Albany CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) was established in March 2021 as a California nonprofit public benefit corporation with federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status (EIN 86-2658175). Our mission is to expand the safety and well-being of Albany residents and to support Albany’s emergency preparedness, in partnership with the Albany Fire Department.

Our purpose is to expand the safety and well-being of Albany residents, and to support Albany emergency preparedness through a coordinated effort between the Albany Fire Department, CERT Training, Block Captains and Neighborhoods, the Albany CERT Radio Club, and Albany residents.

For more information and an online message board, visit albanycert.groups.io.

Albany CERT’s own in-house organizing is not the same thing as the Block Captain program, which is run by the Albany Fire Department — but the two have substantial overlap. The better Albany CERT researches and organizes itself, the better position it’s in to support any Block Captain effort AFD launches.

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