This program was created following President George W. Bush's 2002 State of the Union address, where he encouraged all citizens to get involved and be prepared to help themselves in the event of any type of emergency. The program falls under the auspices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the City of Temecula. For more information visit the National Citizen Corp website. 

TCC Mission Statement

 “The mission of the TCC is to harness the power of every individual through education, training, and volunteer service to make Temecula safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues and disasters of all kinds."

            Together, We Keep Temecula Safe!

We are an all volunteer organization.  We want you to join us.  If you are interested in serving your community and becoming a TCC member, please fill our the Member Interest Form and the volunteer coordinator will contact you.

The TCC has available positions for those volunteers that can donate more of their time and want to be more involved.  If you are interested in one of the available positions please let us know at citizen.corps@cityoftemecula.org.


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TCC has great leadership!  Please meet our leaders:

City Manager Representative:        Grant Yates
Fire Department:                            Chief DeHart
TCC Advisory Board Chair               Captain Hans Bolowich

TCC Advisory Board:
City of Temecula                               Tamra Irwin
Police Department                            Lynn Salazar
Red Cross                                         Mike Studebaker
TVUSD                                               Cathy Gage
Chamber of Commerce                      Barak Berlin
Local Public Utility: Ranch Water       Dave Morrison
Local Business: Abbott Vascular         Don Lewis
TCC Member-at-Large                       Shirley Duke

TCC Board:
Program Administrator
   TCC.Program@cityoftemecula.org       Diana Serrano
 
CERT Coordinator                               
   TCC.CERT@cityoftemecula.org             Mike Egler

Neighborhood Watch Coordinator          Craig Turner
   TCC.Watch@cityoftemecula.org

Volunteer Coordinator                            Mikel Alford
   TCC.Volunteer@cityoftemecula.org

Administrative Coordinator                     Shirley Duke               
   TCC.Admin@cityoftemecula.org           

Public Affairs Coordinator                    
   TCC.PublicAffairs@cityoftemecula.org   Joanna Szuksztul

TCC Advisory Board Meetings

Open to the Public

2012

January 3                            July 3 
February 7                          August 7
March 6                               September 4
April 3                                 October 2
May 1                                  November 6
June 5                                 December 4 

Please RSVP to citizen.corps@cityoftemecula.org or (951) 302-4548 if you would like to attend a meeting.


For Council Business matters on the agenda, a “Request to Speak” form must be filed with the TCC office prior to the Council addressing that item. There is a five (5) minute time limit for individual speakers. 

Community Emergency Response Team Training

 Another great way to become better prepared for an emergency or disaster is to enroll in our CERT Training course. CERT is about readiness, people helping people, rescuer safety, and doing the greatest good for the greatest number of victims. CERT is a positive and realistic approach to emergency and disaster situations where citizens will be initially on their own. Through training citizens can manage utilities, put out small fires and treat the three killers by opening the airway, controlling bleeding, and treating for shock. CERT members can provide basic medical aid, search for and rescue victims safely and organize themselves to help mitigate disasters.

CERT Training is a commitment of 20 hours and there is no cost for the training. Only those who successfully complete the practical exercise with hands-on instruction in fire suppression, search and rescue, cribbing and medical will receive a certificate of completion and a CERT disaster readiness kit.  All citizens can prepare for a disaster by simply having a Disaster Supply Kit readily available in their home. 

Letters to the TCC

Read a testimonial on how CERT Training made a difference in this citizens life.

Neighborhood Watch

Neighborhood Watch is a community crime prevention program that is administered by the Temecula Citizen Corps.  For more information on this valuable program check out the Neighborhood Watch information page.

 Photos from TCC Events and Training.

Contact the TCC

(951) 302-4548  
citizen.corps@cityoftemecula.org