CERT is a volunteer organization that serves the town in times of disaster, community emergencies and town-wide events such as the annual Main Street holiday lighting, the Fourth of July fireworks and the Ridgefield Triathlon. CERTs have supported the Office of Emergency Management during many major storms, hurricanes as well as during the pandemic.

Throughout the COVID crises, CERTs ran the operations side of the vaccination clinic in support of RVNAhealth; delivered PPE so businesses could reopen; provided test kits to residents and businesses when none were available so that people could return to work, school, and activities; operated the Ridgefield Responds

Rental Assistance Program; and provided daily pandemic updates. CERTs provide storm preparedness information, support the town’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), operate a phone information center, collect information and provide accurate and timely updates to the community—and that’s just a few of the many ways CERTs support their community. Many CERTs become trained as a support for their family and neighbors.

The Ridgefield CERT team is trained to the standards established by the Citizen Corps program put forward by the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency. The program includes 20 hours of training. If you are interested in learning more about how CERT can help you be better prepared, please contact: [email protected].

GET INVOLVED! 
Ridgefield’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) offers a four-part course for future CERTs every year in April. To learn more email [email protected]. 

CERT training prepares individuals to help family and neighbors during a crises. For those wishing to be more involved, it is a volunteer organization that serves the town in times of disaster, community emergencies and town-wide events such as the annual Main Street holiday lighting, the Fourth of July fireworks and the Ridgefield Triathlon. CERTs have supported the Office of Emergency Management during many major storms, hurricanes as well as during the pandemic. Throughout the COVID crises, CERTs ran the operations side of the vaccination clinic in support of RVNAhealth; delivered masks and thermometers so businesses could reopen; provided test kits to residents and businesses when none were available so that people could return to work, school, and activities; operated the Ridgefield Responds Rental Assistance Program; and provided daily pandemic updates. CERTs provide storm preparedness information, support the town’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), operate a phone information center, collect information and provide accurate and timely updates to the community—and that’s just a few of the many ways CERTs support their community.

The Ridgefield CERT team is trained to the standards established by the Citizen Corps program put forward by the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency. The program includes 20 hours of training. If you are interested in learning more about how CERT can help you be better prepared, please contact: [email protected].