ensure that we, the Citizens of Watauga, can be and will be ready for any emergency.
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.
We do invite you to become familiar with what CERT is and what we are all about in our City,
please visit the Official CERT Site.
Our Mission: Prepare our Citizens to help make our Community a “Better and Safer place to Live, Work, and Play”.
For emergency situations and/or weather alerts- when the City sirens have been activated, tune to AM 1670 for further information.
For those that have scanners, during storms and severe weather events tune to 146.94 to listen to Ham Radio Operator reports, operated by the Tarrant County/Ft Worth RACES group.
Please check back often as we add new information regarding further training items to include simulations that will be conducted jointly with other cities.
It is recommended that we learn and get familiar with the ICS (Incident Command System) and NIMS (National Incident Management System).
Learning this will help avoid confusion during times of actual incidents. Training is being planned from our Fire Chief, but to get a head start, below are some links
for on-line courses that can be taken. Upon completion of each course, you take an on-line final exam, and when you pass, you are emailed with a link to the FEMA site where you can print out a certificate showing successful completion. Please print this out and give to
the Training Coordinator to file in your training records folder.
