CERT West Hartford CT

CERT West Hartford CT CERT is an integral part of the Town’s Office of Emergency Management.

Thank you to our West Hartford CERT team for guiding over 2500 parade participants along the parade route and marching i...
05/28/2025

Thank you to our West Hartford CERT team for guiding over 2500 parade participants along the parade route and marching in the CERT contingent on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2025.

On Sunday, May 18, 2025, the West Hartford Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) graduated 35 residents from its most...
05/21/2025

On Sunday, May 18, 2025, the West Hartford Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) graduated 35 residents from its most recent Basic Training program! The class contained CERT members from West Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford, and Manchester. We were assisted by the Manchester CERT team, the Disaster Behavioral Health Response Network (DBHRN), which provided trainers for two of the sessions, and the West Hartford Fire Department. Since its inception in Spring 2021, the West Hartford CERT program has trained over 330 residents and contributed more than 10,000 hours of volunteer service to the community.

April Team Meeting RecapThank you to everyone who attended the April monthly meeting. We had an excellent presentation f...
04/28/2025

April Team Meeting Recap
Thank you to everyone who attended the April monthly meeting. We had an excellent presentation from Firefighter/Paramedic David Noyes on the new Tactical Paramedic Program, which is conducted in coordination with the West Hartford Police Department's Emergency Services Unit.

CERT Leader Bob Hilborn gave CERT members a valuable CPR/AED refresher. We had a great turnout for this very informative session!

Earth Day, thanks!A big thank-you to Anne Hogeland, Allie McConnell, Elizabeth Rocco, Barbara Collins, and Karen Crosby ...
04/28/2025

Earth Day, thanks!
A big thank-you to Anne Hogeland, Allie McConnell, Elizabeth Rocco, Barbara Collins, and Karen Crosby for their help during our Earth Day event last week! The group did a fantastic job distributing information and signing up residents for the new food scrap recycling program at our two senior centers. This is a critical step in reducing food waste from our trash stream—thank you for making it a success!

Today, West Hartford CERT hosted a Psychological First Aid training presented to team members from area teams and town a...
04/05/2025

Today, West Hartford CERT hosted a Psychological First Aid training presented to team members from area teams and town and community agencies.
Pychological First Aid (PFA) is a humane, supportive, and practical approach to help individuals in the immediate aftermath of a disaster or traumatic event, focusing on promoting natural recovery by fostering a sense of safety, calmness, connectedness, and hope.

A big thank you to Bill O’Connor, Bob Ludwig, Tom Lowe, Gordon MacKenzie, Frank Booth, and Dallas Dodge for helping us m...
04/04/2025

A big thank you to Bill O’Connor, Bob Ludwig, Tom Lowe, Gordon MacKenzie, Frank Booth, and Dallas Dodge for helping us move our Host Community Equipment from 100 Mayflower Street to a new storage location on Oakwood Ave. The team was able to complete the move in under 3 hours. Great job! Check out the photo of the team below.

While we were busy with the move, we also want to thank another group of CERT members who were unloading the delivery to the Food Pantry at Town Hall. Thank you to Caley Fagan, Cynthia Retallick, John Kauczka, David Bergmann, and Peter Decoteau for helping out with this. Suzanne Oslander from Social Services reached out to me to say what a great job and big help you were! Nice job, team!

Our CERT Basic Training Class (Cohort 9) had their first class last night on April 2, 2025. It is a great group of new ...
04/04/2025

Our CERT Basic Training Class (Cohort 9) had their first class last night on April 2, 2025. It is a great group of new CERT members which also included team members from the Hartford and Manchester. We currently have 38 folks signed up for the class! Check out the pictures of the class in action as they attempt to build the tallest Marshmallow Tower

Join us for National Drug Take back Day on Saturday, April 26 from 10-2 at Town Hall parking lot. Bring all unwanted and...
04/01/2025

Join us for National Drug Take back Day on Saturday, April 26 from 10-2 at Town Hall parking lot. Bring all unwanted and expired medication and visit our touch a truck, information tables, learn how to use Narcan and receive free Narcan, and walk through the Hidden in Plain Sight trailer which gives adults in the community a better understanding of how to identify drugs, including vapes and paraphernalia that are often "hidden in plain sight". Hope to see you on the 26th!

Attention parents and community members !Free 3 part series for Teens starts on Weds in partnership with West Hartford P...
03/24/2025

Attention parents and community members !
Free 3 part series for Teens starts on Weds in partnership with West Hartford Prevention Partnership Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford West Hartford Public Library

Space is limited ! This is a free event . Students will receive certificate and lots of great information ! Must attend all 3 sessions on Wednesdays after school at the Noah Webster Library from2-4pm

Teen Mental Health First Aid teaches high school students, how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among their friends and peers. Adolescence is a time of critical change and development, and the time when mental health challenges may first emerge. Those challenges may be the cause for falling grades, problems with close relationships and substance use.
Teens who attend this training series will learn to provide support to their peers, better cope with their own mental health challenges, and know to a when and how to get assistance from a trusted adult.

Register here

01/29/2025

FREE EVENT-West Hartford

Did you know that students spend up to 6.5 hours a DAY on screens?

Boys spend on average the equivalent of 1.5 days on VIDEO games per week?

Some studies show that screen time increases dopamine production and causes behavior that mimics addiction.

Join us for a FREE Screenagers :Growing Up in the Digital Age movie on February 11th at Sedgwick Midfle School. Let's continue the discussion on how screens , video games, social media and risk of addiction all tie in with cellphones and access.

Free childcare for ages 4 and up

Take home resources

Hear what teens have to say

Learn how you can learn strategies to help set limits on screen time

For more info and to secure your seat at this event

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiGRfwgFPd5PMgggijhNqU6rbuZfU7KR1lJwGBHyAe_HIPZw/viewform

West Hartford CERT volunteers and staff from the Office of Emergency Management assisted the Town’s Social Services and ...
11/27/2024

West Hartford CERT volunteers and staff from the Office of Emergency Management assisted the Town’s Social Services and Connecticut Foodshare program in distributing Thanksgiving turkeys to residents on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.

A huge thank you to Maureen Barend, Elaine Kotler, Gretchen Levitz, Dallas Dodge, Tom Proietti, Michael Snow, Paul Kelly, Peter Decoteau, John Kurowski, Joe Bleicher, Carolyn Murphy, and Tom Lowe for volunteering. We received outstanding feedback on the setup, CERT's professionalism, and how smoothly the event ran. In total, 50 residents received turkeys, and the entire distribution was completed in just 40 minutes!

CERT volunteers Carolyn Murphy and Susan Walsh assisted at the Emergency Operations Center on Election Day with Bob Hilb...
11/22/2024

CERT volunteers Carolyn Murphy and Susan Walsh assisted at the Emergency Operations Center on Election Day with Bob Hilborn and Mike Perruccio from the Town’s Office of Emergency Management.

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