The Elgin Police Department has scheduled training, beginning on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, to prepare citizens in basic disaster response skills.The CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) course offers education that will enable residents to support the needs of their family, neighborhood and workplace following disaster.
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a nationwide program that was developed to offer education and training to citizens wishing to effectively respond to emergencies that occur in homes, schools and places of employment, neighborhoods or any disaster within a community.