We want to thank Joseph Chalom for his leadership for the last 5 years as our Program Manager and welcome Jennifer Dow as the new Program Manager starting May 11, 2026.
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Coral Springs / Parkland CERT Team Members practiced their fire suppression skills during our Monthly Refresher Training / Meeting.
11 people graduated from the CERT Basic Training Acaddemy today. Congratulations and thank you to all of those who participated in the class over the last 4 weeks. We hope you found it valuable and informative. Recent Graduates Disaster Drill Debrief Transporting Victims
Basic Training Academy is underway. This week students practiced cribbing, along with lifts and carries. Next week, students will graduate with basic life-saving skills.
Please join us in congratulating team member, Scott Smith for receiving the City's Lynne Johnson award for his outstanding service to the Community. Scott is a vlauable member of our team and a great influence in our community.
Our CERT Team provided fun, education, and exploration for special kids and parents at the Touch A Truck event this past Saturday!
Joe Chalom, Jeff Stahl, and Jen Dow facilitated BLS / CPR training for our CERT Team Members and recent Academy graduates to round out #AmericanHeartMonth this past Monday evening.
SKYWARN is a program developed and taught by National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists and consists of trained weather spotters who report severe and hazardous weather to help in the weather warning process. SKYWARN Spotter reports provide vital "ground truth" to the National Weather Service. The information Spotters provide immensely helps the...
A new CERT Academy class has begun at the Coral Springs Regional Institute of Public Safety.
Great attendance for Stop The Bleed class last night. Thanks for coming out to learn these essential skills to potentially save lives. For more information, go to www.stopthebleed.org.
Congratulations to our newest graduates of the Basic Training Academy!
Basic Training Academy continued last Saturday with participants practicing Lifts & Carries.
CERT Team Members were busy today! Several members were out at Home Depot in Coral Springs today helping to prepare the community for hurricane season! CERT Instructors were facilitating a new Basic Training Academy class with some great participants!
With 3 quick actions, you can be trained to save a life. The number 1 cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding. Today, April 15th, several Coral Springs / Parkland CERT Team members became instructors to train you how to STOP THE BLEED®.
Twenty active, inactive and recent academy graduates took advantage of Basic Live Support (BLS) classes conducted on Saturday, Feb. 26 and Monday, Feb 28th. The classes were facilitated by Jen Dow and Jeff Stahl and were a great success with several Team Members on the wait list for the next class offering in June.
Our CERT Team Instructors completed another Basic Training Academy today. This hybrid program that combine online courses and practical hands-on skills classes ran from January 24 - February 19. We have 3 new graduates and several others will be completing the program shortly. Congratulations to all!
Our Instructors are prepping for our 3rd week of Basic Training which focuses on Light Search and Rescue, Lifts, and Carries.
Community members attended Week 1 of our CERT Basic Training Academy today and learned the value of planning for disasters and teamwork.
CERT Team members performed live fire suppression drills during our January Team Training event.
