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The Citizen Corps is the component of the USA Freedom Corps which affords individuals with opportunities to volunteer to help their communities prepare for, and respond to, emergencies. This is accomplished by bringing together local leaders, citizen volunteers, and a network of first response organizations (i.e., police, fire, emergency medical). The goal is to have citizens participate in making their communities safer, stronger, and better prepared for preventing and dealing with threats of terrorism, crime and all types of disaster. As you may know, there are five volunteer programs under the Citizen Corps.
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The Community Emergency Response Team — This response team provides training in emergency preparedness and basic response techniques to local trainers, who in turn, train citizens in their communities.
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The Neighborhood Watch Program — Our country is endeavoring to expand this program which has existed for a number of years. Neighborhood Watch programs teach citizens to help themselves by identifying and reporting suspicious activity in their neighborhoods. Not only does the program help fight crime, it also improves neighborhood cohesiveness, creating a sense of neighborhood.
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Volunteers in Police Service — These programs provide training for volunteers to perform administrative and non-intervention policing activities to free up law enforcement professionals for front line duty.
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Medical Reserve Corps — This community-based program identifies volunteers, who are currently practicing or retired from the medical field, who will be trained to assist the emergency medical response community during large-scale emergencies.Volunteers in Police Service - These programs provide training for volunteers to perform administrative and non-intervention policing activities to free up law enforcement professionals for front line duty.
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Fire Corps — Fire Corps promotes the use of citizen advocates (volunteers) to support and augment the capacity of resource-constrained fire and emergency service departments at all levels: volunteer, combination, and career.
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