🚒 Join CERT
Free FEMA-standard training in first aid, light search & rescue, fire safety and damage assessment. CERT is Ivins' second-tier response, just below full-time public safety.
See the course →📦 Hub Box Program
White metal boxes on stop-sign posts across the city hold a radio and assessment clipboards. In a disaster: Go to the Box!
How it works →🎒 Be Ready
72-hour kits, family plans, and Southern Utah hazards: wildfire, flash flood, earthquake and extreme heat.
Preparedness guides →Three tiers of response
Preparedness starts at home: supplies, a plan, and knowing your neighbors.
CERT members and resident volunteers rally at Hub Boxes for Rapid Injury & Damage Assessment.
Santa Clara-Ivins Fire & Rescue and police respond, guided by reports relayed to the Emergency Operations Center.
Upcoming CERT & preparedness events
Upcoming: Grab and Go Bags, November 12, 2026 at 7 pm MST (Ivins City Council Chambers); nationwide EAS test, November 17, 2026, 12:20–12:50 p.m. MST (2:20–2:50 p.m. ET — radio/TV/cable only; no public action); Church-hosted Emergency Preparedness & Communications Resource Orientation, November 19, 2026, 7:00–8:00 p.m. Mountain Time (virtual Zoom; not a city CERT class); and Gardening Seminar, January 14, 2027 (time and location not announced). See the calendar for sources and flyers.
Ways to help
- Become a Neighborhood Coordinator for 8–12 nearby homes
- Take the CERT Basic Course
- Attend a free Preparedness Seminar at City Hall
- Join the annual “Go to the Box” drill