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Citizen Corps
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Citizen Corps
Jacksonville's Citizen Corps mission is to make our communities safer, stronger and better prepared to respond to disasters by engaging individuals in crime prevention and emergency preparedness and response through education, training and volunteer service. Contact:
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(Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster) N.E. Florida VOAD is a coalition comprised of local response agencies from the public, private, faith-based and nonprofit sectors that cooperatively provide and implement resources when responding to disasters. These coalitions serve their communities by fostering more effective service to people affected by disaster through communication, coordination,
The Jacksonville Emergency Medical Auxiliary, (JEMA), is a group of volunteers who maintain their skills in EMS through riding on Jacksonville Fire/Rescue (JFRD) rescue units, training at the JFRD Regional Training Center, and working different events in the City of Jacksonville. These events include the Jaguars games, concerts, River Run and other special events. JEMA assists in providing life saving emergency medical care
(Community Emergency Response Team) JaxCERT - is a group of citizens organized and trained to recognize, respond to and recover from a major emergency or disaster situation. JaxCERT training provides Duval County residents the decision-making and physical skills needed to address the urgent needs of their community when professional First Responders and emergency personnel are not immediately available.
This program is a citizen-based initiative that recreates the partnership between community and law enforcement. Neighborhood Watch is simply a program of neighbors watching out for other neighbors during times and reporting suspicious activity to the police. The Neighborhood Watch Program also teaches you how to secure your home properly and steps you can take to reduce the chances of becoming a victim. Operation Identification, which is part of the Neighborhood Watch Program, will increase the chances of recovering your property if you do become a victim.
CAP is the civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. CAP increases our nation's security capabilities by providing airborne reconnaissance and imagery, disaster and damage assessment, airborne transportation of personnel, equipment and critical supplies, and multi-layered communications support. CAP can provide manpower for communications and emergency operations centers, search and rescue teams, and ground support teams.