🚒 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
Two upcoming seminars are announced in a city seminar flyer provided by Robert Bolar: Grab and Go Bags, November 12, 2026 at 7 pm MST, and the Gardening Seminar, January 14, 2027. Gardening time and location have not been announced. See the flyer and event details.
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