Ridgewood citizens may soon supplement emergency services
Tuesday February 12, 2013, 10:01 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
A Neighborhood Watch program or a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) might be coming to Ridgewood if enough residents want to be trained in emergency preparedness
To gauge initial interest, the Ridgewood Police Department and the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) hosted a meeting Wednesday night in Village Hall. About 20 residents attended, and several filled out Bergen County CERT volunteer applications.
OEM Coordinator Jeremy Kleiman said he was encouraged by the initial response, but noted that he still cannot be sure based on one meeting whether the idea of a community-based, organized volunteer group will come to fruition.
