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Getting Involved
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Some things you can do to get involved in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in your community include things like joining a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), an amateur radio association or SkyWarn Storm Spotters. Kids can also learn about disaster preparedness at our Xtreme Response Summer Camp. To find out more information about any of these programs or to get started, please contact us.
Citizen Corps: The mission of Citizen Corps is to harness the power of every individual through education, training and volunteer service. Citizen Corps promotes a range of measures for you to make your family, your home, and your community safer from the threats of crime, terrorism, and disasters of all kinds. The Citizen Corps umbrellas has many different programs to meet a variety of interests.
- CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams): These groups are trained in various response and recovery techniques. Denton County Emergency Services hosts a large, well-trained CERT program.
- Fire Corps: Volunteers in this group are called "Reserves" here in the City of Lewisville. These volunteers are the primary support function of our Fire Department. They provide rehabilitation services to our firefighters during extended responses, provide a customer support unit to our residents, and assist in many other ways.
- MRC (Medical Reserve Corps): This group consists of medical and non-medical personnel that is deployed during emergencies and disasters. They assist with services such as mass vaccinations and medical needs during sheltering operations. This program is handled by the Denton County Health Department.
- USAonWatch: This program is run through the City of Lewisville Police Department and is more commonly known as "Neighborhood Watch".
- VIPS (Volunteers in Police Service): This program is also run through the Police Department. These volunteers assist our Police in many ways such as the Citizens on Patrol program.
| SKYWARN Storm Spotters: The National Weather Service (NWS) has established a network of SKYWARN Spotters to help obtain critical weather information . These volunteers help identify and describe severe local storms, enabling the NWS to issue more timely and accurate warnings. |
| Amateur Radio Emergency Service: The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes.
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| American Red Cross: If you like to help people then your local Red Cross could have just the opportunity for you-from training to be ready to respond to disasters to supporting a blood drive, from delivering messages to our US service personnel to connecting families displaced by disasters or conflict.
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