{"id":5979,"date":"2018-08-30T22:02:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T14:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microdium.net\/public\/in-case-of-emergency-community-emergency-response-team-members-lend-a-helping-hand-in-willmar-minn\/"},"modified":"2018-08-30T22:02:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T14:02:56","slug":"in-case-of-emergency-community-emergency-response-team-members-lend-a-helping-hand-in-willmar-minn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/2018\/08\/30\/in-case-of-emergency-community-emergency-response-team-members-lend-a-helping-hand-in-willmar-minn\/","title":{"rendered":"In Case of Emergency … Community Emergency Response Team Members Lend a Helping Hand in Willmar, Minn."},"content":{"rendered":"
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(TNS) \u2014 When an emergency hits a town, whether a natural disaster or a major accident such as a chemical spill, first responders can sometimes become overwhelmed and need assistance themselves. That is when a Community Emergency Response Team can come in handy, to lend a hand to local fire, police and others.<\/p>\n

This fall the Willmar, Minn., Police Department will be training its first Community Emergency Response Team, often referred to as CERT, with the long-term goal to train as many people as they can to help when needed.<\/p>\n

“You can take care of yourself, your family and neighbors. Then you can respond and help out emergency responders,” Willmar Police Chief Jim Felt said.<\/p>\n

For many years Willmar had People on Watch, a neighborhood watch-style group. After years of declining membership, the Police Department closed the group down and started looking for another way to get the community involved.<\/p>\n

“Transition POW into something that could be multi-generational, something good for the community,” Felt said.<\/p>\n

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