Call-Out Team Information and Application

Fill out the online Call-Out Team Application!

PLEASE NOTE: By submitting the form below, you are notifying the LAFD CERT UNIT of your interest in training to be on the Call-Out Team. Submittal of this form DOES NOT put you on the Call-Out roster nor allow you to attend Call-Out events, it just begins the process. We thank you for your interest and hope after your training to see you on the Call-Out Team.

There is one Call-Out Team for the City. This gives everyone equal opportunity to respond.

CERT members will not self-dispatch to any incident. Only the CERT Call-Out Teams that are requested by the LAFD may respond.

LAFD ALERT Messages (email, Twitter, radio etc.) are not official instructions or authorization to take action.

Call-Out Team members will receive notice of the call-out from the automated call-out system.

Effective 03/20/16: Each Call-Out Team member shall (in this order):

  1. Have completed CERT Basic training
  2. Be at least 18 years old.
  3. Have a Volunteer Enrollment Form on file.
  4. Have a signed copy of LAFD Volunteer Acknowledgement of Policies on file.
  5. Complete the online Application Form on this page.
  6. Complete:
    1. IS-100.B: Introduction to Incident Command System
    2. IS-200.B: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
    3. IS-700.A: National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction
    4. IS-315: CERT Supplemental Training: The Incident Command System
  7. Have completed the “Call Out Team Training” class presented twice a year. To be able to drive one of the LAFD vehicles, you must have completed the DVOC Training.
  8. Submit your certificates for review and acceptance.
  9. If you are accepted, submit to a live scan and pass a background check.
  10. Please fax a copy of your certificates to 213-202-3187, or scan them (PDF only) and email to lafdcert@lacity.org
  11. Be sworn in as a Disaster Service Worker.

Use the form below to begin the Call-Out Team application process:

Fill this form out again if you have any changes to your phone numbers or email addresses.

Please Download the Following:

  1. All CERT Forms
  2. ICS-214 as PDF…OR…ICS-214 as Word Doc
  3. LAFD CERT Code of Conduct (The last page is the signature agreement.)
  4. Call-Out Procedure (TO COME)
  5. LAFD Volunteer Acknowledgement of Policies
  6. Volunteer Workers Insurance Summary
  7. Wires Down Procedures
  8. Community Fire Patrol

Call-Out Application Form

Again, the submital of your application is only the first step in qualifying for the Call-Out Team. Please see above for all qualifying steps to complete the process.

Call-Out Team Eligibility Questionnaire