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Created in 1999 after the community experienced a severe flood on New Year day 1997, Ashland's CERT program has trained over 500 volunteers to be better prepared to survive in a disaster making Ashland's CERT program one of the most successful in the nation. CERT has been mobilized over thirty times for activities ranging from managing emergency shelters to evacuating residents during wild fires. CERT's core competency is "preparing our community to endure disasters."