Smith County Awarded Citizen Corps Custom Trailer

TYLER — The Texas Association of Regional Councils announces that one of its Citizen Corps Custom Trailers is being awarded to the Smith County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) serving within the East Texas Council of Governments region. “This award is given in recognition of outstanding community outreach work by the Smith County CERT Program, under the direction of Emergency Management Coordinator Oren Hale,” Executive Director of the Texas Association of Regional Councils Penny Redington said. The Smith County CERT program has been recognized as an outstanding program for their Citizen Corp services and local outreach efforts. The trailer will be used by the Smith County CERT team for transporting equipment during deployments, for training and drills and for public awareness events.