Members of the Southeast Metro Pearls of Purpose who participated in one of three CERT classes that the Henry County EMA has provided through their partnership.
Members learned valuable skills during CERT training to educate and equip volunteers with critical skills in disaster response, first aid and emergency preparedness.
Members of the Southeast Metro Pearls of Purpose who participated in one of three CERT classes that the Henry County EMA has provided through their partnership.
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Members learned valuable skills during CERT training to educate and equip volunteers with critical skills in disaster response, first aid and emergency preparedness.
McDONOUGH — Henry County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) recently partnered with the Southeast Metro Pearls of Purpose, an official interest group of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., to provide Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training for its members who wanted to be better prepared to help their community in the event of an emergency.
Members of the Southeast Metro Pearls of Purpose first approached EMA staff in June about joining the CERT class and had enough members interested to make up three separate classes. The Southeast Metro Pearls are the first non-profit organization to participate in CERT training collectively. Their first session coincided with September’s National Emergency Preparedness Month, however there were so many members interested that the EMA divided the group into three classes, with the third set to start next week.
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