Starting a Team? Fill in this form or email CERTRichmond@gmail.com.

Explore our Organize your Community page to organize your block or immediate neighbors.

If you are interested in starting a neighborhood CERT team, first check the Find a Team to see if one exists in your area.  The City of Berkeley has some great resources for organizing a team, but they have a less formal structure and don't have CERT teams by neighborhoods. We also recommend reaching out to Richmond's Office of Emergency Services Manager. OES has a list of CERT graduates and while they can't share other people's emails with you, you may ask them to reach out to CERT graduates and share your contact information with them. This may help you to find some others who want to build a team. Also, post on Nextdoor and social media. Not all members of your team need to be CERT graduates. Non-CERTs can provide other help with outreach and organizing.