Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Please note: Tennessee’s Local CERT program activities are not dependent upon the current status of FEMA.
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) educates individuals about emergency preparedness and basic disaster response skills. CERTs may also assist professional responders during disaster situations, allowing them to focus on more complex tasks and providing support to these professionals during planned community events.
Volunteer Tennessee provides administrative support and liaises with FEMA for locally-led CERT programs in Tennessee. CERT training teaches people about emergencies and disaster preparedness for themselves, their families, their neighbors, and their local communities.
If you are considering a local CERT program for your community, workplace, or organization and would like additional information about CERT emergency preparedness training, please contact Don Sowers at Volunteer Tennessee for guidance.
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Tennessee Local CERT Programs Email Contacts List
Unless otherwise indicated, the following are locally based (Community) CERT programs. For more information about a specific CERT program in Tennessee, please contact them via the email link below. To search for a nearby CERT program by Zipcode, see Find a CERT.
- 2Serve Disaster Preparedness - email
- Advent CERT & Disaster Services - email
- Anderson County EMA CERT - email
- Arlington Fire Dept. CERT - email
- City of Bartlett CERT - email
- Civil Air Patrol - Millington Composite Squadron CERT - email
- Claiborne County EMA CERT - email
- Columbia Fire & Rescue CERT - email
- Crockett County EMA CERT - email
- Cumberland County CERT - email
- Dickson County EMA CERT - email
- Elizabethton / Carter County CERT - email
- Fayette County EMA CERT - email
- Germantown CERT - email
- Greeneville / Greene County OEM - CERT - email
- Hickman County EMA CERT - email
- Houston County EMA CERT - email
- Knoxville-Knox County EMA CERT - email
- Laurelbrook Academy CERT (Rhea County) - email
- Lebanon Public Safety CERT Team - email
- Lee University (Campus CERT) - email
- Mason Fire Dept. CERT - email
- Millington Fire Dept. CERT - email
- Monroe County EMA CERT - email
- Montgomery County EMA CERT - email
- Nashville / Davidson County OEM CERT - email
- New Hope (Roane County) - email
- Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America PCCNA - CERT (Memphis) - email
- Roane County EMA-OES CERT - email
- Sevier County EMA CERT - email
- Shelby County EMA CERT - email
- Smith County - Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) - CERT - email
- Spring Hill CERT - email
- Tennessee Disaster Response Team (Monterey Lions Club) - email
- Tennessee Wing Civil Air Patrol (Alcoa, TN) - email
- Tipton County EMA CERT - email
- Upper Cumberland Ham Radio Club - email
- VA - Tennessee Valley Healthcare System - EMRT - email
- Vanderbilt University OEM (Campus CERT) - email
- Washington County/Johnson City CERT - email
- Weakley County EMA CERT - email
- Williamson County EMA CERT - email
Volunteer Tennessee provides guidance and acts as a liaison to FEMA for locally led CERT programs in Tennessee. If your Tennessee CERT program is not listed above, please contact Don Sowers.
Useful Links
FEMA - Register a CERT Program
FEMA - Search CERT Programs by Zip Code
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience
Volunteer Tennessee - Disaster Services
Volunteer Tennessee - Resource Guide to Starting or Revitalizing a Local CERT Program in Tennessee