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County emergency manager invites volunteers to March 17 CERT and Medical Reserve Corps meeting at Marquette Campus
Summary
The county emergency manager and local volunteers invited the public to a March 17 meeting at Marquette Campus to rebuild the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Medical Reserve Corps and to recruit and train volunteers.
The Mesquite County emergency manager invited residents to a March 17 meeting at 6 p.m. at Marquette Campus to rebuild the county's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Medical Reserve Corps and to recruit volunteers.
Matt Farah of Cooper Township announced the meeting during the committee's public-comment period and encouraged commissioners and residents to attend. Ricky Gavin, the county emergency manager, said the CERT and Medical Reserve Corps are volunteer forces that multiply the capacity of emergency operations: volunteers assisted during recent June storms and neighboring counties also provided assistance. Gavin said the pre-meeting is open to anyone interested and that there is a subsequent application and interview process for volunteers; standard operating procedures and HR-reviewed requirements are in place for the program.
Gavin asked commissioners and the public to share the information and noted the meeting had been publicized on the Mesquite County Emergency Manager and Mesquite County CERT Facebook pages and via email to county staff. He said the organizers hope to rebuild the volunteer corps that atrophied during the COVID period and to secure trained local volunteers for future emergency responses.
