The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), using the model created by the Los
Angeles City Fire Department, began promoting nationwide use of
the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) concept in 1994.
Since then, CERT’s have been established in hundreds of
communities.
CERT training promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people that they serve.
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First St. Charles CERT Team |
The goal is for emergency
personnel to train members of neighborhoods, community organizations,
or workplaces in basic response skills. CERT members are then
integrated into the emergency response capability for their area.
If a disastrous event overwhelms or delays the community’s
professional response, CERT members can assist others by applying the
basic response and organizational skills that they learned during
training. Theses skills can help save and sustain lives following a
disaster until help arrives. CERT skills also apply to daily
emergencies.
CERT members maintain and refine their skills by participating in
exercises and activities. They can attend supplemental training
opportunities offered by the sponsoring agency and others that further
their skills base. Finally, CERT members can volunteer for projects
that improve community emergency preparedness.
CERT Training will teach Participants to:
- Describe the types of hazards most likely to affect their homes
and communities.
- Describe the function of CERT and their roles in immediate
response.
- Take steps to prepare themselves for a disaster.
- Identify and reduce potential fire hazards in their homes and
workplaces.
- Work as a team to apply basic fire suppression strategies,
resources, and safety measures to extinguish a burning liquid.
- Apply techniques for opening airways, controlling bleeding, and
treating shock.
- Conduct triage under simulated conditions.
- Perform head-to-toe assessments.
- Select and set up a treatment area.
- Employ basic treatments for various wounds.
- Identify planning and size-up requirements for potential search
and rescue situations.
- Describe the most common techniques for searching a structure.
- Use safe techniques for debris removal and victim extrication.
- Describe ways to protect rescuers during search and rescue.
Target Audience:
- Neighborhoods
- Businesses
- Communities of Faith
- Scouting Organizations
- School Staff/Students
- Clubs/Organizations
- Amateur Radio Emergency Services
CERT Training sessions are 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
Each session requires about two hours for completion.
For more information about CERT Teams, please visit
FEMA To
obtain more information about CERT in St. Charles City, please contact
Fire Marshal Rich Oney at 636-949-3252 or by
E-mail.
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