The Alt-CERT curriculum is both a response and an antidote to the limitations of FEMA's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. Alt-CERT does not replace FEMA CERT. Rather, Alt-CERT responds to calls from disinvested communities to address community-identified limitations of the federal curriculum through greater focus on understanding the causes and consequences of the climate crisis, practicing community-driven mutual aid, building the power of our communities that are left behind in conventional disaster preparedness and response, and liberating resources for community-led climate disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in disinvested communities.
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