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NERT volunteers describe 15,000 hours of neighborhood preparedness work and ask San Francisco to boost funding
Summary
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team leaders told the Fire Commission they logged nearly 15,000 volunteer hours in 2015, trained thousands of residents and operate 62 neighborhood teams; presenters asked the city for expanded outreach funding and one additional full-time position estimated at $80,000–$100,000.
Lieutenant Erica Articeros and members of the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team told the San Francisco Fire Commission on Feb. 24 that the volunteer program is a neighborhood-based force multiplier that helped train thousands of residents for earthquake and other disasters.
Articeros said NERTs work focuses on retention and readiness after training, and described the programs "four pillars": neighborhood, effective, infrastructure and team. Advisory-board members reported 26,000 people trained historically and roughly 7,000 currently within the two-year certification window; Rebecca Lebersbach said NERT volunteers logged nearly 15,000…
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