The Highlands Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program will train Highlands residents and other community individuals in emergency preparedness and basic disaster response techniques. As volunteers they will take a critical role in providing critical support to emergency service personnel during emergencies.
Goals
CERT seeks to provide disaster readiness to citizens, prepare neighbors to help neighbors and to do the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
CERT seeks to provide a realistic and positive approach to emergency and disaster situations when professional rescue services may be temporarily unavailable.
In a disaster situation, CERT members are trained to take care of one's family and self first and when able they stand ready to accept assignments and other related duties as requested by the Fire Department.
Authority
The Highlands CERT team receives its direction and operates at the discretion of the San Mateo County Fire Department and the Highlands CERT Steering Committee.
Highlands Recreation District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Highlands Recreation District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Highlands Recreation District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Highlands Recreation District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.