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This website is for residents of El Cerrito CERT Area 4 (see map below). Information will be published here to help us all be prepared for large-scale disasters, and to keep everyone abreast of CERT activities in El Cerrito. See the City of El Cerrito's website for more details on the CERT Area Coordination program.
Area 4 Coordinator: Rob McNicholas
Email: EC.CERT.Area.4@gmail.com
Our Staging Area: Cerrito Vista Park (backup: Huber Park)
Google Group / Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/elcerritocertarea4
FRS/GMRS Frequencies: Channel 2 (primary), Channel 7 (secondary) [Download a Radio Buying Guide]
Click here for more information about our recurring radio tests
[Click to Download a printable version of our area's information]
News / Upcoming CERT Events
News / Upcoming CERT Events
Take the El Cerrito/Kensington CERT Survey - This is a survey but also a way to request more information on a variety of emergency preparedness topics. Click here to take the survey.
PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff page This is a brand new resource from PG&E. It is a great resource to monitor PG&E weather information, weather stations, cameras and most importantly - potential weather conditions that may lead to a PSPS event. Click HERE for PG&E "Fire Weather" link
Sign up on the Community Warning System (CWS) Sign up on the Contra Costa County Community Warning System to receive life safety alerts. (i.e. Shelter-in-Place and/or Evacuation instructions, etc) NOTE: This is NOT related to Nixle or NextDoor type messaging. CWS alerts are for emergencies only. Click HERE to register on the CWS
Block Captains needed!
Block Captains needed!
Our area is quite large, encompassing around a thousand houses, which is too large for one person to effectively manage. So our goal is for blocks or neighborhoods to organize with their immediate neighbors in smaller groups. Block Captains (sometimes also called "block leads") facilitate this by talking with their neighbors about emergency preparedness, collecting contact information, identifying our most vulnerable neighbors who might need extra help in an emergency, and hosting occasional meetings to talk about these issues. If you are willing to be a block captain or just curious to get more information, contact Rob and he can provide more information or help you get started.
On the map below, the green areas are blocks or neighborhoods that have a block lead. Contact Rob to get the contact information for your block captain!. We still need block leads for all the other areas that aren't green.
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