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Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training

This Nationally Certified Course teaches CERT teams to perform essential life-saving functions while awaiting the arrival of professional emergency responders following a disaster.

What is CERT?
CERT is about readiness, people helping people, rescuer safety, and doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people. CERT is a positive and realistic approach to emergency and disaster situations where citizens will be initially on their own and their actions can make a difference. Through training, citizens can manage utilities and put out small fires; provide basic medical aid; search for and rescue victims safely; and organize spontaneous volunteers to be effective.

Units of Instruction:
Disasters

We will address a variety of disaster situations that might threaten our communities.

We will take a look at the impact on the community's infrastructure, structural and nonstructural hazards.

We will address what each participant can to to mitigate the effects of disasters and learn more about personal safety and secondary hazards which present themselves when emergencies or disasters occur.

Basic Fire Suppression

Basic fire suppression will address firefighting resources and firefighting safety. Topics included are ways to reduce fire hazards in the home or office. Included in this section of training will be an orientation of hazardous materials. This knowledge enables the CERT team member to recognize and identify a hazardous material threat and notify the proper authorities. CERT members will learn how to do a size-up fire suppression is included in this unit.

Disaster Medical

Part 1 of Disaster Medical Operations includes an introduction to disaster medical situations. It will include recognizing and treating life-threatening conditions, triage, and practical applications. Disaster Medical Operations Part 2 concentrates on the organization of disaster medical operations. Participants will learn how to conduct head-to-toe assessments; establish treatment areas; treat burns and wounds; treat fractures, sprains and strains; splinting; treating hypothermia and frostbite. Members will learn about public health considerations and apply in a practical scenario their disaster medical skills.

Light Search & Rescue

Light search and rescue includes aspects of planning, search and rescue size-up, conducting search operations, and conducing rescue operations.

Team Organization>

The final elements of the CERT program will include the organization of CERT teams, and decision making. Team participants will learn about disaster psychology (how such events can affect not only victims, but CERT members as well). Also addressed will be how the teams are incorporated into the emergency response community's Incident Management System.

The Finale

The finale for the course will be a written take home exam, drills, and exercise that tests the skills acquired during the training program. Upon completion of all units of the CERT Program, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) certificates will be issued.

Classes Date and Times
There are no classes scheduled at this time.

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CERT Training Pamphlet