La Honda graduates 19 CERT team members

On February 17 the La Honda Fire Dept. graduated nineteen new Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members. These new members, who were from through out the Southcoast, attended four Saturday classes on disaster preparedness. They received training in emergency medical care, search and rescue, utility control and on other topics that will be needed should a disaster strike. Over the last three years 63 residents have completed this training. A disaster preparedness drill involving past and new CERT members will be held in La Honda on March 10.