CERT Equipment & Supplies
Vests and Helmets
- See Required Equipment & Supplies for CERT members.
- See Additional Equipment & Supplies for suggestions of other equipment to carry and clothing for CERT members.
- See CERT Community-Planning, Supplies & Equipment for the Neighborhood
| REFLECTIVE TAPE ON VESTS |
STENCILED NAME ON VEST |
HELMET OPTION |
REFLECTIVE TAPE ON VESTS
We encourage CERT members to purchase one-inch lime-green reflective stripes for their vests to increase safety and visibility.
The stripes for the vest must be sewn on. Some drycleaners will do the sewing for under $10.00. A tailor may charge over $50.00.
Any number of places are able to do the sewing.
SOS Survival Products is familiar with our needs, and attends our refreshers. For the tape, ask for product #22376A at SOS. The price is $1.95/foot minus your 10% CERT discount. You will need to purchase 12 feet of one-inch lime-green reflective stock.
| SOS Survival Products (818) 909-0131 (800) 479-7998 15705 Strathern St., #11 Van Nuys, CA 91406 Directions |
You can purchase your stripes from any source, but be sure that the stripes are
one-inch lime-green reflective tape. (If you have any other sources for this
reflective tape, let us know.)
Print out this page to show to the person who will do the sewing:
REFLECTIVE TAPE STANDARDS:
Reflective tape shall be one inch wide and lime green.
Reflective tape shall run one inch above the bottom of the vest across the back
and front panels.
Reflective tape shall run one inch away from the outside of the shoulder seam,
straight down the vest back to the bottom tape on each side. It shall not
obstruct the view of the CERT logo on the back of the vest.
Reflective tape shall run one inch away from the outside of the shoulder seam,
straight down the vest front to the bottom tape on each front panel.
 Front View |
 Back View |
 Top View |
 Patches (adhere the CERT patch and any rockers to your vest on the left upper front panel). |
STENCILED NAME ON VEST
Stencil your last name on the back of the vest, centered, with the bottom of the letters one inch above the lowest reflective stripe, using 3" block letter stencils and a black felt-tip marker. (See the example in the back view picture above.)
TRAFFIC VESTS
The CERT vest shown above (with or without reflective stripes) shall not
be used for traffic control at large incidents.
HELMET OPTION
If you're looking for a stronger helmet, here's an example. It's very important that CERT has a consistent look. Make sure your helmet resembles this one (except it must be GREEN). No full-brim helmets. No bicycle helmets. No firefighter helmets.
