CERT Community Emergency Response Team Shaker Hts OHIO

🔥 Home Fire Safety Alert
Are you prepared for a home fire?
Shaker Heights CERT and the Shaker Heights Fire Department are teaming up with the American Red Cross to help protect our community.

🏠 Free Smoke Alarm Installations
If your home doesn’t have working smoke alarms — or you’re not sure — this campaign is for you. Shaker Heights residents can request a free installation.

📲 Request yours here:
https://arcg.is/1XfXXj0

📞 Prefer to call?
Dial 216‑361‑5535 and leave your name, full address, and phone number. A team member will follow up based on availability.

Let’s keep Shaker Heights safe — one home at a time.

Welcome!

SHOUT OUT to our Community Heroes and the entire CERT Team!🥰

Just one of our Sheltering resources at STJ Community Center!

Home Fire Safety Alert: Are you prepared for a home fire?
Shaker Heights CERT and the Shaker Heights Fire Department are teaming up with the American Red Cross to help protect our community.

Free smoke alarm installations are available for Shaker Heights residents. If your home doesn’t have working smoke alarms—or you’re not sure—this campaign is for you.
Link to request form: https://arcg.is/1XfXXj0

📞 Prefer to call?
Dial 216‑361‑5535 and leave a message with your name, full address, and phone number. A team member will follow up based on availability.
Let’s keep Shaker Heights safe—one home at a time.

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Home Fire Safety Alert: Are you prepared for a home fire?

Shaker Heights CERT and the Shaker Heights Fire Department are teaming up with the American Red Cross to help protect our community.

Free smoke alarm installations are available for Shaker Heights residents. If your home doesn’t have working smoke alarms—or you’re not sure—this campaign is for you.

Link to request form: https://arcg.is/1XfXXj0

📞 Prefer to call?
Dial 216‑361‑5535 and leave a message with your name, full address, and phone number. A team member will follow up based on availability.

Let’s keep Shaker Heights safe—one home at a time.

CERT Strong in 2025 💪🚒

This year, Shaker Heights CERT members gave 950+ hours to training, outreach, and event support—from Take-to-the-Lake to National Night Out and more. We’re proud to serve alongside our regional partners and community groups like AARP.

🔥 400+ smoke detectors installed since October—free to residents thanks to our partnership with the Shaker Heights Fire Department and the Red Cross. This life-saving program continues in 2026!

📈 Plans are underway to expand CERT’s services in 2026. Our team keeps growing, and our commitment runs deep—nearly 20 years strong in Shaker Heights, part of a national network of 600,000+ trained CERT volunteers.

🥰We’re ready. We’re trained. We’re here for Shaker.

CERT members celebrating at our 3rd Annual Dinner on January 3 with good food and great conversations!

CERT, supporting the Shaker Heights Fire Department, were joined by six new Shaker residents in 2025 following their graduation from our Training Academy. Representing a wide group of interests, energies, and demographics, the volunteer group took on a new project last year.

Working with the Fire Department, Red Cross, and City of Shaker Heights they installed smoke detectors in 64 Shaker Heights homes in the last two months of 2025. CERT will continue this partnership in 2026. CERT also supports other community activities including providing safety at events like Take to the Lake and the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes annual hike and run and staffing Shaker's emergency shelter.

Looking for a holiday gift, consider a fire blanket!

A fire blanket is a great first-response tool for small, contained fires (like a pan on the stove), but a fire extinguisher covers a broader range of household fires and offers safety distance, making a comprehensive plan ideally include BOTH, plus smoke alarms, and always prioritizing safety and calling 911.