Advanced CERT Team

Sedgwick County Emergency Management Advanced CERT Team

The Sedgwick County Advanced CERT Team is an organized group of volunteers specially trained to fill specific roles during our response to a disaster. Our Advanced Team continues to build on their capabilities having only formed in July 2023. Our vision is to create a versatile, multi-functional team of volunteers who help us and their community but responding to help those in need during a disaster. Those roles may include:

• Damage Assessment Recon Team (DART).
• Volunteer Reception Center Operations (VREP).
• Multi-Agency Resource Center Support. (MARC)
• Post disaster canvassing and information dissemination.
• Generators and Lighting.
• Logistical, Command Post, and/or EOC support.
• Public Outreach Team.
• Field Hospital Operations.
• Emergency Shelter Operations.
• Wide-Area Search & Rescue.
• K9 Search Team equipment support.
• ...and more

TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN HELPING OUR COMMUNITY RECOVER FROM A DISASTER

Requirements for team membership include completing the following:

• Complete Sedgwick County CERT Basic Training Weekend
• IS-100 - Introduction to Incident Command System
• IS-200 - ICS for Single Resource and Initial Action Response
• IS-700 - Introduction to National Incident Management System (NIMS)
• IS-800 - National Response Framework
• IS-317 - Intro to CERT
• Once those qualifications have been Completed, Apply for the Advanced Team here!
• Once your qualifications have been uploaded, the Sign-Up button will refer you to a background check.

Advanced Team Meetings

The Advanced CERT Team meets 6-8pm, every 2nd Thursday of the month. Meeting locations change based on the content of the training.