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Volunteers and chief urge scaling up NERT training after donations boost program
Summary
At the Fire Commission's April 6 special meeting, Chief Joanne Hayes White and multiple NERT graduates described the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team's curriculum, recent corporate donations and calls from volunteers to expand staffing and outreach to daytime workers and lower‑income neighborhoods.
Chief Joanne Hayes White and NERT volunteers told the Fire Commission on April 6 that the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT) has become a core piece of San Francisco’s preparedness strategy and that sustained funding and expansion remain priorities.
"To date we've trained approximately 15,000 members of our community and 9,000 remain active," Hayes White said, noting classes offered in English, Cantonese and Spanish and a goal to train another 1,500 residents in 2006. She said recent private contributions — "Johnson and Johnson company contributed $100,000" and Fireman's Fund…
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