2025 Stop the Bleed Month

Did you know May is Stop the Bleed month? Learning how recognize and stop a life threatening bleed is easy through AAACERT’s Stop the Bleed course. We offer this course for free and encourage everyone to combine it with our certified CPR/AED and Overdose Awareness courses. If you or your organization are interested or need […]

2025 Infinite Hero Community Festival

Come out and say hello to AAACERT and support the amazing group at Infinite Hero on June 7 at Annapolis High School. Check out their website for more information on the work they are doing to raise awareness for vets across the country. If your community or organization holds similar events and would like trained, […]

2024 MDAPA Active Shooter Drill

Members of AAACERT participated in an active shooter drill on the Eastern Shore for the Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants on September 27. Using realistic wounds, AAACERT members acted as victims at five stations. Each station focused on a specific wound and or type of care. We love doing this type of event since we […]

2024 Russett Community Fall Festival

Russett Fall Fest 2024

The 2024 Russett Community’s Fall Festival had over 60 vendor tables. AAACERT was honored to be asked to help direct vendor traffic into their assigned spots while keeping pedestrians safe from vehicle traffic. We look forward to helping again next year. If your community or organization holds similar events and would like trained, traffic, crowed, […]

Teaching Red Cross Volunteers Fire Safety 101

Fire Safety ABCK

Did you know you should shake or turn your fire extinguishers about once per month? Yup, you should to help keep the powered inside loose. Not all fire extinguishers can put out all types of fires. That’s what the ABC designation on most home extinguishers indicate. And you have less time to use them than […]

CERTCON 2022

Thank you to everyone who came out to the CERTCON 2022 event held in Alexandria, VA. CERTCON is open to everyone interested in emergency preparedness and response, including volunteers for Medical Reserve Corps, Red Cross, Team Rubicon, among others. We encourage anyone, a member of CERT or not, to attend the 2023 CERTCON. Check out […]

EPLEX 2022

Bruce Morgenstern is loaded into the back of an ambulance during EPLEX 2022.

AAACERT is proud to have helped support the 2022 EPLEX event at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on November 5, 2022 by providing over 30 volunteers to help first responders from the BWI Fire Department and surrounding jurisdictions train for a mass casualty incident such as a plane crash. Great moulage added to the realism. The […]

Show Your Sign – Recovery Month 2022

September is Recovery Month. Join the Anne Arundel County Department of Health’s campaign and SHOW US YOUR SIGN! https://www.aahealth.org/show-us-your-sign/  

Pride Festival Booth 2022

County Executive Steuart Pittman and AAACERT President Bruce Morgenstern.

Anne Arundel Annapolis CERT was honored to participate in the 2022 Pride Festival in Annapolis on Saturday June 04. Volunteer members of AAACERT also participated as the Pride Parade Marshals, helping to organize the participants and keep the parade route safe for everyone. At the festival, our tent was joined by tents from Anne Arundel […]

2021 Russett Community Fall Festival

AACFD ambulance backs into a spot.

The 2021 Russett Community’s Fall Festival had over 90 vendor tables. This year AAACERT was honored to be asked to help direct vendor traffic into their assigned spots while keeping pedestrians safe from vehicle traffic. We look forward to helping next year and with many other events planned at Russett. If your community or organization […]

Members Support Downtown Annapolis As Safe Health Practice Ambassadors

Anne Arundel-Annapolis Community Emergency Response Team (AAACERT) members are assisting the City of Annapolis in the downtown area as safe health practice ambassadors. While on their walks, the AAACERT members encourage downtown guests to maintain social distancing, avoid large groups, and wear masks. When they have masks available, they are also handing out face coverings […]

20 Twitter accounts we’re following on COVID-19 preparedness

When you hear something on social media about the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, it’s important to consider who is making the statement or suggestion, what they are asking you to do, and what is the evidence for their suggested course of action. During a disaster response, it’s vital to seek out trustworthy sources of […]

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