Community Emergency Response Team

The Williamsburg Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program was implemented in order to educate the city residents about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their community. The CERT members are trained in order to help cope in the time period following a disaster when public safety personnel may be overwhelmed and unable to assist.

Basic disaster response skills are taught, such as:

• Disaster medical operations
• Fire safety
• Light search and rescue
• Team organization

Contact Us

To learn more about the CERT program, please contact us at 757-220-6220.

Apply

We are now accepting applications for our October 2022 class. Classes will be held at the James City County Fire Training Center 5077 John Tyler Highway Williamsburg Va. 23185

Class dates are as follows:

• Disaster Preparedness October 6, 2022 Thursday 6:30pm until 10pm 
• CERT Organization October 11, 2022 Tuesday 6:30pm until 10pm  
• Search and Rescue October 13, 2022 Thursday 6:30pm until 10pm  
• Medical Operations I October 18, 2022 Tuesday 6:30pm until 10pm  
• Medical Operations II October 20, 2022 Thursday 6:30pm until 10pm  
• Skills Review October 22, 2022 Saturday 9:30am until 12:30pm
• Fire Safety   October 25, 2022 Tuesday 6:30pm until 10pm  
• Terrorism and Disaster Psychology October 27, 2022 Thursday 6:30pm until 10pm  
• Final Exercise : Disaster Simulation October 29, 2022 Saturday 9:30am until 12:30pm

Sign up for Williamsburg CERT Basic Training.