Events/Ways to Serve

1. Major Events – typically annual events

a. Lorton Master Exercise – as student, as a team, as a victim role player

b. Program Meetings

c. Potluck Socials

d. CERTCON (CERT Convention) Local and National CERTCON

e. Triennial Airport Mass Casualty Exercises – Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (MWAA)

f. National Night Out

g. Fire Station Open Houses

h. BSA weekend support

i. Red Cross support teaming opportunities – Marine Corps Marathon, DC Mall Events

2. Recurring Events

a. Canteen Team – specially trained CERT Team on call to support major Fire & Rescue and Police incidents

b. Community fairs and parades – Fairfax, Reston, Clifton, Springfield, etc.

c. Monthly CERT Meeting – Third Tuesday of every month at Fairfax County Public Safety Headquarters (PSHQ) 12099 Government Center Parkway room 2105-2107, Fairfax VA 22035 at 7:00 pm

d. Outreach Events – CERT information, Community presence, recruiting

e. Race Marshals – usually a function of Traffic & Crowd Management

f. Traffic & Crowd Management – work with Fairfax County Police Department (FFCPD), holiday events, Fairfax Station RR Museum, Fire & Rescue Academy (FRA) graduations, races, parades, Wreaths Across America, Ride of Patriots

g. Role Players/Victim Actors – We support the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, and its Urban Search and Rescue Team (VATF-1), Fairfax Police Department, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (MWAA), and others by serving as role players/victim actors to support their training exercises. These exercises include mass casualty incidents (often an active shooter response drill), Civil Disturbance Unit response to protests training drills, EMT and Paramedic school training sessions, MWAA Canine training, and mass casualty incidents at our area airports. We also serve as role players/victim actors at our own CERT Basic final exercises. By serving as a role player/victim actor, you see first-hand how our first responders react in various emergency situations and as they learn the necessary skills to be the professionals they are.