Community Emergency Response Team. Be part of something bigger, Be part of CERT! A national accepted certification to support your community.
The Salt Lake City 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
09/15/2025
National CERT Week is here! Salt Lake City CERT is proud to celebrate volunteers who are trained to serve and ready to respond.
What is CERT? It’s neighbors helping neighbors before, during, and after disasters.
National CERT Association
03/11/2025
Volunteers needed! Salt Lake City has been selected to host the 2025 Firefighter West Regional Qualifier. Salt Lake City will be looking for volunteers to help with this event. This will be an exciting few days to be around the action and help our local and visiting firefighters. Sign up now: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B45A8AF23A6F5CE9-54508986-tftwest #/
Click here for more information on this event: https://firefighterchallenge.com/
Thank you to James Ray from Be Ready Utah for presenting on Sheltering in an Emergency! Check out more preparedness tips on https://www.slc.gov/em/ and https://beready.utah.gov/
01/13/2025
Salt Lake City Emergency Management will be hosting a Stop the Bleed course to teach our community the skills needed to save a life. Join us for a fun and interactive evening where you will learn about bleeding control techniques, including tourniquet usage, wound packing, and bandaging. This class can accommodate up to 30 participants and is FREE to community members. Register now to save your spot!
Register here: https://www.givepulse.com/event/531052
01/07/2025
The CERT Trivia night on January 10th has been CANCELLED. Visit BeReadySLC.com for information on other upcoming events.
12/14/2024
Join us for an exciting evening of trivia and teamwork! CERT Trivia will take place on January 10th, 2025 at Fire Station 3.Challenge your emergency response knowledge with trivia rounds covering CERT disaster preparedness, first aid, fire safety, and more.
Register here: https://www.givepulse.com/event/531066-cert-trivia-night-test-your-skills
12/10/2024
Join Salt Lake City Emergency Management for a Push to Survive CPR class on January 16th, 2025 from 6pm to 7pm at Fire Station 3. Push to Survive CPR will include the basics of hands-only CPR, AED usage, and hands-on practice. This class is FREE for community members.
Register here: https://www.givepulse.com/event/531060-push-to-survive-non-certified-cpr
07/17/2024
Canning and Food Storage 101 with Utah State University will take place tomorrow at the Downtown Salt Lake City Library! Sign up now on Give Pulse: https://www.givepulse.com/event/456740-canning-and-food-storage-101-with-utah-state-university
05/29/2024
Have you included your pet in your emergency plan?
Join Salt Lake City Emergency Management and Ruff Haven Crisis Sheltering for a presentation on Pet Disaster Preparedness. This presentation will discuss importation topics such how to include your pet in your emergency preparedness plan, what to include in a pet preparedness kit, and how to make sure your pet can be identified. This presentation will be at Salt Lake City Fire Station 3 on June 17th from 6pm to 7pm.
The Salt Lake City 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 help to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community. They can also be called to help with local floods, wildfires, or anything they City First Responders need help with.