On a chilly November night last week, half of the NYC CERT Cycle 15 graduating class performed their final exercise, a post-disaster rescue operation. First responder volunteers and OEM leaders set the stage with CERT team members volunteering as victims. The scenario will be recreated on December 6 when the remaining half of the graduating class are put through their paces.
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Upper West Side Community Emergency Response Team (UWS CERT) are trained and certified citizen volunteers organized to provide auxiliary support to the emergency response efforts of the New York Police and Fire Departments of Manhattan's Upper West Side
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