A press conference following the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, April 15 celebrated the beginning of the rollout of seven Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training/Response Trailers to communities around the County.

The San Bernardino County Fire Department Office of Emergency Services purchased the CERT Training/Response Trailers with the help of federal grant dollars for San Bernardino County cities, towns and unincorporated areas.

Speakers at the press conference included all five members of the Board of Supervisors, Chief Pat Dennen and OES Division Manager Denise Benson. Also in attendance were Deputy Chief Dan Wurl, Mountain Division Chief George Corley, Battalion Chief Barry Fox, OES ESO Dennis West and OES PIO Megan Blaney as well as representatives from the cities and towns that will be hosting the trailers.

Five of the seven trailers will be located in the five emergency management zones in the following jurisdictions:

• Town of Apple Valley

• Big Bear City (CSD)

• Ontario

• Redlands

• Town of Yucca Valley

One trailer will be located at Fire Station II in the unincorporated community of Devore, and one at the County Emergency Operations Center in Rialto.

The CERT program trains residents to assist in preparing for, and responding to, disasters until professional emergency personnel can arrive. More than 6,000 County residents are CERT-trained and there are currently about 25 active CERT programs throughout the County.  

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