Get Involved
It takes a whole community working together to recover from disaster. Having some basic training and skills before a disaster strikes can help you take the necessary actions to help yourself, your loved ones, and even nearby strangers until professional responders arrive.
Volunteer opportunities include:
- Community Emergency Response Teams (see information below)
- Fire Corps
- Medical Reserve Corps of Kansas City
For more volunteer opportunities in your neighborhood, contact your local emergency manager.
CERT: Community Emergency Response Teams
CERT training takes about 20 to 24 hours to complete, and includes topics such as disaster preparedness, fire safety, triage and treatment of life-threatening injuries, light search and rescue, team organization, disaster psychology and terrorism.
Fourteen CERTs currently operate in the eight-county, bistate region — four on the Kansas side of the metropolitan area and 10 in Missouri. For more information about CERT opportunities, contact your local emergency management department or visit www.citizencorps.gov/cert.
Metro Area CERTs
Missouri CERTs
- Central Jackson County, 816/229-2522
- Independence, 816/325-7168
- Kansas City, 816/513-8602
- Lee’s Summit, 816/969-7362
- Liberty, 816/439-4310
- Platte/Clay Counties Northland CERT, 816/858-1965
- Raymore, 816/331-7788
- Raytown, 816/737-6108
Kansas CERTs
- Johnson County, 913/764-7635
- Leavenworth County, 913/758-0121
- Olathe, 913/971-7943
- Overland Park, 913/895-8301
- Shawnee, 913/631-1080
- Southwest Johnson County
- Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, 913/573-6300