Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Canterbury Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Mission Statement: The purpose of the Canterbury CERT is to assist the Town of Canterbury by providing assistance, as needed, for emergency disaster response to Canterbury and surrounding communities, and to educate and promote disaster/emergency awareness and preparedness to all citizens.

Our CERT was formed to augment Canterbury's response capabilty and will work to:

Promote and educate individual emergency preparedness among fellow Canterbury residents
Operate a public shelter for town residents should the need arise
Assist and support town emergency personnel during town emergencies and as otherwise needed
Assist other regional CERT organizations as necessary
Continue education and training of our members through both formal and informal course work and exercises

For more information contact: Carol Kent 860-546-6924 or clrk2knt@aol.com; Ray Shinkiewicz 860-546-6717 or victoriashinkiewi@sbcglobal.net; Betty Piper 860-546-6684 or Betty.piper@charter.net