Teen Community Emergency Response Team - Fire Rescue

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Polk County Fire Rescue's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program is a national program of volunteers trained in disaster preparedness and emergency response. Through Teen CERT, you can serve your community and help take care of your school and home. Teen CERT responsibilities may include organizing volunteers, helping with evacuations, offering assistance to survivors, providing damage assessment information, assisting in shelter support, crowd control, participating in disaster drills and exercises, presenting fire safety education, preparedness outreach, peer mentoring, and addressing safety issues.

Polk County Fire Rescue provides Advanced Life Support transport to all residents and visitors of Polk County. It also provides fire suppression, rescue services and fire prevention services to all of unincorporated Polk County and the municipalities of Eagle Lake, Polk City, Mulberry, Lake Hamilton and Hillcrest Heights.