Community Emergency Response Volunteers (CERV)

Please note: The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is not currently recruiting additional volunteers for its CERV program.

 

However, if you are interested in participating in future recruitment, please visit this webpage regularly and/or forward an e-mail expressing your interest in CERV-MLHU and we will include you on our “prospective volunteer” list.

 

When recruitment begins again, you will be contacted by e-mail with all the necessary details about how to participate in future CERV-MLHU training.

 

To be added to the “prospective volunteer list”, please email: emergency@mlhu.on.ca.

CERV is the acronym for Community Emergency Response Volunteers, who are part of a province-wide program that aims to improve safety and security in Ontario Communities - large or small, urban or rural. The MLHU was the first public health unit in Ontario to undertake this program.

Since the inception of the CERV program, the MLHU has recruited and trained more than 150 volunteers.

Operating at the grassroots level, the MLHU trains its CERV teams to help in their own communities, preparing them to respond to local emergencies, as needed. Based on an assessment of potential local risks related to health issues, floods, severe storms, major power failures or other hazards, CERV members are able to meet challenges when emergency occur.

What are the requirements for CERV-MLHU team members?

1. CERV team members must be at least 21 years of age and have a valid Ontario Driver’s License.
2. CERV team members must complete the Middlesex-London Health Unit Volunteer Application (PDF), Volunteer Agreement Form (PDF), Confidentiality Form (PDF), Code of Conduct (PDF) and provide the names of two references.
3. CERV team members must agree to undergo a criminal record check with vulnerable sector screening.
4. CERV team members agree to prepare themselves, their homes and their families for emergencies.
5. CERV team members must be willing to make a two-year commitment to the program, and to assist as volunteers in Middlesex County and in the City of London during emergencies, if required.
6. CERV team members must attend approximately 80 hours of training in the first year, as well as weekly meetings from September to December and monthly meetings between January and April.
7. CERV team members understand that training will take place at various locations within London and Middlesex.
8. CERV team members must have a working email address.

For more information

Manager, Emergency Management
50 King Street, London, ON., N6A 5L7
Tel: 519-663-5317 x2371 Fax: 519-663-9413
Email: emergency@mlhu.on.ca