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Welcome to Utah County Citizen Corps
We support the mission of the Utah Citizen Corps:
To harness the power of every individual through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared.
Goals of the Utah County Citizen Corps
- To encourage the formation of local citizen corps councils in Utah County
- To help coordinate and assist in the activities of our local partner organizations
- USAonWatch/Neighborhood Watch
- CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)
- VIPS (Volunteers in Police Service)
- Fire Corps
- Medical Reserve Corps
- To encourage Utah County residents to Be Prepared, Be Trained, and Be a Volunteer through participation in their local programs
- To work in harmony with Utah’s emergency response professionals to ensure that the health and safety of the public are protected in a disaster event
Background:
Citizen Corps is a nationwide volunteer organization that began in 2002 as part of the President’s USA Freedom Corps with the purpose of actively involving all Americans in making our communities and nation safer, stronger and better prepared for all hazards and threats. The Utah County Citizen Corps became an approved council on March 16, 2007, under the direction of the Utah County Health Department and with the official sanction of the Utah County Commission. Our local endorsing official is Commissioner Larry Ellertsen.
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