The group of volunteers serves to help the first responders within the East Mtn communities. The East Mountain Area Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates people about disaster preparedness. CERT members are trained to assist first responders in fire safety, light search and rescue, disaster medical operations and team organizational skills. Using the training learned in the cla
ssroom and during "hands on" exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community. The East Mountain Area CERT team was adopted by the City of Edgewood, to provide support to the Edgewood Police Department. In addition, the team will provide support to the Albuquerque area CERT. Also, a special Animal Evacuation team is was formed to help people in the East Mountains become more knowledgable of their options in the evacuation of their animals in an emergency situation. A Map of our coverage area can be found at this Google link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sandia+Park,+NM&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.130288,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sandia+Park,+Bernalillo,+New+Mexico&ll=35.003003,-106.177368&spn=0.485953,0.883026&z=10
