First Community Emergency Response Teams complete training

  • Two groups of volunteers from Dewey and Ziebach counties and the surrounding area have participated in training to become members of a newly-formed non-profit Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to serve the Cheyenne River Reservation. The Cheyenne River Long-Term Recovery Team is dedicated to not only assisting with immediate situations but also with the long-term follow-up to disasters or emergencies. Courtesy Photo
    Two groups of volunteers from Dewey and Ziebach counties and the surrounding area have participated in training to become members of a newly-formed non-profit Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to serve the Cheyenne River Reservation. The Cheyenne River Long-Term Recovery Team is dedicated to not only assisting with immediate situations but also with the long-term follow-up to disasters or emergencies. Courtesy Photo

    The Cheyenne River Reservation now has nearly 40 new volunteers trained and ready to assist first responders during emergency situations and large-scale community events in and around Dewey and Ziebach counties.

    The volunteers are recent graduates of training for a newly-formed non-profit Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), a group geared toward assisting first responders and other agencies d…