January 6, 2023

The City of Garden Grove’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will host a free 20-hour workshop to train individuals to prepare for and recover from disasters, as well as learn various life-saving skills. The program will be held at the Garden Grove Community Meeting Center, at 11300 Stanford Avenue, over two weekends, on Friday, February 3 through Saturday, February 4, and Friday, February 10 through Saturday, February 11. Class will meet from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on each Friday, and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on both Saturdays. To register, visit ggcity.org/cert or email elizabeth-roberts-volunteer@cert.ggcity.org. The registration deadline is Sunday, January 15, 2023.

Training will include basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.

After completing the 20-hour workshop, participants will be recognized as program graduates and sworn-in as Disaster Service Workers. A certificate of completion and CERT T-shirt will be given to program graduates.

Participants must be 18 years and over, and live or work in Garden Grove.

For more information, visit ggcity.org/cert and follow the Garden Grove CERT social platforms on Facebook @GardenGroveCERT and Instagram @ggcert.