Community Corner
Milton Fire-Rescue Receives Emergency Response Grant
The inaugural class graduated on April 23 and the City was recently awarded a $12,274 grant to support this new volunteer program.
From The City of Milton: In 2017, Milton rolled out its first Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program, with support from the Atlanta Fulton County Emergency Management Agency (AFCEMA). The inaugural class graduated on April 23 and the City was recently awarded a $12,274 grant to support this new volunteer program.
CERT is a community volunteer training program developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). It is about neighbors helping neighbors through disaster situations where citizens may initially be on their own. CERT recognizes that a community's grassroots actions in the first hours immediately following a disaster can make a tremendous difference to those impacted by the event.
"We are very excited to have this program in place and get our community engaged in emergency preparedness," says Matt Marietta, Emergency Manager for the City of Milton. "This grant allows us to grow the program, provide additional training and support to our volunteers, and hopefully build an increasingly resilient Milton."
During the past 11 years, the City has maintained a strong partnership with AFCEMA, coordinating response and recovery to several major events and developing regional plans to keep Milton residents safe. This ongoing partnership led to an initial grant from the Department of Homeland Security through the Urban Area Security Initiative, which provided Milton with response kits, command and coordination equipment, a tent, and other essential disaster supplies in support of the program.
For more information on the program or how to participate in the next Milton CERT training program scheduled to begin later this year, contact the Milton Fire-Rescue Department at 678-242-2541 during normal business hours or email ready.milton@cityofmiltonga.us.
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