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City proposes district‑based CERT program to train volunteers for disasters and neighborhood support
Summary
Emergency management coordinator John Lukancic outlined a plan to create five Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) — one per council district — using FEMA curriculum plus a four‑week, Joliet‑specific supplement.
John Lukancic, Joliet’s emergency management coordinator, presented a proposal on Jan. 21 to establish Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) across the city, with one team per council district.
Lukancic described CERT as a volunteer program that recruits and trains residents to assist their neighborhoods during disasters and support existing city programs and events. He said CERT began as a Los Angeles Fire Department initiative in the 1980s, later adopted by FEMA, and that there are more than 3,000 CERT teams nationwide.…
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