The School Safety Volunteer program is designed to expand the safety of our elementary students through the use of prior military service, retired, or currently serving members. These volunteers will be in CERT uniforms representing their branch of service. Volunteers are asked to dedicate a morning or afternoon to greet the students arriving and departing the school grounds and will receive the following training and certifications:

 

• FEMA Independent Study IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System

• FEMA Independent Study IS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response

• FEMA Independent Study IS-315: CERT and the Incident Command System (ICS)

• FEMA Independent Study IS-317: Introduction to Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

• FEMA Independent Study IS-700: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System

• FEMA Independent Study IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction

• Certified in CPR/AED 

• Certified in First Aid

• Stop the Bleed

• Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE) 

• Standard Response Protocol (SRP) 

• Standard Reunification Method (SRM)

• American Red Cross Shelter Supervisor

 

Incorporating our local veterans who have been professionally trained in situational awareness and emergency response to all potential hazards, can provide a tremendous benefit to our local elementary campuses. A friendly face consistently greeting and bidding farewell to these young students each morning and afternoon, with positive notes of encouragement. Students will learn the value of respect, duty, honor and selfless service as exhibited by our veterans. Our schools and community will benefit from the passion of service these veterans have so often displayed and will continue dedicate service to the safety of our elementary students.