{"id":119,"date":"2025-08-18T20:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T03:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2025-11-27T10:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:14:26","slug":"cert-advisory-group-cag","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/index.php\/cert-advisory-group-cag\/","title":{"rendered":"CERT Advisory Group (CAG)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Salem Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program, managed by the City of Salem\u2019s Emergency Manager (EM) under the authority of the Salem Fire Department, is dedicated to building a resilient community prepared for emergencies. The CERT Advisory Group (CAG), comprising six members, supports the EM by setting priorities, managing tasks, and strengthening the CERT program and its membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mission of the CERT Advisory Group<\/strong><br>The CAG\u2019s mission is to support the CERT program in building a resilient Salem community prepared for emergencies. This mission, answering &#8220;Why do we exist?&#8221; is broad, enduring, and aspirational, aligning with the CERT program\u2019s vision. The CAG achieves this by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Providing strategic input and operational support to the EM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setting and achieving goals in training, communications, community engagement,logistics, operations, and organization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distributing workload to allow the EM to focus on strategic oversight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fostering a collaborative environment that empowers CERT members and enhances community resilience<br><br><strong>Advisory Group Members:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CAG Facilitator:<\/strong> Wayne Floyd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Communications Lead:<\/strong> Mark Wardell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Community Engagement Lead:<\/strong> Laura Hildebrant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Logistics Lead:<\/strong> Terry Pickett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Operations Lead:<\/strong> Lola Hackett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Organization lead:<\/strong> Paul Howard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Training Lead:<\/strong> Terry Pickett<br><br><strong>External Advisors:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>City Emergency Manager:<\/strong> Joe Hutchinson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-48fad36b-8c75-4259-8a3c-a9fb268ae8e9\" href=\"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CAG-Handbook.pdf\"><strong>CAG Handbook<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/index.php\/cag-meeting-minutes\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"130\"><strong>CAG Meeting Minutes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Salem Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program, managed by the City of Salem\u2019s Emergency Manager (EM) under the authority of the Salem Fire Department, is dedicated to building a resilient community prepared for emergencies. The CERT Advisory Group (CAG), comprising six members, supports the EM by setting priorities, managing tasks, and strengthening the CERT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salemoregoncert.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}