Welcome to East Haven C.E.R.T

Our East Haven C.E.R.T was started in October 2004. In April 2005 we graduating 26 fully trained C.E.R.T members. These volunteers were willing to help their country and their community by volunteering to be trained in the following areas, fire suppression, search and rescue, first aid,and triage. With the great leadership of our program coordinator P.J. Norwood who's efforts and superior instruction brought this program to completion. We are now ready to assist both the fire department and police department in time of a natural disaster or a terrorist attack.

About our Town and our Team

East Haven is located in South Central Connecticut with a population of 30,000. East Haven is 12.5 square miles bordered by the City of New Haven, the Towns of Branford, North Branford, North Haven and the Long Island Sound. Within our district are many hazards including Interstate 95, Tweed New Haven Airport, railroad service both passenger and industrial, A hazardous material tank farm storage facility, several industrial parks, Long Island Sound and numerous elderly housing and assisted Living complexes.

The East Haven C.E.R.T members are very active in non-emergency functions as well as within the emergency management structure. East Haven C.E.R.T will have three levels of training for the members. A basic, intermediate, and advanced level. The three level concept is very similar to LA - C.E.R.T.

Through a strong partnership with the fire department and the local chapter of American Red Cross, citizens of East Haven are better prepared to handle all emergencies and better educated on how to prepare in advance.

NEWS & CLASSES

New Training Facility
On January 4, 2007 our new training and meeting facility was completed. One of the old football locker rooms was transformed into a spectacular meeting and training facility with locked storage. Our first meeting was held in the new facility on January 8, 2007. The team would like to thank Mayor Joseph Maturo, Arthur Desorbo, Mark Carbanerra and the public works department for bringing this all together for our team.

Fire Rehab Training On Monday January 8, 2007 we began our first of a 2 part training on fire rehabilitation. By involving CERT members in this program. Career and Volunteer firefighters can be freed up to do the tasks that they were trained to do.

Color Guard We are now in the process of purchasing colors for our Meeting room. We would like the US flag and the State Flag. We will also be training a color guard to march in the Memorial Day Parade