CERT Community Emergency Response Team

Charles “Chuck” Rader graduated from the introductory Santa Clara County Fire Department Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Academy training class in May 2018 and was selected to lead Saratoga CERT in late December 2018. In the role of the CERT Volunteer (Citizen) Lead for the City of Saratoga, he is responsible for all interactions and coordination with City of Saratoga staff on CERT matters, all organizational decisions pertaining to Saratoga CERT, the training of CERT members, the procurement of materials needed for the proper functioning of Saratoga CERT, and the recruitment of new CERT members. He is also the lead for the Countywide CERT Leadership Team, a Santa Clara countywide organization that brings together the leadership of all CERT entities within the various jurisdictions of Santa Clara County for purposes of coordinated actions, planning and execution of countywide CERT skills training events, and “cross-pollination” of ideas