“Government can’t do it all. We need to be prepared to take care of ourselves in an emergency” …  Argus-Courier, April 12, 2006

“Local preparedness: CERT, NERT, and ALERT”
Argus-Courier, September 20, 2006

CERT = Community Emergency Response Training
The purpose of CERT is to train members of the community to respond to the needs of their neighborhood and community following a disaster.
 

NERT = Neighborhood Emergency Response Team
Several Petaluma neighborhoods have organized a local NERT in order to assist each other before, during, and after an extreme disaster, such as an earthquake or flood.

ALERT = Alliance of Local Emergency Response Teams
Petaluma ALERT consists of  neighborhood group leaders who wish to keep in touch with what is going on with NERT groups in Petaluma and what’s going on in Petaluma,
overall, with regard to emergency preparedness.

Become a STAR neighborhood, one that is – Safe-Trained-Alert-Ready