The City of Mesa 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 CERT exercises, members can assist their community or workplace following an emergency event when professional responders are not immediately available to help.
Additional Volunteer Opportunities
In addition to the CERT Team's core response duty in the event of an emergency, our Mesa CERT volunteers have the opportunity to help with other projects around the city, including:
- Helping with large community events like the Mesa Marathon, Spring Training games, and local concerts
- Participation in large scale emergency drills like the Triennial Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport Drill
- HAM radio support for the city’s Emergency Operations Center
This FREE training consists of an in-person, hands-on, practical portion. Ongoing training sessions are offered periodically. An application must be completed in order to be considered.
Spring 2025 CERT Training Coming Soon
Date TBD - 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Dates TBD - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Mesa Public Safety Training Facility
3260 N 40th Street
Mesa AZ, 85215
Interest Form for Future CERT Training
You Will Learn
- The types of hazards that are most likely to affect your community.
- The functions of CERT and where you as a CERT member fit into the response to a disaster.
- How to be prepared for a disaster before it occurs.
- How to mitigate potential hazards within your home, workplace, and community.
- How to work as a team with fellow CERT members.
- Basic fire safety and small fire suppression tactics.
- How to perform a head-to-toe medical assessment.
- How to administer first aid for various types of wounds.
- How to open an airway, control bleeding, and treat shock.
- How to apply a splint.
- How to select and set up a treatment area.
- How to conduct triage.
- How to identify, plan for, and size-up a potential search and rescue situation.
- How to safely search a structure.
- How to correctly extricate and transport a victim to safety.
Requirements
- This entire training is in-person, and hands-on
- Estimated Time: 20 hours
- Participants must attend all days and times in order to receive final certificate of course completion
- See what skills you will be learning in the practical portion of your training: https://bit.ly/pcertskills
Questions?
For questions about the Mesa CERT Program, please email emergencymanagement@mesaaz.gov.