Serving Frenchtown Township & Monroe County since 2011

When disaster strikes, will you be ready?

Don’t wait for help. Be the help in your community. Frenchtown CERT trains local volunteers to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.

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2011

Team established

~1,000

Service hours each year

24/7

Event coverage and call-outs

45 min

Response goal

What is Frenchtown CERT?

Neighbors trained to help when it matters most

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program trains local citizens to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. When professional first responders are overwhelmed, Frenchtown CERT volunteers step up to provide vital assistance.

Formed in January 2011, we primarily serve Frenchtown Township and Monroe County, and are an available resource for the region. Our volunteers, ages 18 and up, come from a wide variety of backgrounds.

More about our team

Our mission

Supporting our community through education, preparedness, and good works.

We support our community and first responders before, during, and after disasters and events.

What we do & learn

Trained, equipped, and always learning

Every volunteer completes 20 hours of CERT Basic Training, then builds on it year round. The list keeps growing as we take on new skills and tasks.

Disaster Medical Ops

Triage and assessing life-threatening injuries.

CPR, AED & First Aid

All members are CPR/AED certified and trained in first aid, including splinting.

Fire Safety

Extinguishing small fires and assessing hazardous situations.

Light Search & Rescue

Structure search, damage documentation, missing persons, and safety operations.

First Responder Rehab

Nourishment, hydration, and climate protection for our local firefighters.

Meet Rehab-1

Stocked and ready to roll

Rehab-1 is our deployment vehicle, a retired ambulance kept at Frenchtown Fire Station #3. After every call it is cleaned and restocked, with thorough truck checks each month.

Unplanned events

  • Fires and downed wires
  • Large traffic accidents
  • Floods
  • Missing person searches

Planned events

  • Free community concerts
  • Monroe County Fair
  • Other community events

Free and open to the public

Courage to Act Class

Learn basic fire safety and fire extinguisher use, plus first aid for the “3 Killers”: airway obstruction, severe bleeding, and shock. Taught by trained emergency responders at Frenchtown Fire Station 1.

Next class: date coming soon

Sign up for a class

Why we need you

Be the help in your community

01

First responders can’t be everywhere

In major storms or emergencies, local resources are stretched thin.

02

No prior experience needed

We provide all the professional, hands-on training completely free.

03

Protect Monroe County

Become an essential part of the county’s safety network.

Join the team

Interested in volunteering? Fill out this short form and we’ll email you the details of our next meeting.

At the meeting, you’ll meet the team, receive the volunteer application, and get additional details about training and what CERT membership involves.

  1. Submit the form
  2. Get an email with our next meeting date and location
  3. Attend the meeting to pick up your application and learn more

We meet on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Volunteers must be 18 or older.

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    Ready to make a difference?

    Contact us to learn how to join, request support for an event, or ask about our free classes.

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