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Community Emergency Response Training | Knox County Office Of Homeland Security And Emergency Management

11540 Upper Gilchrist Raod, Mount Vernon, OH 43050

Eligibility
Open to the public.
Required documents

Hours
Call for current schedule.
Application process
Contact the Knox County EMA office for CERT training opportunities.
Fees
None.
Service area
Knox County, Ohio
Knox County EMA hosts free Community Emergency Response Team training classes. The training promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people that they serve. The goal is to train members of neighborhoods, community organizations, or workplaces in basic response skills. CERT members are then integrated into the emergency response capability for their area. If a disastrous event overwhelms or delays the community’s professional response, CERT members can assist others by applying the basic response and organizational skills that they learned during training. These skills can help save and sustain lives following a disaster until help arrives.
Last assured
02/25/2026
Providing organization
Knox County Office Of Homeland Security And Emergency Management
The purpose of the Knox County Emergency Management Agency is to provide coordination and integration of all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the county’s capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, or mitigate against, threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other manmade disasters.