Cradock Watch

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WHAT IS CERT?

CERT is a training program that prepares you to help yourself, your family and your neighbors in the event of a disaster. During an incident, emergency services personnel may not be able to reach everyone right away. By getting training in CERT, you will have the skills to help emergency responders save lives and protect property.

As a result of CERT training, you will be better prepared to respond to disasters for yourself, your family and your community. CERT team members can support emergency responders and volunteer for projects that improve community emergency preparedness.

WHAT DO CERT TEAMS DO IN AN EMERGENCY?

CERT teams are an important link between emergency services and the people that they serve. The goal is for emergency personnel to train community residents, community organizations, or workplaces in basic response skills. CERT members are then integrated into the emergency response capability for their area, and if necessary, citywide.

HOW DOES CERT HELP THE COMMUNITY?

If a disastrous event overwhelms or delays a community's professional response, CERT members can assist others by applying the basic response and organizational skills that they learned during training. These skills may help save and sustain lives following a disaster until professional help arrives. CERT skills also apply to daily emergencies  and promote safe actions at home, at work, at school or anywhere you may travel.

CERT members maintain and refine their skills by participating in exercises and outreach activities. They can attend supplemental training opportunities offered by the sponsoring agency and others to further their skills base.

CERT TRAINING TEACHES PARTICIPANTS TO:

* Identify and anticipate hazards within their community

* Learn how to prepare themselves for a disaster

* Reduce fire hazards in the home and workplace

* Extinguish small fires

* Assist emergency responders

* Conduct light search and rescue

* Develop safe techniques for debris removal and victim extrication

* Set up treatment areas

* Apply basic medical techniques

TRAINING IS DESIGNED TO COVER THE FOLLOWING:

* Disaster Preparedness

* Fire Safety

* Disaster Medical Operations- Triage and Treating Life Threatening Injuries

* Disaster Medical Operations- Assessment, Treatment, and Hygiene

* Light Search and Rescue

* Team Organization

* Disaster Psychology

* Terrorism and CERT

* Final Exercise

All sessions are required to complete CERT training. Approximate time to complete all sessions is 20 hours.

If you would like more information or wish to find out about future classes, please contact:

Susan Branche

Administrative Coordinator

(757) 393-8123

The class size is a minimum of 10 people and a maximum of 20 people.

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